The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-22
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make use of Kealia road If it can be
avoided, owing to the expense of laying
5000 feet additional track there, the ex-
pense of operating another car for that
route and the loss Of eight minutes
time on the round trip.
The argument narrowed down to
that of getting a strip along the entire
mauka side of Waikiki road to Kapio-
lani Park. TO be obtained through nego-
tiations with the owners. or by con-
demnation proceedings. the money to
be raised for the government by pub
lie spirited citizens, who in turn would
be reimbursed by the government
through the medium OF the legislature
Governor Dole opened the meeting by
stating that the Rapid Transit had
made proposition to the government
To consent 10 their using certain roads
which are not in the franchise. between
King street and Waikiki The fran
chise gave them Kealia road from Bish-
ops bridge down TO the Ala Moana,
or beach road. He said the government
hoped the company would not use Ala
Moana but leave il untrammelled as
a driving thoroughfare. He said the
company had endeavored TO get the
right of way through the swampy Nc
Gully tract above Waikiki road, carry
ing it through from Alexander street to
| King street and down McCully street
TO the Waikiki road, thence along Kea-
liza road to Bishops switch. The new
proposition was for the government to
allow the company TO go along Waikiki
read direct instead of using Kealia
road. The legislature had given a
! franchise for certain streets and the
/ government was responsible for the
protection OF the rights OF the public
/ to see whether such q grant viii preJu-
dice the public or be an advantage to
it
L. 4. Thurston. Of the Rapid Transit
/ Company. said the franchise gave them
the right TO use Ala Moana through
KeaIia road up to Bishops switch and
| so on. The government hoped 10 i'm
| prove Ala Moana. and the next plar
| taken up was to join for the present al
| Alexander street terminus and go or
down through an entirely new route
which they had obtained from the ma
jority of property owners. They had
| rights granted to go through the Nc
Gully tractt
There has turned up in that tract
/ said Mr. Thurston. "a Chinese in oppo-
lsition. who claims TO have a leaSeholc
/ and refuses to sell out except at a pro-
hibitory price. We have direct anc
| positive information that these China
| men are backed by the Tramway:
/ Company and that the Tramways i:
paying the attorneys for bringing the
suit. The Rapid Transit is only inter
este6 incidentally thus far. 1t is no
doing the work of filling but the owner:
of the land are doing this. Whethel
the case is good or bad. the Chimes
have obtained a temporary injunction
and the matter may be tied up in TIL
courts for several months. and we ar
thereby blocked from going ahead.
.sThe Waikiki road is the only on
from King street to Waikiki for car
riages. II is used almost entirely b.
people who drive in carriages"
Governor Dole stated further that n
had hesitated. and still hesitates, as &
whether the government should ALLOW
the Waikiki road TO be used by tn
Rapid Transit, and thus make it dan
eerous for carriages He felt that tn
Rapid Transit would promote the inter
ests of the majority of the people. Blu
the safety of others who used the roa'
as a drive had TO be considered.
Mr.. Thurston further stated tina
there were two important questions {
be considered. One was that the com
pany be allowed to run from Kin
street to Kealia road. and the othe
; as to whether they should use keali
! I read. or use the direct run on Walks
, road. Along the route were thlrt
, property owners, one OF whom had re
; fused to consent TO the building o
track and another was at present o
, Maui. The arguments against usin
KeaIia road were as follows: The ad
dfrional time il would take to use
; had TO be considered. To build track
around Kealia road would cost $500
more than on the WAIKIKI road. and
, would be 1000 feet longer; that will re
, oufre one additional car at a cost o
: 500 per day for operating They ha
made a census of people living on Al
; Moaua. Kealia road TO Bishops switcf
, the number being go. Those living be
; tween Waikiki junction with kea1
road to Bishop switch was 135. Includ
. ing Kapiolani Park. the number wa
81. not including Camp Mckinley TN
: was a total OF 70s. as against the Al
AFoana route Kealia road was crook
; ed and this would cause slow running
; losing four minutes
ATr Boyd said he had been takln
steps to widen Waikiki road Throughout
! to so feet, and had made favorabi
| progress. which would make il 20 fee
.EfiGer than King street
Z F. :. Cunha said he would oppose lay
n ing tracks upon the makai side OF w
1 Xxi road. although he was IN favor
( the Rapid Transit going TO Waikiki
II lie knew that there would be consld
/ cradle opposition TO spelling waikiki
road as a driveway He favored
thoroughfare 100 feet wide.
w NJ Giffard did not think Their
would be any objection TO a track be
ing laid as at present laid out, although
he favored the Rapid Transit going L
Waikiki
L. Tenney Peck. although memoe
/ OF the Rapid Transit directorate, repre-