The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-02


Activity is the watchword with the
Rapid Transit Company al present and
the multiplicity of plans and details
OF the work show what undertakings
the company is willing to shoulder 10
give Honolulu the best transportation
service. The work now IN hand and
mapped out is as follows:
King street.-the shuttle line from
Fort 10 Alapai, connecting with the
lire already I'm operation frcm Alapai
to Waikiki road, Is practically COM
pieted The switches are being con-
nected up. and IL the trolley wire was
in position cars would be running over
the line this week. There are NUM-
Der of difficulties to 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 VIII put men TO WORK
in a short time on the extension OF the
King street line from Fort to Liliha,
so that there can be two separate lines
operated between Palama and the pow
or house thus obviatiHg the trouble ne
cessitated by the cars of two separate
divisions using the single track on Ho-
tel street.
Alakea street Iine--The company IS
also laying its plans 10 build the Ala
kea street road. which viii run up
Emma street over Punchbowl to Kua-
kini street thence TO Nuuanu avenue
to the present terminus OF the Pacific
Heights railroad, 80 that quick trans
portation can be effected from all parts
Of the city 20 the Heights and ulti-
nately to Tantalus when the latter
line is built
McCully Tract-The successors 10 the
Waikiki Land and Loan Association
who control the McCully tract through
which the Rapid Transit sought
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
viii connect King street with WAIKIKI
-oad short distance from the Hotel
Annex property. The extension on
King street from the Waikiki turn to
McCulIy street is nearing completion.
Wilder avenue ard McCully street
Within short time the old plan OF ex-
ending the Wilder avenue line from
Alexander street al Punabou to the
junction OF King and McCulIy street
Tili be carried out. This will permit
II passengers being taken from almost
my part OF the city on several lines
Q the general terminus at Waikiki.
THE TRAM COMPANY'S FOLLY.
An amusing feature OF PAINS efforts
o block the progress OF the Rapid
transit lies in his tactics at the juno
ion OF King street with Waikiki road.
ilnce the Rapid Transit cars have been
unning from town 20 the junction peo-
de have generally used the cars 10
hat point and taken the trans from
here To the beach. Many nickels were
hus diverted from the tram system
md Manager Pain has evolved sys-
en- which shows the extraordinary
manner in which the public Is treated
" that company. II an electric car is
learing the junction with passengers.
'ain's, drivers whip up their mules and
cave the junction before its arrival.
nd the ark is usually some distance
~ the road by the time the Rapid
transit passengers alight This spite
york on the Part OF the tram system
as been in operation for several days
Towever. despite the tram company
forts to cause people 20 ride in its
ars. the Rapid Transit has lost none
Z its patrons. People coming from
Waikiki now pay but cents which
ntitles them 10 ride to the WaikiEi
Iectric cars for town.