The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-16
Harbor Commissioners Admit
Plan For Protecting Harbor
May Have Gone Wrong
BOARD MAY DECIDE TO
MOVE STEAMERS At ONCE
Mysterious Secret Meeting Held
AT Which Mysterious Letter
Is Discussed Mysteriously

The half million dollar bond which
HE hnrbor board wants II. Haekfeld
< Co, for themselves and as agents
for the German refugee merchant
steamers, TO sign as guarantee that the
vessels will not be blown up or sunk
In Honolulu harbor, or other damage
Dc done to the waterfront, has not yet
been signed, and there appears TO be
considerable possibility that il never
will be signed. -. ..
The form of bond was submitted to
Hackfeld & Co. Monday afternoon, and
[ was stated by member of the har-
Dor board that the document would
lrobably be signed yesterday morn
ing, after the attorneys for the com
lany had had time TO go over It,
But the company did not sign yes
.eTday morning. 1t did not sign yes
serday afternoon, The harbor commits
,ioners hope that the bond win be sign
q today, but they admit that there Is
chance that it viii never be signed.
Board May Turn Mad
In that event, according to informn-
ion which appears to be reliable, the
aarhor commissioners win get upon
their collective ear and Just grab the
ferman ships, Pommern and Setos, and
make them out Of the harbor as fast
is they can go.
| This is believed to have been the
natter under discussion at another
| pf the harhor board = mysterious secret
| 'essions yesterday. A few weeks ago
he hhrbor board did all of its work out
n the qpen. Nowadays il transacts the
Jublic business in strictest private and
hen refuses TO tell the public anything
/ ibout IL.
Yesterday afternoon Chairman Forbes
announced that he was going to have a
i meeting Of the commission at three
/ clock, and told members of his staff
4 10 call up the other members Of the
BOARD and tell them to be on hand at
hat time. Asked IL this was 70 be
another secret session, Forbes replied
n.the negative. The meeting, he said
II would be out in the open and the news
paper reporters might be present. He
had letter, he said, that he wanted "a
read 20 the commission.
Talk Is In Whispers
/ Commissioners Wakefield was already
"a -r,h,, - ~. "a ~. ~,
i ma, ths eo,,r ~ 49,, ,so,,t go ro.tas.
private office and, with the door open
sat in a little circle, put their heads to
/ gether and talked in whispers and un
lertones.
Il The apparent subject Of discussion
was threepage letter which Forbel
| produced and handed 10 the other com
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lhs so,n,,iss;a,srs MA s.s,t,, Ss
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SeId who sa;a thaf tba sitnation ~
I nnc Hanged and rotbing Ma haau -aons
i AZ adSsd tbat II HaskfeId & ~ M,
!. not Vet s;onsd The bdnd ana - W.. H.
u ,srtoin ubatber ~ NOT thay too,,Id ~
- are thav rafnsa ~ s;c, 49, 49,
; said Wake6eld istba n,,bi;c ean mai
/! ne own In ferenea - 1850 M
n Ia understood howavar That On
c matter which tha eomm;ss;on d;se,,,ss
wos n lono Iettey whieb haS haa,, .yr,,
=. fan hy Feyhas .;tha, ~ tha ,,;i;...
l committee az The honsa ~ ~ n Hal
+ feid a "a 10 Ina aeracts as ahoga sta.a,
n hat unless ana xSon nm 'bn,a 80,
e Soned within foyty -eight bonrs ~ ~
. t6e barbor Commission would ANAL
n take matters INTO Ire own handss ~
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