The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-06-04
NORTHUMBERLAND
STEAMSHIP PEOPLE
ACCOMMODATIONS
Inter-lsland Company Letter, To.
Governor Brings Maui Con-
troyersy To Fore
WCE-PRESlDENT M'LEAN
ANSWERS T. N. CHURCH
ytF / - ..,
Claims, Company Is Only Carry
ing Out Wishes Of People
OF Valley Island
(From Thursdnr,s Adyertiserl

~ NSANNht' VIZ iNNNNl "liNkIh VII
April 80 by the Inter Island Steam Nav,
igation Company to Governor Pinham in
regard TO the eontroVersy over the Rihci
and Metre or's landing places on Maui
was the subject Of much thought and
heated discussion by the members OF the
harbor commission at the meeting held
by the board yesterday.
IL WIS stated at the meeting that
lights are being Installed at the kihei
landing to add to the safety of the place
in, alighting and taking on passengers,
The board has decided to dismantle tho
10 nding at Ne regor's.
ohurt h Has His Say
~ wonder If Mr.. Mclean thinks we
are bunch Of stool.pigeons and f ure.
heads, Commissioner T. NJ. Church was
quoted as saying at the meeting ycster-
day, "and IL the heads of. departments
have nothing to say at all. L consider
that the board has been insulted. This
communication is childish and ridicu.
lous and propose telling Mr.. Mclean
about it. If he entertained a thought
that the Governor would interfere with
this board or any other matter he is
poorly Informed
|. The following communication, signed
by James IL. Mclean, vice-president of
the Inter Island Steam Navigation Com.
pany, and including the much discussed
letter OF his company to the Governor
explains the situation from the view
point of the COMPANY
Mr.. McLean's Letter
The letter. addressed to The Adver
tiser, Is as follows:
Editor Advertiser:-In order that
the readers of this evening Is Star Bull
letin may not be. misled by the article
published in that paper in reference tG
the harbor commissioners and the pro
posed dismaptlipg of McGregor s Land
in :, kindly publish In full the following
computation which was addressed by
the Inter Island Steam Navigation Com
panv, Limited. to Governor Pinkham, OF
April 30, 1915, this heing the letter re
ferred to in the article Inentioned:
Communication 10 Governor
Honolulu. April 30, 1915.
Honorable Lucius Il. Pinkham,
Governor, Territory Of Hawaii,
Honolulu. T. II.
"'Dear Sir:-Referring to the meet
ing Of the board Of harbor commission
ers held on Wednesday, the 2Sth instant
the following statement appeared in The
Advertiser Of April 80, viz:
! Chairman Charles r. Forbes also
announced at the meeting that the new
landing at Kihei, Maui, Is being put fast
into condition so that the larger boats
| OF, the Inter, Island feet will be able tc
make anchorage safely at that point. Al
soon as this is done, the old McGregor :
Landing will be dismantled entirely.
In reference to the above, We
would like to ask IL il is the intention
of the Territory through its board OF
harbOr commissioners to dismantle tn,
present wharf at McGre 'or's, If surI
is the intention, we respectfully wish t.
call your attention to the fact that the
Legislature has just passed an appropria
ton of $lH.0O0.l0, for the extension ane
repair of the wharf at McGregor's an
in view of this fact II seems strange
that any surh action as dismantling Ne
Tregor : wharf should be considered a
this time. y.
'''Iou are, doubtless, aware of tn
controversy existing between the bOarc
of harbOr commissioners and the Inter
Island Steam Navigation Company, il
regard to Kihei, and our reluctance t.
! send our larger steamers into that pOr
at night time until a lighted gas buO,
Is installed over the shoal existing of
that landing and an anchorage light i
propided complete history of thi
Kihei question can be found in, tn
report Of the legislative committee o
the house of representatives, whicl
made investigations. into this matte
and, to which we would refer you, 81
IL is unnecessary to repeat In this com
muhicatiop the statement Of fact
contained in that report. For your in
formation, however, we enclose here
with copy Of our last letter to tn
\ board Of harbOr commissioners in II
Kehci Landing.
Company Under Mail Contract
=" In connection with this whole
question, we submit that no matte
whether it he finally decided to senC
our. larger steamers at night into Kehe
or not, the wharf at Me6reg6r's SHOULD
not be dismantled for several reasons
namely: d ,,n....
| . First, Our company is under con
tract to deliver United States mail a
McGregor 8, which contract does no
expire until June 80, 1918, and il on
steamers DO notscall,at Kihei and can
not land the mail at McGregor o.
account of the dismantling OF thu
wharf As is proposed by, the harbo
commissioners, our company will b.
subjert to a fine for each trip unit
the expiration Of our mail contrast
= 'SecOnd There are often time
| when il is not safe To land. Maui pas
sengers at Lahhina. and II then re
comes necessary 30 land them at Nc
GEegor S, the only other port of cal
made by lIiIO' and Kau steamers. !,
passengers destined for Lahaina anC
Wniluku are compelled to land at Kihe
(shOuld our steamers call therel, on ac
count of weather conditions at Lahaina
1t would seriously Inconvenience then
in reaehing their destination, whereG'
by landing at -McGrcgor's, they are