The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-11-18
OAHU RAILWAY OPENING,
Great and CAV Event. Eleven FIX.
cursions.. Enjoyed by Everybody.

Mr.. Il. +. Dillingham;, protector
Of the Oahu Railway x Land Com
pany, and contractor for building
their railway, introduced new and
improved style of railway opening in
the Inauguration of the completed
portion OF the Pearl lIHrbor Division
on Saturday last, the 10th inst. The
custom elsewhere is TO fill up eNcur-
sion trains with diguitaries of state,
politicians, and railway and news
paper men, run to terminal or cen
trail point, and there entertain the
distinguished excursionists at ban
quet, where champagne and congra-
tulations are uncorked together.
Mr.. Dillingbam's more democratic
and better way was 10 give series
of free, popular excursions extend
ing over the whole day, calling into
service for that purpose the entire
passenger rolling stock of the road.
The handsome but not quite COM
plcted city terminal station at Iwi-
lei was decorated with the Hawai-
ian, American and O. II. & l.. Co.'S
flags, floating respectively from the
three towers, that of the corporation
being in the middle. The last con-
sists of three horizontal strips Of
red, blue and red, with the COM
pany's seal in the middle, making
the whole striking and tasteful
design. Before the initial train
pulled out from the station at Z u.
M, the platforms were crowded with
people of all ages, sexes and nation
alities, and this condition obtained
all day. Still the arrangements were
so thorough that there was no con-
fusion either in embarking or disem-
barking of the thousands who had
admission to the round trips by tick
cts marked with the hour for each.
Eleven trains were despatched TO
Halawa on the shore of Pearl Hay-
Dor and returned during the day
without the slightest accident or i'm
pediment. The number of tickets
issued was $500, but over four
thousand people travelled over the
road, as, to prevent disappointment
to several hundreds Of too late APP
plcants for tickets, little judicious
packing on some of tie afternoon
trains procured accommodation for
the surplus above indicated. Mr..
Dillingham;, Mr.. w. G.. Ashley,
the company's secretary, and MIR.
Jennings, superintendent of the line
gave their personal attention
throughout to the carrying out OF
the arrangements, to which is due
the highly satisfactory results of the
inaugural celebration.
The passenger engine "kaala,
with Mr.. Clark as engineer, took the
first train, of which Mr.. John Coax
ley was conductor. The second
train was drawn by the contractor
working engine, operated by Mr.
Kent, and Mr.. La Pierre was it:
conductor. The passenger engine
"Lcahi," driven by Mr.. Roberts
was run in conjunction with its sis
! ter locomotive, sometimes drawing
and again running as pilot engine
. Those who rode in the first-clas:
cars, especially, were delighted witt
the smoothness of the motion. Oh
. some of the straightcr levels of th'
road q lively speed was reached
particularly on a certain two-mil'
stretch, where from thirty to fort,
miles an hour is claimed TO have beer
f the pace. Passengers in some case
, amused their fellow excursionists b,
, calling out the suppositious stations
also doing the train-boy act o
hawking imaginary newspapers ant
r refreshments. Mr.. A. +. Cooke CAV
generous tone of reality to bis i'm
, personation OF this character, by dis
, tributing basket of luscious greer
{ grapes amongst number of chill
drcn on one of the cars.