The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-02
BOTH SIDES
IN A RUSH
Rapid Transit Men
Hold to Their
Right.
MISTAKE OVER
PLANS THE CAUSE
Roads Bureau Employees Stand for
One Round But Explanations
Prevent AIRY Battle.
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| w tTd rush the men working In
| w 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
1.-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 10
raise a riot arose over the disposition
of the earth which is being taken out
Of the ditch made for the laying OF the
now tracks. The roads department had
the idea that the contractors plan was
TO take away all this earth and replace
n with rock So 1t was that the oroer
was given that this debris be taken OH
the street and carted to the low ground
further along King street. However 1t
is the intention of the contractor 10
use the macadam and much of the earth
In filling in between the ties OF the track
as laid and consequently the removal or
any of 1t would mean 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 oojectloh
made but as Contractor Mckee was at
a different point on the work, the PUB
lic works Department people would not
heed the protest of the luna. Finally
the contractor appeared and wheh
remonstrance failed he gave the orders
to place distractions in the way, and
then the teams were driven off, as the
instructions to take the earth dld not
include fighting for it.
AS soon as the trouble appeared the
men at interest got together and soon
adjusted matters, and now there VIII
be no effort on the part Of the Roads
men TO take away any Of the filling un-
til the completion of the work OF the
contractor laying the line. The plan
20 .,,a poads T2ureau was 10 utilize the
material which was thus excayated 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 a 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
between the grade given to
the Rapid Transit company and that OF
the roadway.
This improvement OF the makai side
OF the road puts the .Tramways in a
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 II at a lower grade.
where the water will fill the tracks. as
it pours of the higher levels.