Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-06
Many OBJECTIONS RAISED observation-disclosures J. !.
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
| it to the Licensees shah or may be
charged: hut any and all costs. inter
est upon advances, or moneys paid ont,
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 10 the Licenscr.
II. II is agreed by and between the
parties hereto that any lands, rail
ways, water bitches, reservoirs,
fumes. tunnels. accessories, rights.
rivileges, matters or things 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 fully and
freely used by such owners, in con-
nectiCn with the government prop
erty forming a continuous line or sys-
TEN, without cost
| u. 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 Licensor when and
while the said Licensees arc 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-
ment Of the Licensees while any
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. Spaldfng is declared to
| be Cutrageously 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-
| ions, allows expenditures, advances
and other charges made by the licen-
see 1.-THE Makee Sugar Company in
terests) supposedly for the bene-
the licensee apparently being made
the sole agent of the territory. But
these amounts paid out by the lieen-
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. y.
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 hemesteader may make
complaint or secure redress against
what he may deem an injustice in
the handling of the water. once the IL
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 ae-
cording to. its 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-