The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-03-10
Electric Railway Act Read to
Stock Subscribers.
SYNOPSIS OF THE FRANCHISE
Right of Way and Lines-Equipmen
ment May Purchase.

AO"AOS "tNo o6oetAil IL eiAS NAiH~AA
for The Rapid Transit Company meet
in There was an attendance of about
25 in the hall of the Chamber of Com
merce Minutes were read and records
kept by JOS. A Gilman.
There was promptly the call from
President Lowrey for the report of the
charter or executive committee. Mr.
Ballentyne, chairman of that commit
tee, presented the act for franchise as
prepared by the provisional directors
and Attorneys W. A. Kinney and w
R. Castle Secretary Gilman read the
act of which the following, eliminating
features already published in full, is a
brief resume of the proposed act:
Section l. C. G. Ballentyne, T. F.
Lansing, j. A Gilman, G. R. Carter, j.
H. Soper, J. A. Kennedy, ]. F. Morgan
and c. S. Desky, named as the persons
to whom the charter is issued. Terms
such as "act," government" "execu-
tive council" !" company" ETC., defined.
Section 2. This is devoted to right
of way and routes. Ten lines are de-
scribed, covering all the important
thoroughfares not now occupied by the
Tram Company and including Wyllie
street, the Pail, park, new beach road,
Hotel street, Printers lane, Wilder
street, Kinau street, Pauoa road Bere-
tania beyond Punahou, the water front,
Manoa valley, Sheridan street, Pensa-
cola street, Punchbowl street and Tan
talus residence park.
Section 3. Motive power. The cars
of the line shall be moved by electric
power, either overhead, underground
or by storage batteries; or by COM
pressed air appliances; or by improve
ment in electric power application.
Neither steam nor horses shall be used
by the corporation in Honolulu. Power
described by the act may be applied to
any transit property acquired by the
company. The company may rent the
use of it's lines, with privilege of using
steam power between midnight and 5
a. m.
There shall be broad guage track and
thoroughly modern equipment. Con-
struction shall be in manner and me-
thod and with material approved by
the Minister of the Interior.
The company shall begin construc-
tion within one year from the time OF
approval of the act and in three years
the company shall have in operation Is
miles of line.
The company shall place macadam
within it's rails and for one foot out
side it's track.
Leave is given the Honolulu Rapid
Transit Company to use the tracks o1
the Hawaiian Tramways Company as
provided by the laws chartering and re
gulating the Hawaiian Tramways Com
pany.
The Rapid Transit Company ma.
cross the lines of other railways in
reasonable and fair manner. withou
any hardship to the owners and opera
tors of the lines so crossed.
The Rapid Transit Company will pa
in certain cases, one-fourth of the ex
pense of the opening of new roads.
Speed on the electric line will be re
gulated by the Executive Council.
Fare. Five cents on any line, with
fare of 211a cents for school children.
The company is authorized to issu
bonds, preserving the rights of stocF
holders.
Cars of the company shall have th
right of way on its tracks, yieldin
: only to FIRE apparatus and police execl
ting duty.
Company men in charge Of cars ma
eject persons proposing to travel will
out paying fare.
The company may maintain shoI
and power houses and shall have Office
in Honolulu.
Persons maliciously obstructing Sc
vice or using cars as advertismen
without parmiSSiOn of the c0mDan