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f ' Wt 1/ * ? , o o t . 0f X F ' • - >’ > 0 $2^ X -$»„ ! f?t i^ p a ® 111 o T S.­' S.o?> ^ 4 ° n -JO* H fi m Q> S»M Av X Hi «? 0 § K < v J b <\3w0 <3<- >i' f # A X CT 4? r e la t iv e to t M a c tio n o f the American-Hawaiian Company. I t seems to me that th e ir remedy is fo r the Luckenbach Steamship Company to meet the rates o f the American-Hawaiian Company hy making s im ila r absorption s. The question also has come up whether the c it y i t s e l f ought not to make a handling charge at municipal wharves. I b e lie v e i t c e r ta in ly should make a handling charge i f i t performs any handling s e r v ic e , and such charge must, o f course, conform to the rates s p e c ifie d by ordinance. But in the case o f the American-Hawaiian Company, and also the business passing over the F ir s t S tre e t wharf, the c i t y performs no handling s e rv ic e , and th e re fo re I can see no ju s t ific a t io n fo r making a handling charge, and i f the American- Hawaiian Company is operatin g as a steamship company only and not as a pu blic u t i l i t y , i t can absorb the cost o f handling in i t s fr e ig h t ra te i f i t so d e s ire s . I f you d esire the le g a l phases o f the question passed on, I would suggest that you r e fe r i t to the C ity A ttorn ey fo r an opinion thereon. R e s p e c tfu lly submitted, S ecretary & T r a ffic Manager Approved: Head o f Department o f T r a ffic and Commerce* - 3 - /