The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-08-10

would make IL ratDer TaSn 10 ueClue
one way or the other offhandedly.
There were croakers enough who
tried to cry down the electric light
ing OF Honolulu, the utilization OF
the water supply for driving the
electric motors, the present street
railway and the Oahu steam railway.
Results have put their dismal pro-
phecies to confusion. Still it must
I've confessed that the presently visi
bile sources Of patronage for large
extension Of facilities OF cheap tran.
sit are not So great as to form very
seductive inducement for capital
to undertake such extension. The
line to the Nuuanu pail, which
is included in the project now
being talked up, would have a
goodly number Of passengers on
Sundays, Saturday afternoons and
holidays. Other times its traf-
fic, for a long time to come, could
hardly be expected to pay for the
power and the wear and tear. In any
case, a permanent roadway Of great
strength, to resist the fierce torrents
Of the rainy season, would have TO be
constructed over the entire route.
This would cost something enor-
nous. Then IL is doubtful il the
lines along the higher levels Of the
city, skirting Punchbowl slopes and
running to the Makiki lots on one
side aud the top Of Nuuauu avenue
on the other, would get enough traf-
fic for many years to pay anything
on the outlay, or even to pay running
expenses. Our humble opinion is
that any large street transit system
which will pay the investors, as we'll
a. properly serve the public, must
have for its basis, or its vertebra, the
two main routes OF travel through
the city. II must have the long trip
traffic from the city to Waikiki and
to Moaualua on the line of King
street, aud the same sort OF traffic
between the head Of Nuuanu avenue
and the Fishmarket on the line OF
Nuuauu street. Other lines Of street
railway might be constructed, which
in time would induce the building
up OF now waste places, but the
main courses Of travel just mention.
ed will likely forever be- without
rivals iu density Of settlement,
as they cannot be exceeded Ia
dir.ctuess Of route between the
four uttermost quarters OF the
city aud its business center
Subsidiary routes could be tracked
however, which would greatly in
crease the traffic OF the main routes
These considerations would suggest
the advissbility Of an effort, in any
scheme OF street railway extension,
To gain possession Of the existing
street railway franchise, either by
outright purchase or by amalgsma-
ton Of the projected company with
the Hawaiian Tramways Company
Then extension could DO cautiously
aud by safe degrees carried out
The present mules would be substi
tuted with electric motors. perhap,
on one section at q time. Such O
plan would give tho increased ac
commodation desired at an immense
ly less outlay than would opposition
lines. II also affords . greatly in
creased promise Of profit to the pro
moters from the outset. There are
many other merits OF q single sys
TEN OF cheap street transit which
might be urged, but let the fore,
going arguments suffice for the
present. Nothing should he lsf,
undone, on the part OF the public
to prevent such q situation a. that
would be OF having two corporation,
dividing the use, control aud abuse
OF the streets with the Government
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