The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-10-03

times 70 shew izncrance Of the nonstruc-
ton q lines for the purpose q Trans
hitting kiEt TcItExe eurreuts "a Hona-
lula. lock o1t for dire calamity loss Of
life and property. II vii surely cone
sooner or izter.
power business twenty years and not two
yeasx I have done al kinds Of con-
struction work. both inside and cur. and
IN ell that tine ! have not net with an
accideu1 While IN the ennpIoF Of the
Hawaiian Electric Company four years
and half ] never had half Of the lights
ont. caused from lines falling down. ex
cept II was q tree falling across the wires
and when notified responded immediately
20 the scene Of trouble and in a very
short time repaired the break when the
line nan was handy. otherwise / did It
myself rain or shine | recognized in BE-
half Of the company that / was q public
servant. when lives and property were in
danger. ! al all times kept the lines in
order. trees trimmed and on approaching
winter extra precaution was taken TO
avoid sll danger that might happen TO life
and limb The reason | was successful
was that I always attended to my bust
ness and knew nv business
I have ALWAYS had ah0ha for the man
aEer Of the Electric Company. but il
seems 20 me that when trouble arises
such as last night the Government cleo
trio light gets the blame. and | won't
stand being made cats paw Of for any
one Another instance I will call your
attention 10 is this: Two years ago
shouidered the blame for the accident and
death Of the baker OF the New England
bakery. 1isat was caused by incompetent
men and no one with interest enough to
see that the work was properly done.
Last but not least. I viii state definite
" 10 the Dublic that l had no trouble
on my lines whatever last evening. Ev-
erything was running smooth and the
reason the lights were turned of was on
account Of the scarcity Of water. To be
sure. the moon was not IN sight. and had
I had plenty of water the light would
have burned all night The Government
lines are all in good order. trees trimmed
and ready for stormy weather. Every
one has their troubles. but il Is a poor
policy 10 shift il TO some one else to
shield ones own guilt
Superintendent Electric Light. Honolulu.
Lights in Waikiki were out all Of
last night The Moana hotel was safe.
having it's own plant, but the Waikiki
Annex. private houses and the Wal
kiki Inn were forced to resort to can
dies for light Mr. Almy had planned
reception and dance at the latter
place and had spent a great deal of
money in preparation and advertising.
He found it necessary to indefinitely
postpone the affair on account OF the
inability to get lights.
A well-known electrician declares
that. in the event of severe and con-
tinuei rain storm accompanied by any
considerable amount of wind in Homo
lulu. there is likely to be most seri-
GUS state Of affairs in this city. The
wires would undoubtedly come down
all over the city and, before the power
could be shut of. numerous persons
would be likely to be injured IL not
killed. He states that the entire sys-
tenn OF electric wires in Honolulu is in
great need of immediate attention.
The wooden pins on the eross-bars of
the poles which hold the insulators in
place are rotten and the least strain
is likely TO cause them to give way.
New ones should be put in at once.
This is not the only source of danger.
The wires are in many places i'm
properly strung and In the event of
their ever falling to a general extent
on telephone wires and the insulation
of the latter being worn away, great