The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-07-24
WATER
RATES FOR
SAMPANS
Harbor Commissioners Become In
quisitive as to How Rates for
Small Craft Are Fixed in Har-
r-Kuhio Bay Wharf Shed
Work Is Delayed.
(From wednesday AdNortiser. !

NHivh W cuhesuhy fAdNortlSer.1
The harbor commissioners got mixed
up in a water question yesterday that
looked clear at first, but the farther
they got into Il the mgddier II bcearno.
It was only the ter, cents month that
the sampan owners have been paying
for city water. Special Harbor Police
Officer 9. y. Calvert has been charged
with the duty Of collecting the COM
bined mooring charges and water Ii
cense fees from the sampan owners.
These have been one dollar per month
for small boats and two dollars for biz
ones. City and County Engineer
Wall thought these rates were split
ffty-ffty and that it would pay TO
have collector gather in the water
rates and let the harbor board collect
the mooring charges separate. AS a
matter of fact the water charges are
only ten per cent and the city treas.
rer objects ia the expense OF entering
hundred ten and twenty cent license
fees every month
so many curious angles TO the stu
alton have developed that the board
4
| Calvert in to ask him how the fees hap
pened TO have been apportioned in the
first place. lie did not know 50 they
sent for Joe Little. Then Mcssrs
Caldwell, Mccarthy, McStocker. Church
and Wakefield each added whit they
didn't know about it.
The board finally passed the buck
up to Chairman Caldwell who is to re-
port as the next meeting.
white Ants at Work.
Engineer r.. b. Park reported white
ants and rotten planking in the deck
ing of piers IL, 6 and 10. They auth
orized the painting, of the caps under
all three wharves with barrol TO ar
rest decay and discourage the borcrs.
Discussion Of the plans for tho Ku-
hio Bay wharf shed and the approaches
| thereto brought out some criticism OF
Governor Pinkham's delay in APP
proving the final location of the road
way. The draughtsmen cannot 20
ahead with the plans until that is set
tied. The shed plans are eighty per
cent complete.
Mahukona landing gets two new
tangled lamps, gasoline boulevard
lamp for the approach and a 1000
Icandle,power kerosene lamp for the
wharf she'd The gas light in opera
| ton costs less than one cent per hour.
Preparing Resume Of Work.
| The committee on rules reported pro-
gress. The secretary stated that no
had prepared for the Chamber Of Com
merce OF Honolulu d resume Of the
| year = work.
! In his weekly report Engineer Park
said that much OF the rotten decking
on the Honolulu wharves results from
using pavement filler of sand and
oil instead Of waterproof asphalt.
This precipitated discussion Of the
ladvisability of having some technic-
ian 90 through the minutes Of all the
lihdetings since the harbor board was
established and compile all the recon-
lamentations that have been made. The
board decided that such compilations
would he worth good deal more than
4 il would cost as il would contain tho
results of many years practical OK
lperience and would become a guide
for future work. Chairman John W.
Caldwell asked that the matter be de-
ferred to be taken up with his sue
cessor when appointed #,........