The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-02
|lECTRIC
CARS RUN
Rapid Transit Is
| Under Full
Swing.
RIDE
ION THE TRAINS
|no,,ssss Ceremonies at Formal
Opening of the Great Street
Railway Line,

vors than twenty thousand people of
,aluIu have taken a ride upon the
sric cars. All Saturday afternoon
i sunday the new vehicles have trav-
k,j the lines of the road and have
med their full limit of passengers.
cars. of the most finished construc-
N. we're carrying all day yesterday
II 100 to $50 people on each trip. And
v credit of the new conductors they
lir share of the nickels to which
'Apany is entitled. These are
!. 5tys for the people of the city,
/. ttAout respect to race or color
he has Seen trolley party for each
yup who Nwas possessed Of sufficient
u-asty am nickel to take the ride.
Ts.~opening, of the Rapid Transit
anpany's line OF electric cars marks
.ra in the new Honolulu. 1t was
gtamplished with ceremonies which
hT to the power house of the cor
EATON the leading people of the city,
when these were completed, there
an excursion overathe route of the
pa from the power house to Lliiha
p Judd streets, back to College Hills
v a return to the barns. II was a
y Of cOngratulation for the stock
adeis and officials of the company
q Of Publication for the people. in
q the day might well have been called
Publication.
as Inauguration of the service was
@mplshed with music and oratory.
s Oald was in attendance and was
"a the place of honor in the power
'@ where the ceremonies took place,
iaen when the cars were started
Z 'he road the first of the line bore
hlsic-makers. AT the central sta
Aere was a large gathering and
people heard the originator of the
z FA OF the success of the endeavors
nose who made the trolley car q
'aVAity for Honolulu, and then saw
sV'ernor of the Territory turn the
'"'e which sent the steam on Its
% accomplish the generation of
seelFic power which sent its vibra-
dong the copper conductors, and
- moved the vehicles which climb
saues and sped along the levels
-.'S their hundreds of passengers.
mere were many OF these hun
Ihey began to gather at the
mousse shortly after luncheon and
llhg until after the ceremonies
nam had been concluded. These
satAered at the central station
Oaly small part of the multi
AUh was interested in the inau-
laa OF the new rapid service. All
Ie streets We're other thousands
SNuuted their welcome to the
s cars and hailed the new
which propelled them. AS soon
!, urst parade of the cars with in
~. s4es's had been finished, and the
"aiiic of the road was begun,
as many people who strove
SEATS as there were when the
e parade started. So it was all
evening and when the cars
ea The people had to be put
was another day, and a
a,r W. and bright and early yes
l'oFhing. when the cars began
~, e1'dr trips there was seen to be
Ss.i, ..o"d' which wanted to test the
rm.N Oh the line and the capac-
'%is All day long there was
: story to tell. Cars on the
a., ",th their fun limit of capac-
IN Tue running boards being lin
eh and boys. Some cars ran
se,.ss.ted crowd of 152, while 9TH
r. ~, 135 and few as low as 100
n, Here was a happy class of
S5 ~ tor they laughed and
3 Ia greetings to the friends
e selro. streets, and generally made
4 s,s @S merry as possible.
says mere were accidents, but
ii .ecora was unusually clean.
ts = seison vas hurt badly. This
bas great part to the fact that
;.lsd 0sen issued orders which
On ~. ,ae motormen to stop and
r. sbsas quieting of any fractions
lsica' might want to give trou-
q 0, we're Oriental hacks knock
commission, but in no case
~ u[eety responsible for the
9Ah. hotel and Smith streets
.'eTnoon a Japanese tried
y ,D. H"nt OF ccr, after he had
and then the car ran him