The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-13
RAPID TRANSIT 4 GREAT
BUSINESS PROPOSITION
Twenty-Five Miles of Track---NearIy Six Million
Passengers last Year--Mr. Peck Succeeds
Mr.. Thurston as President.

I cost being 81, 40I.53. This change in
/ location was made necessary for. the
reason that when we originally con-
| structed the track the title to certain
/ lands necessary to widen the street to
a uniform width, had not then been
/ obtained by the Government, making
/ it necessary for the company TO con-
| struct the track off the center of the
| street in places, and with undesirab BILE
curves which seriously irnpeded the OPP
/ Grafton of the cars on that line.
For the purpose of reducing the
| speed of the cars on King street, be-
tween the turnout opposite the resi-
| dence of the late Paul Neumann and
that opposite Artesian street, we
| changed the location of the latter turn
| out, moving it 200 feet Eva; this was
done in the early part of March at a
cost of s451.97.
The Baseball Park section, extending
from McCully street to beyond the
baseball grounds, was begun on March
| 18th and completed April 18th, at
cost for labor and ballast of $42S5.6S-
On April goth we began the construc-
ton of the lines on Alakea and Emma
streets, and on Allen street, lower Fort.
Queen and River streets, and complet-
ed the same on July 2sth, the cost for
labor and ballast being S17,5S7.96.
For the purpose of facilitating opera
ton of the cars, removing the danger
of collision, and making the Hotel and
King street lines Independent of each
other, we made certain changes and
additional connections in our tracks at
the junction of Liliha and King streets.
This work cost s2S2.54
The construction of the Waialae
Road section, extending from the
Baseball Park to the crest of the hill
at the division line between the Ka-
imuli and WaiaIae tracts, was begun
August 18th and completed October
10th; the cost for labor and ballast be-
ing $17,s47.0S. This includes one-third
the cost of the concrete arch over the
Manoa stream at Moiliili.
The next line to be taken up was the
Fort and Nuuanu streets line; this was
begun October 9Th and completed De-
cember 18th, the cost being $12, 0S001.
Upon completion of this last we be-
gan construction on Beretania street
at the intersection of Fort street and
completed the track as far as Miller
street. On account of scarcity of ma
terial we decided to stop there and pro-
coed with construction on Beretania ,
street, Waikiki of Alapai street, as far
our material would allow us to go. /
This will be to about dalxiki street. /
When this is completed we will begin |
car service between these points, Ala
pal and Makilxi streets, transferring /
passengers to and from town at Alapai
street.
The material necessary to complete /
the Beretania street line has been or
dered and is now on the way here. If
it arrives when expected the line viii
be completed about the LIST of April.
With the exception of certain connec-
tons which will be placed in position
so that cars may be conveniently
transferred from one line to another,
and possibly some short extensions, the
of the Beretania street line
will complete the system. We VIII
then have 22.016 miles of track IN os)-
GRAFTON, exclusive of turnouts and sid
ings measuring 1853 miles. and SO
cars in regular week day service.
The total mileage completed during
the year, including the line on the Wal
kiki Road. upon which about half the
work had been done in 1902, but no part
of which was then complete, was 9.25S
miles of track and overhead structure,
turnouts. The cost, for Ia
Dor and ballast, being $73,523.95.
CAR OPERATIONS.
we began the year with 10 cars in
regular service and ended it with "a.
The earnings and expenses were as
follows: !