The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-08-06
is IT FORFEITED?
Provisions in TFamVayS Fran
chiSG Violated.
CHANCE FOR ELECTRIC ROAD
Paine May Do Something
on His Return.
CHANCE FOR ELECTRIC ROAD
Legislature May Be Asked to Grant
Franchise = Outside Property
Would Be Valuable.

Manager Paine, of the Tramways
Company, is supposed to be somewhere
in the vicinity of Charing Cross, Lon
don, taking notes for his forthcoming
book, How Not to Run a Tramway"
Mr. Paine did not leave with a blare
of trumpets-he just went-and when
his departure became known to the
masses and the capitalists, they be-
gan to wonder what it was all about.
Among those who know the manager
outside the car office, it is said that Mr..
Paine has gone over to talk to the
directors of putting in an electrical car
service on the beautiful streets of Ho-
nolulu, but in others the impression
exists that Mr.. Paine has gone over to
dear old Lunnon to show the gay old
boys of the London Tramways Com
pany, Limited, how to get good divid-
ends out of a low-priced plant.
Since Mr.. Paine's absence the cleo
trio tramways scheme is being revived
and men of capital are getting interest
ed. One gentleman with large property
interests on the outskirts of Honolulu
believes that a half-dozen men with
push and capital could secure a fran
chise for an electric road here, and
once that it is granted, people would
fall over themselves trying to sub
scribe for stock
1.-THE Hawaiian Tramways, by its
franchise, granted in 1882, and amend
ed in 1884 and 1886, has something of
a cinch on US, but the conditions on
which the franchise was granted have
been so openly and frequently violated
that the company has forfeited its right
to operate the line Residence building
has extended so far in the outskirts
that the demand for an electric road
has become universal among Honolulu
people. Our tramway line is really
laughed at by every tourist who visits
Honolulu, and we are laughed at for
allowing the present state of affairs
to exist.
1.-THE original franchise, granted in
1882. gives the company the right to
use, the streets from the junction of
King street and Nuuanu street, thence
easterly along King street and the Wal
kiki road to Kapiolani Park; from the
aforesaid junction, along King street,
westerly to Moanalua; from the afore-
said junction, northerly along Nuuanu
street to the Pail; also, from the juno
ton 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 Bere-
tania street with Nuuanu street, along
Beretania street to Punahou street and
along Punahou street to Manoa road
and along Keeaumoku street, from
Beretania to King street: also, from
the junction of Alakea 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
the Custom House.
I'm 1888 this privilege was extended
to include along the Esplanade, from
the foot of Fort street to the foot of
Alakea street; on Queen street, from
Alakea street to Nuuanu street; on
Nuuanu street, from Queen street to
King street; on School street, from
Punchbowl street to Liliha street, and
on Fort street, from the water front to
School street. The limit of time in the
original act of 1884 was two years;
the same time was allowed in 1886, but
in the franchise of 1888, granting the
extensions, which I have just quoted,
the limit was for one year, and the act
provides that if the line on these
streets was not built and equipped
within the limit of time prescribed, the
right was considered forfeited.
"If you will take that memorandum
and examine it, you will find that the
company has abandoned certain of its
privileges. For instance: From Pala-
ma to Moanalua; from Judd street to
the Pail, and from the junction of Nuu-
anu and Judd streets to Liliha and
along Liliha to King rails have not
been laid, nor is there line of palace
cars running between King and Bere-
tania on Keeaumoku streets. The Ma
noa road, which is supposed to begin
at the mauka end of Oahu College
grounds, but which Manager Paine in
sists commences at Montana's, is also
unoccupied by property of the Tram
ways Company, and in accordance with
the terms of the franchise the company
has no right to these thoroughfares.
1.-THE failure to build applies to the
streets named, but there have been
other violations which warrant dis
franchising the outfit. Section 6, Chap
ter "a, Act of 1884, the original fran
chise. as well as in the amendment
two years later, provides that the pas
senger cars shall be of the most ap-
proved construction for comfort and
convenience and safety of passengers.
If any one can find comfortable spot
in one of the Tramways Company's