Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-13
IN1ERISLAND
INVESTIGATION
IS ON TODAY
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thereon will be heard and received
from any person desiring to make
such comments or objections. and aft
! er the company has been afforded an
opportunity to be heard thereon, will
be considered in other data procured
in such investigation.
The commissioners, or any one of
them, may at any time during any
such investigation. take such meas
ures as he may deem necessary to
| procure further data and information
to be submitted at any public meeting
held in this cause"
At the conclusion of the session
this afternoon, the following assign
ments of work will be made to the
members of the commission:
Chairman E. A. Mott-Smith will
take up the finances of the company
Tin detail and its income. expenditure,
depreciation and other accounts, and
lprepare data for submission at the
next public meeting and verifying
data submitted at the meeting this aft
ernoon.
Commissioner A. j. Gignoux will
! take UP the matter of storage of
! freight in Honolulu and the measures
for relief of congestion on steamer
sailing days, preparing data and in
| formation for submission at the next
public hearing.
Commissioner j. n. s. Williams,
who will arrive in Honolulu from
Hilo next week, will take up the phys
teal valuation of the company's plant.
and the working hours and wages of
| its employees, preparing data for sub
mission, at the next public hearing.
THE order of procedure laid down
by the commission will benefit both
the company and the commission in
that an understanding will be arrived
at concerning the lines of work" said
Chairman Mott-Smith this morning in
discussing the several matters which
are to come up In the hearing this
Iafternoon. 1T means that the pro-
ceedings, not having been brought
about on general complaint, will diff
fer from the method which would be
followed in case a complaint had been
made. In other words, it is not a
trial.. which would be the case if a
complaint were fled, and wherein
there would be opposing parties, cross
examination and all the other indict-
ments of ia trial.
This. is an investigation by the
commission on its own notion he
continued. $50 that this order of
procedure goes to make things quite
clear. principally that the company
will not be subject to cross-examina-
ton by others than members of the
commission. The commission will con-
duct its own investigation. If COM
plant is filed, however, during this
investigation. it will be assigned a
special hearing and will proceed along
the lines of trial. In case any per-
son desires to make statement in
/ this investigation. the company will
not be allowed to cross-examine that
person but will have the opportunity
of making statement in reply. In
/ that case, any examination will be
conducted by the commission and not
by the company or the person making
the complaint"
Mr.. Mctt.Smith went on to say that
the meeting this afternoon will bring
Tout the offices held by the witnesses,
the general nature of the business car
ried on by the company both utility
and other business. The<commission
proposes TO go into the aggregate
values OF the part used in the utili-
ties part of the business, and the meth
DDS by which these values are figured
by the company. II also will % into
the methods-not figures, necessarily
of figuring depreciation. construc-
ton, repairs, emergencies, moorings
and other accounts. These figures will
/ bring out the aggregate figures for
the purpose of establishing the COM
missions records. Subsequently, one
investigation of the details for the
purpose of verification.
From the fact that the Inter-Island
has buildings, shops, ETC., the commits
lsion will attempt to segregate the por-
!, ton Of these which may be charged
to the utility part of the business It
also will be determined as to the
i manner in which the company treats
this subject The commission now
i is prepared to, take up the matter of
the company's gross income and ex-
4 ID6 UTILITIES pdTI Oh us
business, the details of which will be
investigated later. This involves the
fentire book accounts of the company.
The subsequent investigation also in
wolves a number of justifable expendi.
lures. RI. .- ~. -
The. commission will take up the
number Of vessels the. company has.
how many are actively engaged and
how many are not engaged. and why.
An extensive comparison will be made
Of the business done in 1912 and 1913
in order that the definite conclusion
of the commission may be based not
on one year alone, but on an average
lof years. The scale of wages ofNenl-
i ployes will be taken up. and to COM
plete the;reccrd list of officers and
"a copy Of the articles of association
and passenger and freight tariffs will
be secured. H. -. -se ~. 81
The commission will endeavor to
complete this work this afternoon and
i secure as ppnciSn a statement &C noe.