The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-26
.H|LO RAILWAY
Opposition Road Serves
an injunction.
Prevents the Former Company from
Laying Encouragement for Ter
minaI Yards AmiCabIy Reached.

The last Kinau from HilO brings Z
news that the Kohala-Hilo Railroad Z
Company had brought an injunction r
suit against the Hilo Railroad Com
pany TO prevent the latter from cross
ing the formers land The facts as far |
az can be ascertained are to the effect
that some time ago the Hilo Railroad
Company, which is the company about
to huild a line TO Olaa and Puma, ap-
nliad to the Government for a terminal
division at Waiakea. With evident in
tent TO shut the Hilo Railroad Com
panv from the waterfront, the Wala-
kea Mill Company gave lease to the
Kohala-Hilo Railroad Company OF the
entire available riyerfront and all the
land back of the deep waterfront as
far as Cocoanut Island. To prevent
the Hilo Railroad Company from get
ting through TO the waterfront over
any of the kuleanas, of which there are
several a strip of land 100 feet Wloe
all around these kuleanas was leaseu
m the Kohala-Hilo Railroad Company.
Later negotiations between the TWO
connanies were had in Honolulu anu |
the endeavor was made TO come 10 dh |
aqreement as to their respective Ter
minal locations at HilO, and written |
nermissiOn was given by the honala-
HiIo Company and the Waiakea MIL
Company TO the Hilo Company 10 lay
Temporary tracks across the iahu III
question for the latter TO lana It's ma
teriai, large amounts or Wnlch are ~"
arriving at Hilo.
Three weeks ago Mr.. l.. A. Thurston
of the Hilo Company and Mr.. ii. Genr
| of the Kohala-HilO Company went 10
Hilo 70 go over the ground and try 10
come to final terms. Mr.. Inufstoh
! presented to the kOhala-Hllo Company
| fba wishes of the Hilo Company IN 1ull
and reouested an early statement as 10
the location desired by them Medh
| while the HilO Company had Secureu
from Mr.. FurneauX lease OF nVe anu
lone-half acres having frontage Oh tue
Waiakea river of about 200 feet. MS
niece, however, was stlll Sepdi a'ou
from the open country by the loo-loo'
strin leased to the KOhala-Hllo COM
nanv Inv the Waiakea Mill Company
No statement as promised was given
Inv the Kohala Company for two weeks.
Meanwhile the Hilo Company was lay
With the written agreement above re-
ferred TO. AS it was about TO feacn
the 1OO-foot strip in question the no
bala-Hilo Company suddenly felt that
they needed an injunction IN their puS-
moss and at / o'clock at night runS
mn Judge Wilder, who was at the VOL
cauo House. and induced him TO come
$ down TO Mountain View to sign IN
iunction papers to prevent the flio
COMPANY from laying track across TINS
= 1OO-fOot strip. No previous statement
> was made to the Hilo Company OF
. their intention to get out an injunction
ar reouest that any action be taken or
mot taken by the Hilo Company.
After the injunction was served the
, Kohala-Hilo Company stated that an
, thev wanted was to secure flght-ol-
!, vav across the land from FurneauX, III
!, which case they would grant a rlgnt-ol-
,yav across the 100-foot strip 1h7y
we're informed by the Hilo company
; that such right-Of-Way was thelIS loI
> the asking. and that they cOuld nave
; had it without injunction procedures
land that two weeks had been spent III
waiting for the statement OF WHAT Ihe
Kohala Company wanted
> An agreement in writing was lhllne-
-
. resantatiyes of the two companies, py
which the respective rights-of-way de
sired nv both companies were mutual'
? 1v granted. and the Kohala-Hilo Com
, many also granted a second right-of
; w3v across its land TO the Government
3, wharf. This ended the disagreement
between the companies and the lnjunc
; lion suit is 10 be Withdrawn by IN
> KohaIa-Hilo Company without Q 4eaf
: ing. .o
The two companies have now locates
their terminal divisions definitely d
; Hilo Company. having secured right
: of-wav for exit to deep water by wa
- of the Government wharf to the river
front through the Furneaux kuleanf
has located its car-yards and termlnf
= station at a point directly east Oh IN
E,urnpaux kuleana and south from &c
coanut Island. The Kohala-Hl~o CON
panv will probably locate its caf-yar
on the point just south OF the ne
Government wharf, and put its snol
on the bank of the river south Oh dn
adjoining the E1ilO Companys prem
ises. No definite understanding hS
been reached as to a passenger statlo
as several months will elapse before
will be needed.
The HlIO Company uoN mas
of 500 men grading from Olaa, Wnl,
work will be completed by the mldo
of January, and rail-laying will beg
bv the 1st of February. The compal
will build all its own cars and haN
fully equipped shops both for iron al II
wood work. All the material II
: equipment and shops has been ordere
and much of it has already been ian
= ed. 1t is expected that rail commune
= ton will be opened through TO Olaa
the middle of March. The Puma oug'
Company being now assured, the III
Railroad will be pushed through
Puma without any delay.
The Kohala-Hilo Company has
considerable corps of engineers surVe
ing lines for their track both at [
upper and lower elevations through /
district of Hilo. Their line will be
Gated probably on the line of the G