The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-04-20
THE SENATE
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kInstead or yielding $4,000 a year in
sfsxes the KOnas would be paying $780,
900 a year. This country paid the o.
r. & L. Co. subsidy of 5000 900 and
was now getting that much money
back every year from enterprises the
railway made possible.
Bishop said that when it was pro-
posed to give rights to corporation
the subject should be carefully investi-
gated. There WIS no committee report
on that bin. TIE interests of the gov
eminent and the public should be safe
guarded.
The motion to indefinitely postpone
was lost and the bill passed second
reading by title, to be read a third
time today
LUCAS RAILROAD BILL.
Aehi. encouraged by the success of
the Maui franchise, moved to recon
slider the Lucas Belt Line franchise.
Carried.
Dickey recapitulated the committee
report against it, as showing it vio-
lated the vested rights of the o. r. &
l.. Co. and the moral rights of the II.
r. II. & L. Co, ETC., but the report
was ordered read TO speak for itself.
McCandless said the o. r. & L. Co.
had surveys around Diamond Head and
preliminary surveys through Kalihi
and Leilehua. The same company had
watered its actual payment of 100000
stock up TO $4,000, 900, on which it
was today paying 6 per cent interest.
If the o. r. & l.. Co. did not put down
roads In the places where 1T held the
rights, an opportunity should be given
TO other companies. He did not see
}lwhy the Legislature should protect the
n q ~ Il
cent on its investment. Owing to the
narrowness of the country in Waialua
district the Lucas company would have
to parallel the Oahu railway through
Kalihi, but when it got into Lellehua
1T would not parallel that line. He talk
ed about the railroads running into
Chicago, saying it was impossible for
A railroad to enter a city without COM
ing in contact with other lines. AS for
interference with the Rapid Transit
Co, that company made little use Of
Queen street.
On a motion by Bishop at 3:45 to
adjourn, Vice President Paris decided
by the casting vote ito go on with
the work.
The hill passed second reading, 6
to 4. TO be read a third time today.
Senate Bill -, relating to lands held
nv the Department of Public Instrue-
tio1, was laid on the table.
Senate Bill 129. an electric railroad
franchise for the Island of Kauai, pass
ell second Tea iii,g, to % read third
time today.
RAPID TRANSIT SPEED.
Senate Bill 81, to amend Section
.S42, Revised Laws of Hawaii, was cali
ed up for second reading. 1t proposed
to change the speed limit of the Rapid
Transit Co. IS cars from eight to twelve
miles an hour within certain bounda
ries and outside thereof to leave the
speed limit for arrangement with the
Governor Also it would alter the
boundaries by substituting "Beretama
street. for Judd street and Pauoa
road The section as proposed to be
amended was the following:
''The rate of speed of the cars of
the said association and others shall
nbt exceed twelve miles per hour with
in the following limits in the district
of Kona. Island of Oahu, viz:
"F'rom the line of South street and
Alapai street on the south and east to
Liliha street on the north, and from
the harbor front to Beretania street.
EfOutside the limits mentioned in the
preceding paragraph the maximum
rate of speed on the lines of said as
soeiation and others shall be such as
shall be fixed. from time to time by
the said association and others, subject
to the approval of the Governor
McCandless moved the bill to be in
definitely postponed.
Bishop referred to bills of Senator
McCandIess as having been passed by
title, while the Senator attacked all
other railway bulls. If that was a
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McCandIess replied that the Supreme
Court decided the Rapid Transit fran
chise could not be changed. Twenty
persons had been killed owing to the
speed of the cars. The company had
paid "A stock dividend of 100000. OF
this 100000 should have been divided
with the Territory and if the Attorney
General had done his duty the Terri
tory would own 100000 of Rapid
Transit stock. The company had is
sued S1S0.000 more stock than 1T was
entitled to. If they passed that bill
giving unlimited speed before they
got the money due the Territory,
they were doing a wrong thing. The
company wanted to change the law so
that we could not have a transfer sys-
tenn. He considered if he was lame
and. standing on King street, wanted
TO go to the Hawaiian Hotel, he had
"a right to ride down to Aala Park and
get transfer to take him to the Ha-
3saiian Hotel. When you go into
court of equity you must have clean
hands, but this Rapid Transit Co. came
into the Legislature with the dirtiest
of hands. They might kill one of the
children Of a Senator. They might kill
one of the Senators. He did not want
to allow the company to kill people i
promiscuously.
Achi remarked that Senator McCand-
less said all of the bad but nothing of
the good about the company. He was
in favor OF amending the franchise so
that people could get to and from their {
business without delay. The company
paid tax of SO for every car. It I
was paving $4,000 year In taxes. In
the past three wears 1t had paid the !
$4,000. The speakers