The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-04-03

harbor as being safe, and as Pearl Har-
boris closed, and further as there is no
wharf, the written permission helped
the harbor commission very little. r
An Ultimatum ".,.,r
The harbor commission then wrote q
letter in extremely plain terms ad-
dressed individually to each officer and
1i~aetor of the O. r. & L. Company in
which it demanded the immediate re.
moval Of the vessel. This letter read:
"Iou are hereby notified that, on
behalf of the Territory of Hawaii, the
board of harbor commissioners of the
Territory objects to and protests
against the presence of the German
ships "Loong Moon, "Governeur
Jaeschke,' "Prinz Waldemar, '"Sta.
atsckretar Kraetke" and "Holsatia, "
now lying at the railroad company's
wharf, Pier IL, in Honolulu barber, and
'1Yon are hereby further notified
that for any damage, harm or injury
to any property or interests of the Ter
ritory or any subdivision thereof or to
any interests to which the Territory
might be subrogated, whether the same
be directly or indirectly due to your
failure Immediately to remove said YES
soils from the harbor, said Oahu Rail
way and Land Company, Ltd, and you
and each of you, and your agents and
servants will be held officially and per.
sonally liable. 1890 cs WI
Buck Passed Back 49,.
Having thus passed the buck square
ly mp to the railroad officials, the harbor
commission lay back to await the reply.
IL was not long coming and with it
came the buck, passed back,
The railroads. letter courteously omit
ted the fact that the harbor commits
sion was unable to handle the two ships
on its own hands but otherwise nothing
was neglected. It read as follows:
'W" beg 10, acknowledge receipt of
your letter of March 81, 1917, in re pro.
,,osed removal OF certain steamers from
the Oahu Railway and Land Company 5
-wharves in Honolulu. In said letter
you gave notice that you required the
parties to whom the said letter is ad-
dressed to remove said vessels from the
harbor. This demand must have been
inadvertently made, for you and your
honorable board must realize that the
parties TO whom said letter was ad-
dressed have not now, nor ever have
had, any right to remove said vessels
from their present berths out of the
harbor of Honolulu.
Regular White Elephants
3 1--WE do not wish the vessels referred
to TO remain at our wharves, as you
have already been advised, and we
have already requested you to remove
said vessels and now take the liberty
of renewing such request, We have
furnished You with written permission
from H. Hackfeld & Co., of Honolulu,
the agents of said vessels, allowing
such removal to place of safety aud
we see no reason why your honorable
board should not comply with our re-
quest with the consent of said H. Hack.
field q Co., and remove such vessels to
a place of safety, .E
~ In the event that such vessels are
not SO removed as requested by our
letters of this date, we on our part will
hold the members Of your honorable
board liable for any damages that may
be caused to the property of the Oahu
Railway and Land Company by reason
OF your failure to make such rem 9val
I " Yours respectfully, ..,.
II -. .s.stf'W, II DILLINGJTAM,
Ii,o Treasurer and assistant TO tn,
ID iF President foa $500
Permission To Do Nothing
The permission Of II HaeHfeld I
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