The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-07-13


nUH i Nr'iNerta af THE 'usIufsa
ftrH 1oam
SATURDAY. July l8 1885
THAT CHARTER
u would De very easy aud simple
Cor THs SrAK to arugn The COM
muu.ty aud ,he legislature against
the seekers of the charter ior an
ele-rc railway line An appeal 10
prejudice would accomplish thi-
with neamess and dispatch BUT
THE STAB is not that kind Of a
pl1Ic print We are determined
o. Ilst 200 questions upon their
ue-its. l1 be fir aud frank. We
shall reason without bias OF passion
and 90 pu1y attempt 20 involve the
paper in o. Fr8dtiess controversy or
To- dIrer, O. from consideration Of
zeal ISSUES shall ever succeed If we
know .t.
E-W TuE 1IAR wants Honolulu
t. prosper aud al sance First. be-
carse The SrAg IS devoted to Hon
olul1 aud is part Of TO- Then. to
O. be Bit selfish. THE STAR is
benefited almost directly when
Il0u1.ulu gains But distinct from
AMI beyond It's own welfare, the
paper Is coguizant Of clear duty
a. a public Journal
Neither The STAB nor its con.
stituency will permit being placed
IN opposition 70 an electric street
railway for Honolulu, if capital
lists wish 10 launch such
an enterprise. But it IS in
sisted that the conservators
Of the community interest see to ii
that the community is not made
the con6ding innocent IN a sharp
transaction.
The only evidence, substantial
or Otherwise, that the city has Of
the prospect Of electric transit is
the presence here Of {. G.. Ballen-
tyne with a snap charter and LOT
Of stale data intended to demon
strate that trolley railway pro
motcrs are tine only simon-pure phi
.lanthropists Of the globe upon
which we lie.
What we call snap charter is
published holus bolus On another
page today Let every house
holder, every business man, every
resident, every person interested in
Honolulu, read it. 1t is now
pending in the Senate. A few
slight amendments were made by
the lower house of the Assembly
For instance Section 20 was
altered TO have the company fix
charges and service, instead of the
executive Council. AS a docu-
ment we are free to assert, the
charter is about fourlh-class. 1t is
mIrky and uncertain in expression.
II goes TO great length and detail in
prescribing the duties Of the Minis
ter Of Interior and to Interpretation
or revision Of the constitutional
provision f5r exercise Of the right
Of eminent domain.
Tie bond and preferred stocI
affairs look more like manipulation
than business. I'm good running
order might mean car a minute
a day. month, or complete idle
ness. And where are they injured
or out if the line is not lin goot
running order in two years" aftei
possessing a valuable charter thu
twenty four months? And why
should they be exempt from taxa
ton and import duties'
If the syndicate is able to d.
what it says it is willing to under
take, where is the peril, risk, in
convenience or loss in furnishing {
bond conditioned that it will per
form its part Of the bargain?
Nowhere are car lines permitted
to penetrate parks.
The fact of the matter is tina
this combination with the beauti
fully indefinite bill Of rights want!
concessions that it says by its atti
tude have value. What do they
offer in return for then:l Absolutely
nothing. THE STAB holds that thii
is not right at all. We trust tina
in the Senate the proposed charteI
will receive that careful scrutiny
and intelligent consideration that a
matter Of such great importance
deserves and demands. The fran
chise is for fifty years. If it wer'
but for one year it should have the
most careful attention. So far i
contains not one provision for the
community except as inserted By
the discriminating promoters. Are
they the proper guardians for tn,
people as well as providers for them
selvesl
The AdpsriiSey of eyen date has
a very long letter from c. G.
Ballentyne, accompanied by q
kindergarten editorial, both con
fessedly IL the interest of the fran
chise as il reads We are not sur
prised at the position of Mr. Ballen
tyne, and come to think Of it we
are not surprised at the AdDerhSer.
A FINE SERMON
1t is pleasure TO a paper to be
able to present to its readers such a
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