The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-11-05
BOTH SIDES
IN A RUSH.
Rapid Transit Men
Hold to Their
Right.
(From Saturdays daily

yx)tTH a rush the men working in
" the new roadbed of the Rapid
Transit company on lower King
street answered the call of their fore
man yesterday morning and came out of
the ditch. and with a similar rush team
sters and shovelers with a dozen wag-
ons of the Works department took to
their vehicles and drove away. But
the railroad men had no other intention
than to place pile of rails so that the
wagons could not be brought close to
the piles of earth excavated in prepar-
ing for the line. and as these were the
objections of the drays they went off
empty and peace rested where there
might have been war. 1t was only one
round, and that was soon over.
The difficulty which threatened to
raise riot arose over the disposition
of the earth which is being taken out
of the ditch made for the laying of the
new tracks. The roads department had
the idea that the contractors plan was
to take away all this earth and replace
1t with rock. SO it was that the order
was given that this debris be taken off
the street and carted to the low ground
further along King street. However it
is the intention of the contractor to
use the macadam and much of the earth
in filling in between the ties Of the track
as laid and consequently the removal of
any of 1t would mean "A delay in the
completion Of the work
When the teams of w. c. Achi. which
are employed by the road department,
appeared yesterday morning they were
placed alongside the excavation and the
men began to load the wagons from the
piles of earth. There was objection
made but as Contractor Mckee was at
n different point on the work, the Pub
lie Works Department people would not
heed the protest of the luna. Finally
the contractor appeared and when
remonstrance failed he gave the orders
To place distractions in the way, and
then the teams We're driven off, as the
instructions to take the earth did not
include fighting for it.
AS soon as the trouble appeared the
men at interest got together and soon
adjusted matters, and now there will
De no effort on the part OF the Roads
men to take away any of the filling I'M
I'll the completion of the work of the
contractor laying the line. The plan
OF the Roads Bureau was to utilize the
material which was thus excavated for
the purpose of easily filling In the
stretch of King street which crosses the
rice fields at such a low grade. The
regular grade of the street across this
low stretch is from six inches to a foot
and half above the present grade.
During the winter rains much Of this
district is under mud and the Roads
Bureau is now engaged in the filling in
OF this street so that there will be no
difference between the grade given to
the Rapid Transit company and that 81
the roadway.
This Improvement of the makai side
OF The road puts the Tramways in
pocket along this stretch of the street
The line of the Rapid Transit company
is to be laid parallel with the old road
and makai. The roadway Is to be ele-
waited and the Tramways line will either
have TO be raised also or 1t will be alb
solutely out of it at lower grade
where the water will MI the tracks, as
II pours off the higher levels.