The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-06-23
TROLLEYS
WERE ALL
CROWDED

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Another rivet in the doom of the ol,
tram cars was driven Saturday whel
the new King street extension of tn
Honolulu Rapid Transit Company wa
formally opened to the public All da,
yesterday the cars on the extension
were loaded to the guards with passen
gers who hurled derisive remarks a
the drivers OF the almost empty arks
as they whirled swiftly by the slow
plodding mules.
The line was in fine running shape
and the road bed is one OF the best
pieces of work on the system. ever
though hurriedly done. At present the
cars run only to the turn. though the
rails have been laid across the tram
ways track TO the McCully property
AS soon as the lowland there is filled
/ in the extension will be completed on
| 10 Waikiki.
The electric cars got the bulk of tire
| traffic from Waikiki yesterday. the peo-
pie taking the mule cars to the turn
and completing their journey on the
Rapid Transit. 1t was the same way
going out. and though the tram cars
did fairly good business from the
turn TO Waikiki. the mule cars were al
most empty into town. the people pre-
ferring the ride in the electric cars,
even though coupled with it was the
Inconvenience OF changing cars.
The King street cars are marked
with special signs and ara of a new
type of car with straight sides instead
Of curved. The cars are marked "Ka-
lihi to Waikiki Turn" and will. in the
evening, carry red lights to 1:axe .hem
oistinguishable at e. distance. The Pu-
nahou cars will use green lights
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soon began to fly. These were soon
Joined by other gangs until the entire
aggregation was strung along the track
ing humanity which extended to Rich
ards street in double file. Under the
energetic bosses the picks were WELD
ed with a vim and in a short time
trenches were opened up around the
rails. AS soon as the gang at the end
where the work commenced had loos-
ened up the earth to the ties they were
moved down the street and in this ro-
tation they will be worked until the
entire track can be removed.
The officers of the company were
vigilant and assisted the bosses in di- !
recting the men. AS an Indication of
the secrecy with which the work was
planned there was not soul in the
ooIo ha mir
Transit officials when the army of la
oorers started from the power house.
Shortly after their arrival Chester
Doyle appeared and he remained on
luty for the police department, ready
% send the word to- the station if any
resistance was offered. or If trouble OF
my kind occurred. The workmen them
selves were in ignorance of the real
character OF the work they were ex-
'ected TO perform and about their first
of it was when they were
directed to the tram tracks in the
quare.
At o'clock this morning the first
rowd OF laborers will be called off and
90 Hawaiians will take their places.
md gangs will be worked day ard
light until the Rapid Transit tracks ]
re laid. The present Rapid Transit
racks terminating at Alapal on King,
nd those at the intersection OF King
nd Liliha streets, will be connected as Z
oon as possible. thus making a COM
lete electric line from Kalihi TO the
Waikiki road
When the Rapid Transit first under ]
ook to lay tracks on King street. near
any blocked their work by laying ,
-acks directly in their path. Manager :
ain of the Tramways laid a section c
T track on Palace Square paralleling
.ation next to the Hawaiian Electric q
ompany building. The Rapid Transit f
id section of track there which the
ramways tore out and replaced with .
leir own The Rapid Transit then n
ia a temporary track from Fort street a
Camarinos' store. where Paine made o
a Intellectual attempt to put in a ;,
witch. and was placed under arrest v
T the part he took. when the opposing
Lngs of workmen almost came to
ows. In the courts Manager Pain
,plied for an injunction against the b
apid Transit to prevent them using s.
ing street for their tracks. but failed. oi
iperintendent Boyd of the Public
orks Department recently notified the -
Company that it's addition %:
track on Palace Square was a nul- H
nee. at the same time requesting that II
2 girder rails be removed. The Tram - :.
sys Company has ignored the order NJ
d the Rapid Transit resolved to take a
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