The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-04-10
WHARF RENTALS
CAUSE ARGUMENT
Complaints Of Island Com
pany Are Heard by Harbor
Commissioners.


Bids for a warehouse at Kawaiha,
were opened by the board OF harboi
commissioners yesterday morning ant
the contract awarded TO E. Very at al
upset price Of s996.5O. Other bids wer,
received as follows: J. G. Foss, $500
Freitas and Fernandez, $3.50; Ariol
Bros, $ll90; Isaac Erickson, $1O50.96;
John Bohnenberg, $1050.
Attorney Z. IL. Hemenway appeared
on behalf Of the Intef-lsiand Steam
Navigation Company with a protest
against the rates OF RENAL charged by
the board for the use OF Class b
wharves. James wakeheld, chairman
Of the special committee previously ap.
pointed 20 consider this question made
report recommending that the day be
divided into eighths Of three hours
each, and that the minimum period of
use be held to be one-eighth Of day.
He said that the board had abandoned
their former position on advice Of the
attorney general.
Hemenway said that his interpreta.
tion OF the law is that the board can
only collect tolls for landing freight
and that not only was the board 8 posi-
ton untenable from legal standpoint
but unreasonable from the standpoint
OF the facts in the case. He suggested
an alternative minimum rate based on
tonnage, no charge to be mad, where
the amount Of freight handled was less
than one-half ton, weight or measure
ment.
Costs Would Be Small.
Wakefield said that on the eighth az
day minimum basis the charge against
the Manna Kea at Lahaina and Me-
Gregor's would be only $I.l7 per call
and that for smaller steamers the
charge would be less. ~
q. J. Mccarthy said that the amount
received did not reimburse the govern.
ment for the upkeep and repairs OF
the landings. He cited an instance
where the government has paid freight
on materials to one of the Glass b
wharves that is never used except by
lnter-Island vessels and then had paid
that company for making the repairs.
At all Pacific Coast ports, he said, the
custom is to charge one full days use
irrespective of how long the wharf is
IN use, and that is what the law allows
the board to do here, but, in an effort
to be fair to the company the board
had receded from its legal rights. He
opposed thehview adyanceduby Hemen.
way. tBsa, t
On motion Of Mccarthy, seconded BY
McStoeker, the entire subject was again
referred to- the committee ON outside
wharves. aE nv sfot ~ IA
The board ratified, the action previ.
ously suggested making the wharf
charges at Kuhio Bay and the, division
of the day the same as for Honolulu
harbor. The Hilo harbormaster was
ordered to take Official charge Of the
wharf on behalf ofqthe board and col.
lect wharfage and storage rs provided
by law. The dredgen Gaylord, has been
using the wharf gratis but win here
after have to pay the tolls the same
Ms other vessels.
Company Installs Buoys.
The Hilo railroad company built Eve
buoys and had them anchored in place
within twenty-four hours from last
Thursday morning
Several communications from +. CT
Eaton, the voluminous correspondent
who has charge Of the Honuapo land |
ing were ordered filed without read.
ing. "
Alfred w. Carter was voted q resolu-
ton of thanks for his offer to have the |
Rawaihae warehouse contract inspect
cd without cost to the government. A |
resolution of thanks was also voted
TO the Matson Navigation Company for
freight on $1,000 pounds
Of chains and anchors from Honolulu
to Kuhio Bay. '"
Superintendent Of Public Works John
W. Caldwell reported informally ON the
installation of breasting buoys and
moorings in Kuhio Bay. An eighteen
ton concrete block is to be used as
BOW breast at the wharf head instead |
Of the anchors previously suggested,
Caldwell said he had the assurance of |
the American Hawaiian officials that |
their vessels will use the Kuhio wharf |
rs soon as the bay is swept and the |
,hannel is known to be clear. The |
ship captains say 'there Is q bigger fair. |
way for their vessels to turn In than
IN Honolulu harbor.
After considerable discussion Of de.
tailed plans for repairs to the Waimea
wharf, Wakefield moved that Chairman
Caldwell consult Governor Pinkham and
ind out on behalf of the board before
the next meeting how soon the loan
Fund money for permanent wharf con-
'truetion will be available. 1t was so
ordered. A motion was passed rejecting
all hiIo Cor a. DsA- n nd
directing the board 5 engineer, r. "a.
Park, to do the work with day labor.
meeting Of those interestedpi ipi
baseball was called yesterday morning