The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-11-19
BARE QUORUM BUT ]
BOARD GETS AWAY
WITH MUCH WORK
Ha. r Commission Handles BIG
Batch Of Items With Only
Three Members Present
CHAIRMAN TOLD TO USE
DIPLOMACY WITH NAVY
Governor Notified Attorney-Gen-
eraI To Proceed Against
Beach 0eSpoiIerS

\ lengthy meeting Of the harbor
oard was heId yesterday in the head
quarters Of the commission in the
as"mrnt Of the Capitol a general lin
4 routine work keeping the bare GuoI
I'm pre- ent busy from hnIf-past one
Charles !. Mccarthy presided, as acting
,h:i r'ar g. {. Wheeler was absent on
n round the island trip throughout tn"
cay on an inspection tour for the |e
Iartmcnt Of public works.
Nuumim0us correspondence between
the board, the Oahu Railway and Land
Company and others in regard to tn"
IrLpUscd towers to be erected near
| Ter ~ in Honolulu harhor was referred
10 special committee Of three, the
committee to thoroughly imvestigat"
the 'ituatiOn and report to the board
It a later date. James Wakefield,
Thrma NJ, Church and Charles J. Ne
arthy were appointed members Of this
committee. The chairman pro TEN. had
to include his own name in the selection
as but three commissioners were pres
cnt Chairman Charles X. Forbes AMI
Commissioner f. +. Dodge are both alb
lent now from the Territory.
Governor Approval Discounted
In the correspondence read by Com
missioner Church was letter from
Governor PinkhGJm in which he ap
rovcd tn" appointment by Chairman
Forbes of Commissioner Mccarthy as
octng chairman Of tie board during
Mr.. Forbes absence from Hawaii. 1t
deveIoped however, as Colonel Me
Carthy ha' on previous occasions point
81 out, that the appointment was not
valid, inasnuch as the superintendent
Of public works was, by law, made n
rrPmher eXofliciO and chairman of the
harbOr board and, as A. {. Wheeler had
leen appointed by Mr.. Forbes, with the
approval of the Governor, as acting SUI
Ierintendent of public works, the act.
ing craftsmanship of the board naturally
revolvrd on the acting superintendent
of public works.
This contention was supported by an
opinion banded down by the attorney
General s department. Hence. A. -.
Wheeler, who once before acted in this
rapaci'y, is now acting chairman of the
oard. His absence from the city yes
t"r"ay, Of course. made it incumbent on
the board to appoint temporarily and,
for the purpose of this meeting alone,
an acting chairman.
Shake Up Along Beach
A report made to the Governor by
thP board. bearing on conditions along
the beach from the harbOr entrance TO !
Diamond Head, brought from the Gov
ernOr letter in which he Informed the |
7 oard that he had instructed the attor-
nev general in the matter. In his letter |
to the attorney general the Governor |
says:
81 rcqupt and direct you to at once
proceed hv injunction on all viOlatOrs |
e such laws and public rights between |
T A." tr""" and Diamond Head
This refers to propPrty-Owners and |
lrs>urs OF the ocean beach who have de. !
Iihrratelv created unnatural acrretions
contrary to law and public rights. A
rambler of persons along the Waikiki |
! ca have built out to the sea stone
walls, piers. lean tos and other OBJ
'tructions which prevent the public |
from free and natural access, guaran-
iced to them by law, to the right Of |
way along this beach, the area so re.
2"rN'd hl law being and existing be
tween mean low aud high water marks |
: he beach has also been made the |
'umln" ground hy thoughtless persons |
fer tin cams, bottles, rubbish aud |
! n.y.. which not only Obstruct the |
| @ht Of way but mar the appearance Of |
" b. a. Ii AN ruutamlmate the bathing !
uunds, making swimming dangerous
! 60 - Of hr"kru BATTLES and other.
Tdlhmh. Action viii be- taken ~ IInsr |
,'h Il are responsible Ior these condi |
I a..
NlC T.r.nbtr For Sale
IT Wa der.ded to sell at public aur
~ At ten 'cIurk IN the morning Of
hr'nrsday, November Il, all the oll |
ImL.I rr removed in masking repairs TO
Pr T. such 'ns Will Ice rnndr at in
I, ,aIa - the matrrirl arcumuIatrs,
r"iir" l"'"G Yi>"u prrvious'y to tn"
ruhlIr hy nd'crIi ,rmcuts in the citY
I.'aT.
n Honolulu Yacht and Boat Club
n"l "d permission Of the board to erect
Il twenty eight by Gfty foot clubhouse
II; PcaH iIerhr +. it having been ordered
J. NE lessor Of II" grounds ON which
f:GUdN ts = mt structure to r"mOvH
th T." NJ rrh lgIG. D0ubtiug whether
!: had Any authnr.ty on any port ION Of
j Irl llmrl o., wh.,h u generally ac-
O. lrd a. having been taken over en-
T. e. lv the navy department, the re.
"p',' was tu'u,d u'rr to the chairman
|"thrr invest La'Icn and report.
] " Nj iIan us instructed to US"
80 3d0."u,N' ia hnuII,ny the subjrrt.
i'r.hrnti"ns III be- prepared ard
o. Cor nd" - pr~furm the work
y al r.ish the wHt,' ial mace to re
place tnr g"'t"" ru III" sh"d ever Pitr
~ T|s viii !" attended to shortly /