The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-09-01
Protest Raised BY Parker Ranch
Comes Before Utilities Board
At Later Date @a'Ef
INCREASED FREIGHT
p, CHARGES NOW PREVAIL
Item Affecting Livestock Ship
ments From Kawalkea About
One Dollar a Head Higher

: In a verbal skirmish that lasted only
aNfew minutes yesterday before but
two members of the public utilities
commission, the nter-Island Steam
Navigation company won its first vic
tory in the battle for higher freight
ana passenger rates between the is
lands. #,1,s y. .,.sA =
The special meeting was called in re-
spoiBe to, q letter Of protest forwarded
by A. W. Carter, representative Of the
big Parker ranch, objecting to the in
creased tarif on the shipment of cat
tie below 600 pounds. Only two mem
bers o. the commission, A. J. Gignoux
and w. T. Garden, were present, and
after hearing from Clarence II. Olson,
attorney for Carter, and Attorney l..
}. Warren, representing the steamship
company, Garden and Gignoux failed
to come to an agreement as to what
the commission should do.
Schedule Goes Into Effect :" ".....,.
In the meantime the navigation com.
pany's new schedule win GO into effect
today as advertised and any changes
in the rates will have TO, be made
after special hearings and decisions of
the commission. .. ..4 -.
In an attempt to prevent the com
pany's putting into effect its new tariff
Commissioner Garden introduced the
following resolution:
at is the order of this commission
that the date of taking effect of the
schedule Of rates of charge for freight
and passenger service proposed by the
Inter-Island Steam Navigation com.
pany, TO take effect as of September
l, 1916, be postponed until further Or
der of this commission. /"
The issuing of this order was strenu.
ously objected to by Commissioner
Gignoux who held that such drastic
action should not be taken at a meet
ing where only two members were
present, and one of them Directing to
it. Accordingly the order was fled
and the meeting adjourned until Sep
TENDER u when Carter will be pres
ent to lay his objections to the new
tariff In detail before the commission
Tariff Cannot Be Suspended
Attorney Warren, in representing
the navigation company, declared that
under the law there was nothing to
prevent the new schedule going into
effect at once. Whatever complaint is
should be specific and not of a general
character, he held and that such com
plants should be presented in writing
and the Navigation company given at
least two weeks notice before a hear
ing on the complaints is held.
II was brought out yesterday that
the particular rate objected to by the
= cattle people is the freight charge on
livestock shipped from Kawaikea,
which is the Parker ranch shipping
port on Hawaii. The new rate is
about one dollar head higher, or one
cent u pound, dressed weight, for all
cattle and calves.
Another Cause For Complaint
Under the new rate a steer weigh
ing 500 pounds the tariff will be five
dollars and ninety-nine cents as
against the old rate of FIVE dollars.
Animals weighing 400 pounds will cost
four dollars and ninety nine cents as
against the former charge of four dol
lars.
1t appears that another cause of
complaint on the part of the cattle
shippers is a clause in the new schedule
TO the effect that irregular steamers, or
vessels not on the regular schedule,
will not pick shipments of less than
rs head unless u special charge of 81
a head is added to ting cent a pound
charge now paid.
Following a careful investigation of
the business affairs of the Inter Islam 4
Steam Navigation company now being
made by Auditor ii. GOoding Field, the
fsmmisFion will meet on September IL
to discuss the auditors report.