The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-11-26
WANESIH8i
BOARD TO HELP
GREAT NORTHERN .
Owners Might Take offense II
Charge Be made For Cargo
Space 81
QUESTION TO BE SETTLED q
ON NEXT MONDAY NIGHT
Harbormaster Foster Reports
Rains Caused Filling Of Pier
Slips With Mud ~.

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Fred l.. Waldron, representing the
Great Northern Pacific Steamship Com,
pany, which owns the steamer Great
Northern, appeared before the harbor
board at its meeting yesterday to make
arrangements for the reservation Of
floor space on one of the local piers for
the cargo to be landed and taken on
here by that vessel, which win arrive
in Honolulu on Friday, December g..
There was considerable discussion be.
i tween members of the board and MIR.
4 Waldron as to the rate 20 be charged
by the harbor commissioners for the
use Of the space required 1t was point
ed ont to Mr. WaldrOn that the Matson
| Navigation Company had space reserved
for itself on some piers, for which it
Ipaid the board $500 month per 1000
square feet of floor surface, whether II
fused the pier space or not. ... r.
! Mr.. Waldron said he did not know yet
how much space the Great Northern
4 would require for its local freight, but
The wanted to have an understanding
with the commissioners whether or not
n rate would be fixed and charged for
such case. The vessel might not need
any space at all on the first trip, he
said.
Asks Board to Help
There was spirited verbal duel when
Mr.. Waldron said that he thought the
board should do all in its power to al
a sist the vessel and securing its contin-
ued service on the run, even to the ex-
tent of not charging anything for pier
cargo space. The Great Northern was
the only real passenger vessel to 60 on
the local run with San Francisco and
!. other points, he claimed. He did not
wish il inferred that he said aught
aCninst the Matson vessels, he went on
further to explain. The Matsonia, he
urged, was the nearest approach the
; Matson people had to a passenger ves-
sci. and, then, at that, the Matsonia was
not, but the rest remained un-
spoken.
Colonel Mccarthy and others has
tened to assure Mr.. Waldron that they
i were desirous Of seeing the Great North
ern on the run; they believed Sshe
twould be-a, magnificent acquisition to
the local merchant marine service.
"We cannot, however, treat your peo-
ple different from others-the Matson
Navigation Company, for instance, -
: Mr.. Mccarthy told Mr.. Waldr0n. las
n povernement officials we are in duty
( bound to treat all alike, yet, consider
. ING that the Great Northern will require
: cargo space on our piers only three days
on each trip, we may be able to agree
II on n special rate. Personally, as a Pri-
@ vate citizen, l might think, as feel
n otherwise. "
Great Northern Would Take offense
Mr. Waldron said he felt that his peo-
J. ple. the owners of the vessel, would take
offense if any rate was charged them
.. hy the board for the use of floor space
" for the cargo of the Great Northern.
u The matter went over, finally, to half
paSt seven O'Clock next Monday night,
- when the board will hold special meet
ing and decide the question.
= The board was advised by Harbor'
II master William X. Foster that the late
transforms resulted in the deposit OF
" considerable mud between number oil
y piers in Honolulu harbor.
Il 81 desire to report, said the harbor
II master, "that the heavy floods from the
u, Nuuanu stream have deposited quite @
," lot of mud in the slip between Piers No
~ 10 and No. 10, and in the slip between
- Piers No 10 and No. II.
III az have not been able to make
u careful survey Of the slip yet, but viii
do so at the earliest opportunity, bu,
70 the{shoal between Piers Nos. 10 and II
- was clearly demonstrated last Thursday
= while docking the Kiyo Maru at Pc
~ No ia. as we were unable to get hel
Il alongside the wharf with the vesse
drawing twenty seven feet of water
y, y where the usual depth in that slip wa
- thirty feet. 49,. g.. ...-, s.4.I. &C.,
Storm Hurt Pier Slips
"The water is also shoaling quiekl
alongside of Pier No. 10, where IN spot
there is only 1876 feet Of water.
'This needs attending to as qnieki
% as possible, as we quite frequently us
u pier No. 10 for ships of deep drangh'
d and I understand the contract for dredt
ing the habor line is already awarde'
rt 10 the Hawaiian Dredging Company
NJ and mart of the work has already bee
done | feel that request from tn
n' hoard 10 the United States engineer
~. would probably help this matte
al along c-.
'a In a letter to the board the Governo
"a said that, ehaving personally insPecte
:" this forenoon Pier No 10 and being coI
- WINGED that it is impossible to SUD
'rt GENTLY specify the details of repairs TO
~ contract, / authorize the board to pro
~ eeed with the work without advertiser
mi for tenders"
nj In another letter Governor PinkhaI
ON took occasion to commend the harbC
nJ commissi oners for their work during Tn
;er past year. o..
ii. "Your report" said the Governo
Ir "dated June 80, relative to the operi
ID tions of your board for the fiscal yea
W. ending June 80, 1915, received and car
,er fully noted. The work 80 well done an
I'd, the work so projected for the future
Die greatly to the credit of the board an
the future of our harbOrs.