The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-15
THE PAIN CARS
Mr.KinCaid 'SCOmmentS
Discussed.
A Correspondent Who Does Not Like
Passage IN a Recent
Sermon.

ia The interests OF air play toward y
AID i.s readers and subscribers. but :
vi-t1u. approving the subject ul,ter. u
the Advertiser prints the following LETT
ter from an Old resident Of Honolulu.
The theme OF the communication is a
spontaneous remark of the Rev. Mr. /
Riucnld about our unsatisfactory tram
car service. a remark which our corrG
.spoudent strongly condemns. Those / {
who heard Nr. Kincaid say what he N
did noted the aptness OF the iIustra- ,
ton and credited him with natural
sympathy in the protests. long made
by this community, against a street
transit system which IS far behind the
times. It IS as gratuitOus an affront
/ to say that Mr.. Kincaid was influenced
| by a private business consideration as
IT would be 20 say that the protests
Of the public and press during many
years past were likewise undetermined /
and insincere. As for the fact OF Mr..
Pains being an Englishman, what /
could that have to do with the current /
lcriticisms when the superintendent Of I
the coming competitive Rapid Transit
Company, Mr.. Ballentyne, is also a
subject Of the Queen?
Editor Advertiser: In your issue Of
9Th inst. / find your leading article 20
be an extract from Mr.. Kincaid's ser
mon on the previous day, which reads
o. 60 On
lin church Mr.. Kincaid, illustrating
the idea that human nature is never
satisfied with what &c gets. spoke OF
the faraway time when Honolulu was
longing for mule cars. Now he said,
we are going to get rid OF them. thank
God. and have rapid transit The on
lly place Mr.. Pain can find where criti-
| cism of his car system is absent IS a
lodge in some vast cemetery
Upon reading the above l could not
believe IL to be a correct repetition OF
what Mr.. Kincaid said, and have
waited in vain for him. or someone in
his behalf. to dispute the correctness
of what you asserted. But, as / see
nothing TO the contrary. ! find myself
reluctantly Obliged 70 consider II true.
IT'S with a measure OF regret that do
so. as / have frequently heard that he
I could see no excuse for man OF
the cloth" attempting 70 enlighten his
audience by traducing Mr.. Pain and
his mules. or by making invidiOus dis
ltnctiOn between rival corporations
both having in view the public good.
This brings to my mind the fact that
in January. 1895. at the time OF the
riot at Waikiki. we had among us
man protesting 20 be a minister OF tho
Gospel of Christ who. seeing a chap
laincy OF the Legislature looming az
in the near distance, apparently
thought the best way to reach 10 wa
by scratching the back Of the oligar
chy. Accordingly he took a gun, jump
ed upon a wheel and went cunning 70
kanakas He got the chaplaincy! Com
lment is unnecessary. Is % not possible
lanother plum OF a like nature IS nov
lin the ofHng. casting it's shadow before
that has the same effect upon the maj
Of the cloth" as the scent OF Carrio'
upon the buzzard?
We an know that in days gone b.
the Central Union Church has been al
effective political engine. having a.
Archimedean lever and fulcrum tha
would surprise those who are ignOran
OF the fact. But many viii be incline
to- think that by becoming an adverus
is getting a "h0ist % peg lower.
Il would aupear. from what we SCI
i'm your paper from time 90 time. ina
Mr.. Pain is an unpopular manager.
I believe he is not much given @
garden and lawn parties. like some o
those connected with the Rapid Tran
sit. and we may well believe that p
- is persona non gIata 10 some OF thos
I'm authority with the other company
his principal oGeu-e being that he
civil. minds his own business. know
his rights. and knowing. darcs main
tain. lie apparently enjoys the con
ddeuce Of the company for whom b
has labOred for several years.
Let ms see, Us he not an English
man? II SD, has that anything to- d
. with &C.?
/ note that Mr.. Kincaid says "w
were once longing for the mules,
which Is one fact that Mr. Pains enc
mics viii not deny. and 7 would stak
my reputation on the assertion that On
service has been more rapid than wit
any other hOrse-Cars I ever saw. II
seems very optimistic as 20 the ne
road coming into use 90 an early tal
I think II he shslId take stroll owe
their works 90 would have the efel
OF a cold bath upon him.
From present appearances, I thin
he'll have % reflect upon the mutaDl
ity Of human affairs before be has %
pleasure of q Ti1a on the new road.
Mr Pain. being q bloody H.ns.lsi
man." does not understand the pr.
lpriety 0f backing down when the San
Of blum is about -1 De played up1
.e him. We can all point CD men VII
were so lacking il sense as 20 Keep @
- ltheir way. paying 10 attention 90 G.
\ III buster about them. and. strange
say. therein was their great virtue "
Ian know that General Grant was
stupid and commonplace chat DE pa
no attention 90 noise and hlust5r. II
had paid attention 90 the small fr
who were always ready t1 teach hlI