The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-05-22
STILL A THOROUGHFARE.


far as street transportation is con.
cerned it has delivered itself over
bound hand and foot to the Ha.
waiian Tramways Company, and
that it will not be unbound until
the expiration of their franchise in
1914. The situation happily is by
no means so bad as may be mag
ined.
For the convenience of our read
ers who would like to know Just
what the rights of the Tramways
Company are, we subjoin the fol-
lowing quotations from the Acts
by which these rights were created.
Section Of the statute of 1886,
allows the company to lay tracks
in the city of Honolulu:
Commencing at the junction of
King street and Nuuanu street,
thence easterly along King street and
the Waikiki road to Kapiolani Park;
from the aforesaid junction along
King street westerly to Moanalua;
from the aforesaid junction northerly
along Nuuanu street to the Pail.
Also, from the junction of Judd street
with Nuuanu street, along Judd street
to Liliha street, and along Liliha
street to its junction with King. Also
from the junction of Beretania street
with Nuuanu street, along Beretania
street to Punahou street, and along
PunahOu street to Manoa road, and
along keeaumOku street, from Bere-
tania to King street. Also from the
junction of Alakea street with King
street, nOrtherly along Alakea street
to Beretania street, and southerly
along Alakea street to the mauka
side Of the street along the water
front, and along Allen street to Gus
tom House.
Section of Chapter LVI of the
Laws of 1888 gave the company
the further right to construct
tracks as follows:
Along the Esplanade from the foot
OF Fort street to the foot OF Alakea
street; on Queen street, from Alakea
street to NGuanu street; on Nuuanu
street, from Queen street to King
street; on School street, from Punch
bowl street to Liliha street; and on
Fort street, from the water front to
School street.
The date before which the tracks
were required to be completed was
fixed at September Is, 1889. The
right of the company lapsed after
that date except as to those streets
and parts of streets upon which its
tracks were already laid.
Section 3 of the original Act
creating the franchise Chapter
XXXlV Session Laws of 18S4) is
rs follows:
SECTION 8. The Legislature of the
Kingdom, or the Minister
Of the Interior when authorized there
% by the Legislature may grant to
me other corporation and no more
he right to use, either of the afore.
said streets for distance of seventeen
hundred feet and no more, upon the
ollowing conditions: that each COM
1any, person or corporation using the
aid track Jointly shall pay an equal
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maintenance of the portion of the
rack so used Jointly.
This section, it will be seen,
completely breaks down the mon
poly Of the Tramways Company.
There is practically not a point at
which they are not exposed to
competition by competing line.
from Judd street trolley road
ould reach the water front either
y LIiha street or by Punchbowl.
from east to west, it could run
rom the foot of Liliha street
long Hotel TO Punchbowl street
nd thea if the propo ed extension
hould be made of Palace walk to ;
Alapai, the way would be open
long Young almost to Punahou ,
treet. That street and Oahu Col =
sge could already be reached by a :
ne from the head of Emma street
trough Punchbowl and Lunalilo
.reets and Wilder avenue. From 6
Re corner of Punahou and Bere-
mia streets the way would be open =
Ito the Park by the mauka road !
the Park authorities consented.
he same point could be reached
a line on the beach road and
rmlnating opposite Wilder & +
o-'s. 1t is easy to see that lines !;
in the most advants-