The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-07-04

Activity is the watchword with the
Rapid Transit Company at present and
the multiplicity of plans and details
of the work show what undertakings
the company is willing to shoulder to
give Honolulu the best transportation
service. The work now in hand and
mapped out is as follows:
King street.-The shuttle line from
Fort TO Alapai. connecting with the
line already ia operation from Alapai
to Waikiki road. is practically com
pleted. The switches are being con-
neoted up, and IL the trolley wire was
i'm position cars would be running over
the line this week. There are a num-
ber of difficulties 60 be overcome In
the stretching Of the trolley wire which
have not yet been met with on other
streets. At Capitol Square the COM
pany will be compelled to suspend the
trolley wire from other wires stretch
ing entirely across the broad space
there as no poles can be erected with
in the limits of the square.
The company will put men to work
in a short time on the extension OF the
King street line from Fort TO Liliha'
50 that there can be two separate lines
operated between Palama and the pow
er house. thus obviating the trouble ne
cessitated by the cars of two separate
divisions using the single track on Ho-
tel street.
Aiakea street line-The company is
also laying its plans to build the Ala
kea street road. which will run up
Emma street over Punchbowl to Kua-
KIM street. thence to Nuuanu avenue
to the present terminus of the Pacific
Heights railroad, so that quick trans
portation can be effected from all parts
of the city to the Heights and ulti-
mately to Tantalus when the latter
line is built.
McCully Tract-The successors to the
Waikiki Land and Loan Association
who control the McCully tract through
which the Rapid Transit sought q
means OF reaching Waikiki until stop
ped by injunction proceedings, are
again at work making the roadbed
through McCully street from King
street. This roadbed when completed
will connect King street with Waikik
road. a short distance from the Hote
Annex property. The extension OF
King street from the Waikiki turn tc
McCully street is nearing completion
Wilder avenue and McCully street
Within a short time the old plan OF ex
tending the Wilder avenue line from
Alexander street at Punahou to th'
junction OF King and McCuly stree
will be carried out. This will permi
of passengers being taken from almos
any part of the city on several line
to the general terminus at Waikiki.
THE TRAM COMPANY'S FOLLY.
An amusing feature OF Pains effort
to block the progress of the Rapi'
Transit lies in his tactics at the june
tion of King street with Waikiki road
Since the Rapid Transit cars have beel
running from town to the junction peo
pie have generally used the cars 4
that point and taken the trans from
there to the beach. Many nickels wer
thus diverted from the tram system
and Manager Pain has evolved sys
TEN which shows the eXtraordinar
manner in which the public is treate
by that company. If an electric car i
nearing the junction with passengers
Pains drivers whip up their mules an'
leave the junction before its arrival
and the ark is usually some distanc
up the road by the time the Rapi
Transit passengers alight This spit
work on the part of the tram system
has been in operation for several days
However. despite the tram company
efforts TO cause people to ride in II
cars, the Rapid Transit has lost non
of its patrons. People coming fror
Waikiki now pay but cents, whicl
entities them to ride to the waikiki
turn. where they alght and board tn
electric cars for town