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 10 the said IL
censor As representative of the gov
eminent, or to the government itself.
no salary. commission. rebate or prof
J ii TO the Licensees shall or may be
charged; but any and all costs. inter
est upon advances, or moneys raid out.
charges and expenses, including sal
aries to employees, labor and incident
! al expenses shah 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 LiceRsor
IL. 1t is agreed by ard between the
parties hereto that any lands. rail-
ways, water bitches, reservoirs,
fumes. tunnels, accessories, rights.
privileges, matters or tnings beneficial
that may be. made use of by said Ii.
censees. but belonging TO other per-
sons, parties or companies and not
purchased, leased or paid for. shall
! and may be allowed to be fJlly and
freely used by such owners, in con-
nectiCn with the government prop
erty forming a continuous line or sys-
! tenn, without cost ....
II Rates and regulations for the
use and goFerance OF such govern
ment railway or railway may be
| made. only with the approval of the
| Licensees, by the Licensor 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-
/ Of hn Il yHrhi
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
| ton 2. The same section, taken in
conjunction with the general provis-
lens, allows expenditures, advances
and other charges made by the licen-
see (the Makee Sugar Company in
| terestsl 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 a first lien or charge
| upon the revenues or collections real
lied from the sale or delivery of the
water. :r.. -. n
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 a homesteader may make
complaint or secure redress against
what he may deem an injustice in
the handling of the water, once the III
cense has been completed and the
! licensee becomes the territorys agent.
Though mention is made of possible
| amendment OF rates, lnlS apparently
is under the control Of the licensee,
as it has the right under Section 2
and Section to determine rates &C
cording to it's financial relations with
the individual water consumers.
The schedule OF rates as proposed in
the license it is claimed, is gross
ly unfair to the small consumer.
Working out the rates as set forth the
following figures show what is de.