The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-09-29
SHIPPER
HAS NO COMPLAINT
lnter-lsIand Rate Schedule Sat-
isfactory But Handling Of
s Stock Might Improve

hhmos huRustln DrummOno, county
supervisor and a cattle shipper Of
Maui, informed the public utility com.
mission yesterday that he had no OBJ
lection to the new rate schedule Of the
Inter Island Steam Navigation Com
pany and that he had heard no com.
plant by the Maui supervisors or
businessmen against the schedule.
Drunmond, subpOena4d On Monday
by @. r. Forbes, chairman of the com.
mission, and brought to Honolulu as q
witness in tho Inter Island rate hear.
ing before the board, held the floor for
more than an hour His sole complaint
against the Island was based, hot
on the company itself, but on what he
deemed the careless and rather lacksa.
daisieal methods Of its men In the
steamer Claudine, helping load Drum.
mond & cattle at Niu or Hama.
Auditors Report Received
Following his examination the com.
mission received the report Of H. Good.
ing Field, special auditor appointed by
it TO examine the books and accounts
of the transportation company. The re.
port is vOluminous one. Chairman
Forbes announced that he and his con
freres would study the document before
formally approving and releasing It TO
the Inter Island and the public.
IL will be taken up for discussion NJ
a special session scheduled for Monday
afternoon, at one thirty o'clock.
Dfummond Informed the commission
that he ships about five hundred head
Of cattle q year from Maui, most Of the
shipments being from the port of Niu,
where the cattle must be towed at the
end Of rope out to a small boat, and
carried in this TO the steamer, where
they are drawn aboard in what is
called d sling. As u matter Of fact,
the sling, from his description, is
rarely anything more than a rope
looped about the animals body.
Many Cattle Are Bruised
Drummond said many of his cattle
were bruised in the course of their
journey from his ranch to Honolulu,
but he was not prepared to attach un.
due blame to the Inter Island for this,
realizing that many of such bruises
probably were due to the loading
methods at Niu and Hama. His com.
plant was that the men Of the steamer.
often "green hands," were not careful
to see that an animal was landed prop
erly aboard the vessel, or that the rope
was strong enough for the weights II
was expected to lift. ~ s1.&.G "a
Sometimes, said he, the rope would
break, or the animal GET loose after
1t was aboard the ship, and Il wonld
jump or fan into the water. = m one
distance recently aycow had broken D
leg, causing him loss Of twsnty tol.
twenty-five. dollars. In another, an
animal had fallen on laborer and
broken his collar bone. E=.
New Rate Not Detrimental -4' =
g. 1t developed that the new rate will
have no detrimental effect on Drum.
mond 5 business and possibly may prove
beneficial. Under the old rate he paid
-four dollars head for grown animals
and $3.50 a head for calves. Under tn,
new schedule he win pay cent a
pound for fun grown and young ami.
mails alike. This is based on the dressed
weight. Drummond said his cattle
dress to an average of about four hun,
bred pounds. .t
He ships to the Hawaii Meat Com
paR, and though not Il stockholder In
this corporation he admitted that he
receives q bonus annually, based pre-.
sumably on the cOmpany's profits. I'd
1t is understood one OF two more wit.
nesses may be called before the com.
mission at its meeting Monday after.
noon. D.