The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-09-24
AN ACT

To PROMOTE THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERAT-
ING or STEAM RAILRoADs ON THE ISLAND
OF OAHU.
Be It Enacted by the King and the Legis-
latiye Assembly of the Hawaiian Islands,
in the Legislature of the Kingdom as
sembled
SECTION l. The Minister of the Interior
Is hereby authorized. with the advice and
consent Of the King in Privy Council TO
grant Chas. B Wilson and .......-....
ms associates and successors, upon their
fulfilling the necessary conditions there
for. as provided by the corporation Act OF
the Kingdom. a Charter of incorporation.
which shall in terms, confer upon such
Corporation the privilege for the term OF
thirty years Of constructing and operating
entirely at the expense of such corporation
without any subsidy or allowance from the
Hawaiian Treasury. steam railroads for
carrying passengers and freight, of not
less than thirty inches gauge, under the
powers. rights and liabilities set forth in
an act to promote the construction of rail
ways, the same being Chapter % Of the
Laws Of 1878, as amended 10y Chapter II
Of the Laws of 1880, as follows:
From the south easterly side of Fort
Street IN said Honolulu at its junction
with Halekauila street easterly along said
Halekauila street and the back bay Of
Honolulu harbor across the fats makai Of
King street 10 Waikiki and through Wal
XXI to Kapiolani Park and through IA
piolani Park on to Mn. passing makai of
Diamond Head and from the same point
on to the north westerly side of Maunakea
street makai of King street in said Homo,
lulu. westerly makai of King street, to and
along the shore Of Pearl River Lagoon to
any point at or near the said Lagoon
SECTION >. Such steam railroads shall
not be constructed with any grade over
the rate of eighty feet per mile nor with
any curve on less than a three hundred
feet radius
SECTION 3. The railroads shall not run
50 near the public road, except at neces-
sary crossing as 10 interfere with the same
or as to make the use Of the public road
with horses insecure; nor shall the rail
road to hapiolani Park cross the Waikiki
road in more than one place on the route;
and such rules and precautions for the
crossing shall be required in the Charter
as will secure the safety and convenience
Of the public
SECTION 4 The construction and equip.
ment Of the railroads must be approved
by the Minister of the Interior by and
with the advice of the King in Privy
Council
SECTION 5. The Charter shall define by
survey the entire route of railroads pro
vided for by this Act. which survey must
be approved by the King in Privy Council
SECTION 6. The said Corporation shall
within one year from the date Of then
charter. begin the construction of that
part of the said steam railroad lying be
tween said Fort street and the hapiolani
Park. and shall within two years from the
date of the Charter complete and furnish
with rolling stock. and open to the public
such section Of the said road lying between
Fort street and kapiolani Park. and aftel
the expiration of three years from the date
of the charter, this privilege for all that
portion Of the proposed lines not at that
time occupied by tract shall be forfeited
SECTION 7. Except as herein otherwise
provided. the rights and privileges men
toned IN the foregoing sections are grant
ed to the said Charles b Wilson and his
associates and assigns upon such terms
conditions and restrictions a are now i'm
posed or may hereafter be imposed by the
Laws of the Hawaiian Kingdom in rela,
ton to the matter of constructing and
maintaining railroads in this Kingdom
and strict compliance on the part of the
said Charles B. Wilson his associates and
assigns and successors with all the provi
slons of such laws are hereby required.
SECTION S. This Act shall take effect
and become Law from and after the date
of its approval.
Approved this 29th day of August, A D
1884 kALAkAUA REX.