Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-19

down too sudden oy the donkey man"
Then Carter took up his complaints
in regard 10 difficulty IN getting his.
cattle to market. He cited numerous
instances where the ship would not
arrive in time to load on Saturday,
and where the cattle would have 20
be kept overnight at KawaIahae
without water. Often the officers had
insisted on loading on Sunday.
This Sunday business has been a
sore point with me for about Is
years" the shipper told the commits
sion today. 4 don't think dts fair to
work men seven days a week. When
/ have refused to load on Sunday the
boat has generally gone off and left
us. In 1914 we shipped on 10 Sun
days. II
This year we sent on Sunday three
different times. Three other times
we refused and had the cattle left
there. have always objected to this
Sunday shipping, not believing it is
necessary. Once Mclean asked me
personally to ship the next Sunday
| and / did to accommodate him. The
boat came again the second Sunday
and the third.
| Carter read before the commission
this morning the wireless message he
sent that third Sunday vigorous
protest against Sunday loading. -"
Forbes then asked the witness
whether the local market is affected
or not by this non-shipment at the
scheduled time.
There have been times repeatedly
when this market has been without
meat In Consequence" was the reply.
Sometimes a special boat had to be
sent over, sometimes they secured
this island with riders to get any and
an meat that they could find. "a
1T Is difficult to give the exact
loss we suffer through this keeping
over of cattle, but 1t is material loss
Just the same. In the Waimea pad
dock they lose through the change OF
| feed and climate. / figure that there
Is a loss Of two pounds each day, one
pound that a steer would gain on the
mountain and another pound that he
actually loses. don't expect the boats
to come on the exact day and hour
every time, but l look for reason
able schedule" -.... : ~
One of the features Of the meeting
this morning was letter read by
Carter in which the Inter-Island COM
pany filed a bill with him for over
time to. one of the steamers which
| had to wait overnight He refused
to pay the bill and the matter was
finally dropped. 49,. 49,. -,
He read letters showing the incl
dent: that the boat had not arrived
until shortly after 5 o'clock; that the
ranch representatives had refused to
disobey his orders as to loading after
nightfall, even though there was
moonlight as suggested by the In
ter-Island people in the letter accom-
panying the claim. 81 !" @"t.
THAT time the cattle were there
from O'Clock Saturday to Sunday
morning" he said, I'VE drove them
over the hills two or three miles that
night to water them in gulch. We
had about rs head that time"
The witness told today of numerous
bills which he had refused to pay,
some of. which had been dropped.
some compromised and some were
still pending. ~
Il asked the company's president to
bring suit against me-" he declared,
''and was promised one, but nothing
was ever done. I'd like to get these
things Strengthened up
Carriers last complaint at the morn
| Ing session was over raises in freight
rates for horses; he declared the pre-
sent charges unreasonable
Following is the complaint of the
Wailuku Sugar Company over the in
creased rates Of the Inter-Island Com
pany, filed today with the public util-
tiles commission:
'Wailuku, Maui. Sept. Is, 1916.
Public Utilities Commission, Homo
lulu
Gentlemen: On behalf Of the Wal
luku Sugar Company / wish to pro-
test against the raise in Inter-Island
| Steam Navigation Company's freight
rates as shown in their proposed
Freight Tariff No. 2, which apply to
shipments which may concern tie
Wailuku Sugar Company, and to make
the following representation to your
commission. =. ~.
First In making comparison be-
tween their Tariffs No j and No. 2
| 1t becomes evident on the inspection
of same that in many instances the
proposed raise is an arbitrary one,
! the higher schedule shown in the old
tariff being substituted in the new
an illustration being found on page
| % Of No. comparing the first sec
| ton under G with the same page t221
| of their No. 2 under G, which shows
the same rate in each instance; but
under their No. 2, column H is made
to apply to Kahului instead of G as
| in the old schedule, the first section
of column H in each Instance being
the same; but column H is higher
and made to apply to Kahului in their
No. 2. That is, 1t appears, that ii
new conditions exist which the Inter.
Island claims call for an increase in
rate, they have not been carefully
considered, and an arbitrary raise in
rate has been imposed. In other
schedules no change has been made.
That is, the same rate applies in both
the new and old tariffs. For illustra-
| tion. see column G. page "a, of each