The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-05-16
THE TRAM SERVICE.
EDITOR BULLETIN


countries that tramways are for the
convenience and benefit Of the pub
lie, but the Honolulu street cars. APP
pear to be run for the convenience
OF the company or the manager.
Every person who patronizes them
can call to mind instances that sub
stantiate this statement.
Why the cars should start from
the terminus and repeatedly leave
half block away a woud-be pas
senger who is making frantic efforts
to attract the attention of the driver
or conductor; why the Palama and
Beretania street cars should regu-
larly fail to connect by one or two
minutes only (see time table,, making
it necessary for a passenger to wait
half an hour; why, after such an
entertainment as the Kawaiahao con-
cert, thirty or forty people, many of
them children, should have to walk
two miles because sufficient cars
were not provided; why the large
car cannot be exchanged for small
one at 3 p. M, at the corner Of
Punahou street, instead of going to
the stable to do it, to the great dis
comfture of lady passengers, are
among the queries frequently raised.
The indifference of the manager
to the crowding of the cars has
become unbearable. 1t is well known
that on certain trips of every day
the number requiring transportation
will be too large for the regular car,
yet no extra provision is made. A
gentleman expects to yield his seat
occasionally, but there are gentle
men, both old and young, who prac-
tically never have seat; especially
is this true on the Sabbath.
The conduct Of some of the drivers
and conductors, particularly on the
school cars, who wrestle, cuff, push,
and jostle with the young boys is ex-
ceedingly disagreeable to other pas
sengers. Neither do they attend to
their duty In the matter of requiring
smokers TO stand on the platform.
To be sure the passengers are then
compelled to endure the whiffs of
smoke that the wind often blows in,
but one feels indignant when the
smoker seats himself by his side, and
calmly puffs away. The writer has
known of more than one instance
where lady was the sufferer, and
once, at least, the manager was pre-
sent and said nothing. 1t is also
true that a conductor has asked
lady for her fare, deliberately smok-
ing in her face the while. 1t is a
common thing for both drivers and
conductors to smoke while on the
car.
Let the manager attend to these
nuisances, and he will have the
thanks and increased patronage Of
the long suffering public. Y. I.
The recent attempt at rebellion in
Bolivia has been suppressed. Now,
it is stated, an attempt to assassin
ate the President was accidentally
discovered. A number of soldiers
were found to have been supplied
with ball ammunition for the purpose.
The Psn-Amerlcan railroad engin-
GERS sent out by the United States
Government arrived on the Isthmus
Of Panama by the Newport and have
left for Quito, whence they will COM
mence operations toward the north.
1t is expected that two years will be
required to complete the preliminary
surveys. Senior Ricardo r. Romero,
the General Manager of the new
company for Colombia and the Cen
trail American States, will be accom-
panied down by George Vanderbilt,
George G. Kelly, the Birmingham
banker, and number OF other Ala
bama and Eastern capitalists, direc-
tors and stockholders.