The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-03-10

hope. confidence and sympathy. Har-
old Dillingham;, son of the General
into the ground. The lad was then
years of age. Now he is a student on
the coast preparing to enter an east
ern college. Mrs. Dillingham; saw the
start made. So did Mr.. Kleugel, the
chief civil engineer for the company.
There were only two or three others.
The shovel which was used on the &C.
casion by the Dillingham; boy Is still
preserved. Money could not buy this
token or souvenir from the man who
made the railroad and who at the same
time created prosperity for the coun-
try by making possible several of the
grandest industrial estates in the
world.
The history of the Oahu railway
from the date of its inception In the
clear and active brain OF II. +. Diling-
ham, is the record Of the struggle Of
one man against many-of the struggle
OF one determined man battling
against tremendous odds-of the strug-
gle of man who was strong in defeat,
who was undismayed by disappoint-
ment, undiscouraged by mishaps. For
months before the enterprise was TAX
en- seriously Mr.. Dillingham; toiled day
and night in the interest OF plans
which he had carefully studied out
There were doubling Thomases by the
platoon, there were conservatives by
the hundreds. There were those who
rather laughed at the man who wanted
to build a railroad to replace the
wagon road. There were even keen
business men who could not bring
their figures to agree with those made
by Mr.. Dillingham;. Through 1t all Mr.
Dillingham; stood a tower Of strength
for progress. He believed in the
country. He had faith in its resources.
He was settled In his conviction that
1t was best to have the island de-
.veloped from within rather than to
have the initiative taken from without.
One by one Mr.. Dillingham; made con-
yerts until at last he was extended
some encouragement. Then the man
redoubled his activity.
In ninety-nine out of one hundred
cases of this character or along this
line that could be cited, there would
be to tell the story of the promoter
either failing to see his architecture
materialize, or, seeing his success
achieved, to have the bitter and hesrt
squeezing experience of beholding 9TH
ers reap the benefits OF his genius. Not
so with d. +. Dillingham;. He Is still
at the head of the railroad. And his
brain is teeming with plans for its ex-
tension and improvement and he does
not deliberate long before acting. He
is an ideal campaign man, for he ap-
preciates the value of movement.
What has been remarked in jest as
"Dillingham's play railroad" scored a
mileage in 1898 OF 12S,432, as against
66,s6S in 1895. The tonnage In 1895
was 3S,697. In 1898 the tonnage was
l26,426. And the road Is operated at
| a profit satisfactory to the stockhold-
ers, while the holders of the compar-
atiyely small amount OF bonds yet out
standing regard this security as second
to none listed anywhere today. This
is also a railway that pleases patrons.
for the reasons that IL caters TO the
passenger traffic and the freight busi-
ness and has lower rates than almost
any other railway that can be named.
The railway now has seventy-one miles
of track between this city and Kahuku
plantation, with extensive yards here
and the usual or necessary sidings
along the line. The extensions from
Waianae to Waialua and from Waia-
lua TO Kahuku have been opened
within the past two years
During the past year the railway
company has put into commission two
new Baldwin locomotives and a motor
car as we'll as the following rolling
stock five 30-ton gondola cars, ten
30-ton box cars, ten lotion box cars.
five hand cars. About dozen sub
stantial buildings have been erected
during the past year and thousands
upon thousands OF dollars worth OF