The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1869-05-12

An ExsvArxs kex.-Yestsrasy reA. ssA.
tAs laAaAssAsss 81 er~eswseA ssrees and The
sserekespers aesss Aeslasss N that section "
tie strsss bad sezstklsg nessl Aa3 rev -
lssk a. il tie sAsps IL = veAsele ~ ss-ees ear
raaaies aAsxs their AeA3s. 81 Al elevated
s-sek. sfssSa fsss Sr tAs-esASass sesss The
level " tie Sidewalk. rAis anasa1 spectacle
arsS arg srsvas ~ tie ssres, eeras-s ~ lSek
81 The rasalae ef tie ears, Every eae has
bard " tie West SIDE Elevated Railway,
~AssA AAs kees il rroeSss e eSessrss,ssR Sss
SASe ee@elSee3. g r9n ears feera The Battery
tAr0ssA Ss~sssseA ssress. aP NistA Assaee "
fhi-tsstA strS<s. aaa - "a ap tie Reemssg-
dale soa3. The ssxaaiass - As a. s< seAr tie
Hazlsa RiVer. Halt nae eS ,Ass trsek has
eesa seaplsseS tsVa the Battery sS coerti2nis
strves. aa3 yesterday Al experimental ear MAS
PLACED spsa tie track - tess the Durability
and Sasety e the rev railroad and It's Hc1e "
p-opslsica. This sNpersaestal car Is iAAione2
e s<os and WED. SezesAsaS after the style II
the pr~see. sszess-sA-. With tAsexe~psiea that
a rev ef reversible chairs are pisce1 in the
middle q and running acwr the cars, Whsa
TIE SEATS are allied the car VII seee@nSaSts
about fersy persons. The distance seer, the
Battery 70 Spsysea DSyvsl is sOsrssea zsi,ss.
and a. each halfuiie stationary eagiss VIII
As plaee1 Which vii eeanees With the bridge.
hails en- UPRIGHT iros posts eftAe best material;
the feesassieas bsisS Ssnk en- the Sidewalk.
apee ~AicA the single trsek IS laid. These
sngisSs viii fsreisA the prepslling power BY
means &C an endless wire rcpe, about the
thickness 81 the Atlantic cable. Which viii
hznl the cars up and iewa The road. as the
case Eisy Re. At present, stairs vii Re erected
81 the distance e quarter e Eile. and BY
this means passengers vii bs sAie - ascend %
the ears. It's. however, ;ateais3 BY the ec--
paay @ e-scs stairs a. Shorter distances from
each eshe- IS SOON IS the read has been
completed. The rate ef speei will average
Sfssa miles Al hear, and il Is thaS expected
that ! great SSyiaS VII accrue o passengers
soirs frc-, sae srd 81 the iSiSni - the other.
heins ~ inp-Vveeert On the prNsea. method
e kerss-ear transit. which BOW in stormy
weather znnoyS paSSec gers 81 mach I, Scins and
ecaiss from their Business. The expenses for
5 single task On the s2ss side es 6reervich
street frcn the Battery 20 Thireieth S,rest will
be ahgot SS0e zoe. II IS calculated. ard the fare
VII probably Be fNsd AZ about tee esatS.
BIZ L : also The intention II the company %
s-sct smother 0r do1ble track On the west SIDE 70
Greenw5eh street, npoa which two ears viii ran
down t9sn frVz the upper terminus Il viii
take about fpar months 10 erect the remaining
routes & the track frcn CoaStlarit street 70
Thirssth street. 100. zee pounds u metal has
been Cssi N the erection CT the Srs. half Eile.
aou completed. and the total amount ef metal
Necessary - complete the work from the
tartery 70 Thirtieth street VIII be 5000 coo
pounds. IL has been demonstrated tia. the
oscillation Of the track er the passage CT
loaded car i nv more thzz half an inch while
the spring Of the ns.al vogld safely permit il
10 be tsise Is 1ueh- Forty passengers IN the
car, Of IN average Of lac pounds each, would
make the weigh; $500 ponds. The engineers
report taac the horses drawing the vehicles in
the street hare become 50 accustomed 70 the
light noise Of the elevated car IN passing to
and fro as nos 10 nesice it al al the present
irzesRrs. Whea the road is completed it viii
&c possible 20 transmit passengers from the
H-tscu Railroad Depot in Thirtie;h street 70
the Battery n twenty minutes. while AZ pressn,
L takes an hour 10 make the same distance in
the hcrse car. Three thousand persons an hour
,zn &c transported over this rpsd with safety
Il The rate CT twenty miles an hour BY the use
q siHsle track and Two q turn cuts " and
. 81 time table"
Yesterday the trip vas made several times
from Coursl1ndr street 70 Rector 1t 4 speed Of
Twelve 70 5ftssn niles an hour. 20 satisfy the
tgGess 0f4 number ofths guests ofthe company.
NE mode u transit seemed perfectly safe and
satisfactory 20 every ere present, although the
;iight oscil.tion Of the ear was calculated to
lpSe, very nervous mans stomach The
brakeman stands On a platform fronting the
N, z19 yesterday he seemed 70 have perfect
'ozrrul q his apparatus IN every sense The
notion vas aStAz percsptible IS il IS in travel
zs n s street car, bat the unusual height
ro1 The Srguri Of the track. Is perhaps the
Ialy reason Why the public should Dc doubtful I
I the safety 0f ths new mode 0ftravel- There I
5 another Go1ht 70 Be solved. VII the ice or
new, n bad weather. cause = car % run Of .
hs trick Every ere can judge themselves /
Ec1t nervous state person i liable 70 Dc /
laced N While passing an enbankueut On 4
team rzilru1i- Wei, this eighteen miles Of I
lsTztsd railway VIII be o1e continuous line 4
{ snbdEkmeat when completed, although. 20 .
e sure. Il L more easy, TO stop these ears,
r1th their peculiar motive power, than 4
lscoGstITe On 4 steam railway.