The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-10-31
TROUBLES or THE BOSTON
EL0eEElEVlT0R SEEN uaEEBIaG
4 starr Yesterday Brought Hope. But
That Hope Was Soon Shattered
Trial Today.

The tenants Of the Offices and
apartments In the Boston building
have had their patience tried most
sorely recently By refractory ele-
vator- Several days ago the tenants
were dismayed to find the elevator
stationary al the bottom Of the veil
and stairs Of from one to FIVE flights
confronting them The sign Not
Running remained on the door OF
the machine four or Eve days. until
the tenants became fairly reconeiled
to the climbing Of flight after fight.
and were. like the eel under the
butcher-knife. getting comfortably
used to it, Yesterday. however. this
resignation was rlidely broken into
By q shock OF delight. the elevator
sign having disappeared and the
smiling Hawaiian boy appearing al
the door of the elevator ready to
head of those who had become adj
dicted to the habit of starting the
long climb without looking az the
elevator.
For about forty-fye minutes the
tenants enjoyed the now novel sensa-
ton of being hoisted up the shaft.
but their lelight was shortlived- At
the expiration OF this period the ele-
vator was again at the bottom OF the
well. bearing the label. Not Run
ming As if in half-apology. small
card posted cat-a-cornered across
bar to the left of the sign gave the
additional information: "On Ac-
count of No Power,"
The elevator remained stationary
all day yesterday, and no promise IS
given of its being in operation again
today. The tenants. among them the
numerous members of the Y. W. c.
A.. whose headquarters are on the
fourth floor. have given up all hope
of assistance from the uncertain ma
chine and courageously tackle the
long flights without a murmur, muir
muring having proved inconsequential-
Inquiry brings out the fact that the
machine was-first put out OF business
through the unfortunate cunning of
the native elevator boy, who. on leav-
ing for the night, placed crowbar
through the bars of the machine for
the purpose of preventing kids from
monkeying with it" 1t is claimed
that small boys have been tampering
with the elevator at night, and the
bar was put through the machine to
hold it stationary in case they should
succeed in turning the crank. The re-
suit of the boys foresight, however,
was not exactly what was anticipated.
The night Waterman came along and
undertook to go up in the machine.
He threw of the brake. and with a
crash the machine shot upward. the
crowbar breaking the machinery and
smashing up things generally.
The managers claim that it has ia
ken all this time. since Wednesday of
last week. to repair the machinery,
and yesterday when they had the
in operation again the Ha
waiian Electric Company was delin-
quent in its duties, and there was no
power to run the machine. the cleo
trical apparatus being in bad mix
up. Linemen were busy all the aft
ernoon yesterday In tampering with
wires and cables. Whether or not
the elevator will be running today is
a question.
Great inconvenience has been sui
fered by the tenants of the upper
floors, particularly by the ladies of
The Y. w. C. A. who have been COM
PEELED to climb four double flights of |
stairs numerous times The lectures |
and classes now being held in the |
looms were seriously interfered with |
Dy the annoyance. and all the tenants |
are out of patience with the miserable |
service. A week or so since the ele |
vator in the Stangenwald building |
business for some days, the |
reason given being that the Hawaiian
Electric Company had been derelict
n its duties.