Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-06
MANY OBJECTIONS RAISED TO SPALDINGLICENSE
PROPOSAL; POINTS AGAINST IT ARE SUMMARIZED

or property belonging to the said II
censor as representative of the gov
eminent, or TO the government itself.
no salary, commission, rebate or prof
il to the Licensees shall or. may be
charged: but any and all costs, inter.
est upon advances, or moneys paid out,
charges and expenses, including sal.
aries to employees, labor and incident
al expenses shall and may be charged
and deducted from the gross receipts,
so to be received as aforesaid. before
payments are 10 be considered due or
be paid TO the I.icensor.
IL. IL is agreed by and between the
parties hereto that any lands. rail-
ways, water bitches, reservoirs,
fumes, tunnels. accessories, rights,
privileges, matters or things beneficial
that may be made use of by said Ii
censeesI but belonging TO ether per-
sons. parties or companies and not
purchased. leased or paid for, shall
and may be allowed to be fully and
freely used by such owners, in con-
neetion with the government prop
erty forming a continuous line or sys-
TEN, without cost
H. Rates and regulations for the
use and goverance. of such govern
ment railway or railway may be
made, only with the approval of the
Licensees, by the Iieensor when and
while the said Licensees are or may
be responsible for money paid or to
be paid and costs upon same; and no
rule or rate shall be made to the detri-
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such moneys, advances, costs or in
terests may remain unpaid.
DECLARED GROSSLY UNFAIR
Both by Kauai homesteaders and
Lihue plantation interests this pro-
posal by Col Spalding is declared to
be outrageously unfair Some of the
points made against it are as follows:
The license provides that the
licensees may proceed to collect and
conduct water and make expenditures
for that purpose. This is under Sec
tion 2. The same section, taken in
conjunction with the general provis-
ions, allows expenditures, advances
and other charges made by the lieen-
see 1.-THE Makee Sugar Company in
terests) supposedly for the bene-
fit of the territory and to its account,
the licensee apparently being made
the sole agent of the territory. But
these amounts paid out by the licen-
see are made first lien or charge
upon the revenues or collections real
lied from the sale or delivery of the
water
This provision, it is charged, allows
the licensee to sell and handle all
the water accounts and apply the
money thus realized to the payment
of the amounts said licensee has ex-
pended
No Voice by Homesteaders.
And. as a general objection, it is
alleged that the license puts the
homesteaders at the mercy of the
licensee; that no voice is given the
homesteader in the distribution of the
water; that there is no provision
whereby homesteader may make
complaint or secure redress against
what he may deem an injustice in
the handling of the water, once the Ii
cense has been completed and the
licensee becomes the territory's agent.
Though mention is made of possible
amendment of rates. this apparently
is under the control Of the licensee,
as it has the right under Section 2
and Section to determine rates ac-
cording to its financial relations with
the individual water consumers.
The schedule of rates as proposed in
the license 1t is claimed, is gross
ly unfair to the small consumer
Working out the rates as set forth the
following figures show what is de-