The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-10-18
ATERCHARGESTO
:, SHIPPING TOO HIGH
Harbor Commission Tell Cham,
Der Of Commerce They Hurt
Reputation OF City


Works, according to the Board Of Har,
Dor Commissioners who have asked the
chamber Of commerce to assist In hav.
ing the present exorbitant charge of
t.b0 per thousand gallons reduced.
r. Up TO year or two ago the charge
! FOR water from the city to visiting
ships was two dollars a thousand gal:
Ions. There were constant protests
against this treatment and what skip.
pefs said was an outrage, and in many
instances the charge caused vessels to
! remain away from this port Then,
according to the harbor commissioners
ID their letter, the charge was reduced
to $3.50 per thousand gallons and now
stands at that figure.
Other consumers along the water
froht, distant probably fifty or a hun
dred feet from the wharves receive
their water supply at the rate Of six
and = half cents per 1000 gallons.
Hurts Honolulu
The harbor board considers this 81 so
charge eIorbitant and detriment to
the reputation of Honolulu as port
| Of call.
The chamber of commerce received
this letter at its monthly meeting yes
tetday and placed the matter in the
hands of the members Of the maritime
affairs committee for a report.
Because the chamber of commerce
has recently taken such an interest in
getting better wharf accommodate
for vessels in Hono'ulu is why Lyman
H. Bigelow, the chairman of the har,
Dor com mi issi oners, thinks the CONNER
! cial body should be interested in get
| ting q lower water rate for shipping.
/ In bis letter, Chairman Bigelow re
minds the chamber of commerce of its
previous interest and advises 1t to take
, immediate action to get material
reduction of the water rates.
When the letter Of Chairman Bige-
low TO the chamber Of commerce was
read at the meeting of the harbor com
I missioners yesterday it created no com.
ment The letter sent to the chamber
: OF commerce was as follows:
LiSther 10 Chamber
I'm keeping with the interest that
, the chamber Of commerce has recently
| taken to provide better wharf accom-
modation for vessels at the port of
! Honolulu at the cessation of hOstilities,
we, take this opportunity to suggest
that a very materia! reduction in water
rates to vessels calling at this port
| should be one of the items Of port
, charges to be given immediate con.
sidetatiOn.
tHThe board Of harbOr cOmmissiO ners
is on record almost from its inception
that the then prevailing rate, which
wis S2 per thousand gallons, was an
exorbitant price to be charged vessels
eaiing ~ this Por!: II was eu S
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