The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-09-22

At the meeting of the Councils
ION Thursday, an Act to grant a
franchise for an electric railway in
Honolulu was introduced. Follow
ing will be found the most i'm
portant portions of the bill.
SECTION /. James Dunsmuir, John
II. Turner, Thomas 3. Hall, Frank
| w. McCrady, Robert Menaugh, Clin-
ton Graham Ballentyne, all of the
CITY of Victoria, in the Province of
British Columbia; William \. Arm
strong and James B. Castle, of the
| City of Honolulu, in the Hawaiian
Islands; and any other persons who
may hereafter become associated with
| them, are hereby constituted body
! corporate under the name of the
IpHonolulu Electric Railway and
fPower Company, Limited"
| SECTION 8. The capital stock of the
| company shall be six hundred and
| twenty-five thousand dollars (of which
one hundred and twenty-five thousand
! dollars shall be non. assessable), and
| shall be issued in such manner as the
directors may determine. The lia-
| stock shall be limited to the upaid
portion, if any, of his or her shares in
| the capital stock of the company.
| The non-assessable stock may be
| issued by the directors for the COM
pensation and profit of the under
| takers and promoters of the objects for
| which the company is formed, and no
| stock in excess of the amount OF the
| capital stock shall be issued without
| the consent of the Executive Council
| of the Republic of Hawaii, upon good
reason shown therefor, and with the
| approval of a majority, in value, of
| the shareholders The stock may be
| issued as above provided, with pre-
| ferentiaI or qualified right to dlvi-
| dends.
! SECTION II. The Company are
| hereby authorized and empowered to
| construct, complete, equip, maintain
| and operate a single or double track
street railway, with all the necessary
! switches, side-tracks, turn-outs, poles,
| wires, underground wires, conduits
| and other requisite appliances in con-
nection Herewith, for the passage of
| cars, carriages and other vehicles
! adapted to the same upon and along
| the following streets in the city Of
| Honolulu, and upon and along the
road or roads adjacent to the said
city: Commencing at the junction OF
Judd and Liliha streets, thence In
southwesterly direction along Liliha
street to King street, thence along
King street in a southerly direction
to the bridge crossing the Nuuanu
stream, thence diverging across the
| Nuuanu stream to the northwesterly
end of Hotel street, thence south
easterly along Hotel street TO Punch
| bowl street, thence to Young street
| through the intervening block bound
ed hy Beretania and King streets,
| thence along Young street and
| through Thomas square to heeau-
| mOku street.
Commencing again at the intersec-
ton of Alapal and Young streets!
thence northeasterly along Alapai
street to Lunalil0 street, thence
| along Lunalilo street to Pensacola
street. thence northeasterly along Pen
| sacola street to Wilder avenue, thence
easterly along Wilder avenue TO Beck
with street and along Beckwith street
| to Metcalf street; or in the alternative
continuing easterly along Lunalilo
| street, from Pensacola street TO kee-
aumoku street, instead OF Pensacola
street to Wilder avenue and Wilder
| avenue TO KeeaumOku street.
Commencing again at the intersec-
| ton of Wilder avenue and X eeau-
molu street, thence sOutherly along
| Keeaumoku street to King street,
thence westerly along King street 10
Sheridan street, thence along Sheri-
dan street to the Beach road.
! Commencing again at the junction
of Hotel and Union streets, thence
along Union street to and across Bere-
tania street to Emma street, thence
along Emma street to Punchbowl
street, thence nOrtherly along Punch
| bowl street to point near Pauoa
| stream or road, thence through the
intervening land to Judd street or
Nuuanu avenue, thence along Nuu-
anu avenne to the Pali; or in the
| alternative, commencing at the inter
section of Alakea and Hotel streets,
| thence northeasterly along Aiakea
| street to and across Beretanla street
| to Emma street, thence along Emma
| street as aforesaid instead of Union
! street as aforesaid; also in the alter
| native, School street from its june
ton with Emma street, to Nuuanu
avenue and Nuuanu avenue TO the
Pail, instead of Punchbowl street and
intervening lands to Judd street or
| Nuuanu avenue.
Commencing again at the junction
of Bethel and Hotel streets, thence
along Bethel street TO Merchant
street, thence southeasterly along
Merchant street to Richard street,