The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-21
TRAVEL LIGHT
The O. R. & [. Co. Runs
Empty Cars.
The Quarantine Regulations Great
Amount Of Freight Jan
uary Hauling.

Since the quarantine of the Homo |
lulu district the passenger traffic over |
the o. r. & l.. Co. has been very slack, |
almost nothing said F. C. Smith. gen
eTal passenger and ticket agent, to
reporter of the Advertiser yesterday
From Puuloa to Kahuku some little
TRAFFIC is done, but nothing to speak of.
We have done hardly anything in the
passenger business e'nce January Sd.
THE freight business has been very
good, however, and during January we
handled over 10000 tons, consisting of
lime. machinery, lumber, feedstuffs
from clean ships, and coal to burn 1t
was the biggest January hauling ever
done on the road. This month also
promises to be big one in the freight
line, as the sugar is piling up rapidly
at Eva and Oahu plantations. At the
former place there are 10000 bags
ready to ship, and Oahu has about 25,-
900 bags on hand. During last year We
hauled on an average 1900 tons of
! freight month and this year prom
Uses to greatly Guido 1899. We are re-
stricted to handling only permitted
freight, of course; otherwise last
months aggregate would have been
| greater.
"Our sugar storehouse has been put
| in charge of the United States quaran-
| tine authorities. 1t has a capacity of
| about $4,000 sacks of sugar and will
soon be filled, unless arrangements are
made to load the ships more quickly.
I'VE have plenty of cars for the pres
ent, but are little hampered by hav-
ing to change the crew of each train
at Moanalua, as that is the quarantine
boundary. In anticipation of the great
er amount of freight to be handled. we
are now building at our shops forty
freight cars; twenty will be for Goa
and twenty are box cars. We expect
March to be big month for coal an(
sugar.
THE light passenger traffic has Civ
en- us a chance to make some repair!
and do some renovating to our passen
ger coaches; and we will have som,
fine cars rolling by the time the quar-
antine is lifted. Three new first-clas
coaches are being constructed and tn,
second-class cars hereafter will b
painted yellow. On the Kahuku rlll
we are going to introduce novelty t
Il the travelling public. 1t will be II tn
I putting on of chair car. This, W
hope, will be appreciated by thos
making the long trip. The car, instea
of having the ordinary seats, will hav
large, comfortable wicker chairs
There will be a steward to attend t
the wants of the passengers, and eac
car will be fitted with a commodiou
toilet room for ladies. The trains fo
Kahuku, when the cars are completed
will consist of a baggage and two SCI
ond-clas.s cars, first-class coach an
chair coach. A small addition;
charge will be made for accommods
ton in this car, but the convenience
gained by he passenger will fully r.
pay him. In all the first-class coacht
smoking compartment is being a
ranged for gentlemen.
ia view of the fact that we carrie
l. over 100000 passengers last year, ar
3 that traffic is continually increasin
we feel it incumbent upon us to ket
abreast of the progress being made
the rest of the country, and hope,
a year or two, to be able to point
our road as a model line in every r
sDect.