The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-21
RAPID TRANSIT
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AND WAIKIKI
THURsTON SAYS PAIN is BEHIND
THE CHINESE WHO GOT
AN INJUNCTION.
MEETING THIS AFTERNOON TO
DISCUSS ROUTES.
The Interests Of Those Who Drive Yer
sus the Interests of Those Who Ride
on Cars.

Citizens who want the Waikiki road
! kept free of electric car tracks, to pre-
| serve il as a driveway, turned out in
! full force this afternoon to attend the
meeting called by Governor Dole, to
| discuss the proposition of allowing the
| Rapid Transit company to lay tracks
aaong the road, from King street to the
Kalia road, and thence down the Kalia
road. 1t was announced that the prop
erty owners along the road were prac-
| tically unanimous in a petition for hav-
ling the tracks laid
! Among those who attended the meet
| ing were: w. r. Castle, T. J. Lyman
! W. r. Castle, Jr., F. T. Peck, I. Bray,
| H. e. Cooke, w. A. Wall A. G. Hawes,
/ r. s. Cunha, L. A. Thurston, w. G.
! Peacock, L. G. Ables, j. G. ROthweU,
! c. G. Ballentyne, George Paris, A. 5.
! Cleghorn b. F. Dillingham;, ]. S. Walk
er, c. H. Dickey, Andrew Brown,
! Treasurer Wright, superintendent of
Public Works Boyd, F. j. Testa, b. H.
! Wright, J. w. PodmOre, f. TOwse, Ar
chic Young, f. w. Beckley, James Nc
! Kee, w. M. Giffard, ]. F. Bowler F. w.
| Macfarlane and others.
| Governor Dole presided and explain
| ed the proposition He said that the
! Rapid Transit Company's franchise was
! for a road along Ala MOana, at the
! beach, but that he had urged the COM
] pany not to use this but to keep IL for
! a driveway taking some line mauka
| of Ala Moana. THE government has
! hesitated very much about allowing the
| company to use the Waikiki road" said
Dole, "as it is often crowded with
| vehicles. While the plan might pro-
mote the interests Of a great many
| probably a majority, yet the safety Of
those who use the road is to be con-
! sidered"
| u,b,,re+,,, s+o+a5 +b,+ tbo poDid
Transit Company had agreed with the
proposition that the Ala Moana route
| should be left as a beach drive, and had
| tried to get another route. For months
| there had been unsuccessful negotla-
tions with property owners for road
| mauka of Ala MOana, the beach road
| Then the Alexander road and McCully
tract proposition was tried, and it had
Just been stopped by an Injunction Sc
| CURED by a Chinese leasOr of some
| property involved, thnU|h the owner q.
the land is fee had given consent. we
have direct and pisitive Information
that the Chinese is backed by the Ha-
waiian Tramways Company sald
| ThurstOn. THAT company is paying the
| lawyers, and the Chinese refuses to sell
out his lease except at an eXorbltant
| price. Whether his case is good one
! or a bad one he has secured a tempo
rary injunction, and there are several
months litigation ahead, perhaps much
. more, before the company can do any
| thing" With but two exceptions the
| property owners along the Waikiki
road had signed a petition asking that
the Rapid Transit be allowed to use the
| road" said ThurstOn.
Governor Dole invited expressions Of
opinion, and e. S. Cunha asked Wheth-
er the track on the Waikiki road was
to be on the mauka or makai side.
Thurston said it would be wherever
the Governor and Boyd ordered, ana
the Governor remarked that it would
have to be on the makai side, while
ThurstVn referred to Boyd's plans to
widen the road, which are progressing
well.
Cunha said that there would be a
great deal of kicking if the company
was going to break up the waikiki
driveway by laying tracks on the ma
kai side.
There would be no objection if the
track were to be on new road said w.
NJ. Giffard but tracks makai of the
present tracks will be very dangerous.
Governor Dole said that the work OF
widening must necessarily be SLOW,
and putting the track on new road
could not be done at once. There is
little money for such purposes now
said the executive.
Cunha said the road ought to be lOO
feet wide, and repeated his objections
f. T. Peck took the other view. lie
said that the same objections might
have been made to the laying OF the
track to Palama, but that proposition
was of such public Importance that
none had been made. In the Wal
kik direction we have pleasure drtV-
ing" said Peck. IF tracks were there
/ now it would interfere very much, with
driving, especially with spirited horses
1 think, however that II the tracks
iorlnf
ing Of the street. By far the most peo-
pie who go to Waikiki now go by tram
: cars or on foot than any other. Per-
Ihaps if we could benefit these, the
driveway for others later on
Governor Dole wanted to know IRON
Boyd how long the widening would be
Boyd said IL depended upon property
owners and funds. I'VE have an ap
2 preparation, but no funds, said Boyd.
Ex-Governor Cleghorn Joined the op
. ponents of the track laying on the ma
llai side of the street He thought j
would ruin the drive.
George Paris favored the most eNpe
ditious route, even if it did interfere
with the interests Of the drivers.
Z. w. Macfarlane spoke strongly
against the proposition. He though
land ought to be taken from the mauk'
side of the tramway tracks.
W. G. Peacock said that the driving
people had the beach road kept fo
them and ought not to ask for the othe
road too.
Thruston spoke again, saying that tn,
company probably wouldn't get to wal
lSiki i'm a year if not allowed to use th
road AS for getting land mauka OF th
| tracks. to widen the road, owners ha'
| been asking 30 cents sqUare inch o.
Sl2 600 an acre. Macfarlane and Cleg
horn said this was an absurd figure
and they talked of cOndemnatiors
which Boyd said he uIun { believe In.
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