The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-03-25
CITIZENS WANT RAPID
TRANSIT TO WAIKIKI

have obtained o. temporary injunction
and iht matter mas be tied 100 ln thr
courts for several months. ana We are
Thereby blocked from ruirc ahead.
"Thc WAIKIKI road is thn only One
from KlnE street tn Wuikkl for care
riares n o. used almost entirely hy
people who drive in carriages"
Governor Dole stated further that b.
had hcsitatpi. and still hcsitatcs. as 10
whether the government should allow
the Waikiki road 90 Zoe used hy the
Rapid Transit. and thus make 90 dan
perous FOR carriages. lie felt that the
Rapid Transit would promote the inter
ests Of the majority Of the people. hut
the safety Of others who used the road
as drive had To be considered
Mr.. Thurstpn further stated that
there were Two important questions 20
he considered. one was that the COM
pany be allowed to run from King
street to Kealia road. and the other
as to whether they should use Kealia
read. or use the direct run on Waikiki
read. Along the route were thirty
property owners. one Of whom had re-
| fused to consent to the building of
| track and another was at present on
Maui. The arguments against using
Keala road We're as follows: The adj
| ditional time II would take to use it
! had to be considered. TO build tracks
| around Kealia road would cost $4,000
more than on the Waikiki road, and II
would be 1000 feet longer; that will re-
quire one additional ear at n cost OF
! 500 per day for operating They had
made a census of people living on Ala
Moana, Kealia road to Bishops switch,
the number being go Those living be-
tween Waikiki junction with Kealia
road to Bishop switch was 1875. Includ-
! ing Kapiolani Park. the number was
| 81. not including Camp Mckinley. This
was total of 7O6 as against the Ala
Moana route. Keala road was crook
ed and this would cause slow running,
| losing four minutes.
Mr.. Boyd said he had been taking
steps to widen Waikiki road throughout
to so feet, and had made favorable
progress. which would make it 20 feet
| wider than King street
+. S. Cunha said he would oppose lay
ing tracks upon the makai side of Wal
Xxi road, although he was In favor of
the Rapid Transit going to Waikiki.
He knew that there would be consid-
cradle opposition. to spelling Waikiki
road as n driveway. lie favored a
thoroughfare 100 feet wide.
w. NJ. Gifard did not think there
would he any objection to a track be-
ing laid as at present laid out. although
he favored the Rapid Transit going to
Waikiki
| l.. Tenney Peck. although member
of the Rapid Transit directorate. repre-
. scented the Castle Estate at the meet
ing. He said that no objection had been
made to the tracks being laid on King
street through Palama, although there
was more traffic there than at Waikiki.
The public interests were being well
subserved in that section. and the same
spirit should be observed in the case of
Waikiki.
!. s Cleghorn said to lay tracks on
the road would spoil it for driving. He
thought that if some arrangement could
be made whereby the swampy strips on
the mauka side could be obtained this
difficulty would be obviated. and no
one could have any objections in that
event.
George Paris, of the Waikiki Land &
; Loan Association, said he had worked
hard to obtain a right of way for the
company, and had taken petitions
} around. He thought driving might be
: impaired by extending the line all the
; way from King street. He hoped to see
the line go through the McCully tract
as originally planned. The Rapid
! Transit benefits the community gener-
ally and the larger number. The few
} err number who drive fast horses We're
: about the only ones who objected to the
tracks being laid on the road.
Fred Macfarlane did not like the idea
OF tracks being laid on the road as II
} was the only one connecting with Dia-
: mond Head road. He thought a strir
along the mauka side could be procured
t by the company at a reasonable figure
He felt that satisfactory arrangements
7 could be made with the Kapiolani Els
l tate, Lunalilo Estate and others.
y Mr.. Thurston said the history of roat
5 widening in Honolulu meant delay Of
a year or more to the company. Th'