The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-01
RAPID TRANSIT'S
GOOD SHOWING
ANNUAL MEETING HELD AND
OLD OFFICERS REFLECTED
MANAGERS REPORT

The annual meeting Of the Honolulu
Rapid Transit & Land Company Ltd,
was held yesterday at the Chamber
of Commerce when the following board
of officers was reelected: L. Tenney
Peck president; L. A. Thurston, LIST
vicelpresident; ]. b. Castle, 2nd vice
president; G. p. Thielen, secretary; c.
II. Atherton, treasur r; f. w Klebahn,
auditor; w. r. Castle, director; c. G.
Ballentyne, manager and ex-0fiiclo di-
rector.
Manager Ballentyne submitted
lengthy report on the op. rations Of the
company in which he dealt with the
subjects of construction, renewals and
repairs, car operations and the aqua
RUM The following were among the
most interesting paragraphs in his re-
port:
VERY little in the way Of track or
other construction was done during the
year, short extension of the King
street line of 1880 feet running from
the Kamehameha ", road to the Ka-
hauiN stream; an addition to the
Queen street line of 1925 feet, included
i'm which is a spur track of $50 feet
leading to a fuel oil stand pire; "A curve
at the intersection of Alapai and Bere-
tania streets and a turnout of 400 feet
in length, with a crossOver, on Bere-
tania street between Richards and Ala
kea streets, comprise all the work in
this respect done during this period.
1.-THE erection of the ten new cars
referred to in my last report was COM
pleted during the early part of the year
and the cars placed in service on the
King street line to the great comfort
and conveniece of those Of our patrons
who use that line.
During the year We constructed and
put in service an express car, in con-
nection with the Wells, Fargo Express
Co., with very satisfactory results. In
December We began the construction
# an oil tank car of 70 barrels capa-
city in which it is proposed to trans
! port our own fuel oil as well as that
Of other consumers throughout the
city. This will enable us to effect
conside rable reduction in the cost of
our fuel, in addition to which there
will be the profit derived from the
| transportation of oil to others.
"The total income for the year was
! $3.50 1872 -, and the total OPP rating eX-
| pense account was $2O1 ,649. o., leaving a
| balance to the credit of this account of
| 1928, 743 10, from which was deducted
| the fixed charges of $57,302.70 leaving a
net balance of ST. 40.
The car mileage for the year was
SOP ,2O9 miles, being a daily average
of 4116 miles, and the passengers car
ried were 6,616,52S, the daily average
being 1927. There were 6,219,311 full
fare passengers, 275.625 half fare (school
children) passengers and 1852 free
passengers; of these last it is estimat-
ed that 70 per cent or 91,194 is made VI
of police letter carriers, firemen and
sanitary inspectors this being equal tc
a contribution to the public service OF
$4559.7O.
THE Aquarium continued to be a
place of great attraction during the
year, but naturally it was not to be
expected the attendance would be as
great as during the first year OF its
iexistence. Altogether 5,735 persons
paid admission fees; Of these 1878
were adults and 1888 children. This
does not by any means represent the
number of children who visited the in
stitution, as this patronage was prin
cipally on the free" day Of the week
The income from paid admissions was
$2i76.7O against which there were eX
penses amounting to 1862 81, leaving {
deficit of $1216 PA sum which may b,
regarded as advanced by the compan!
towards the instruction and enjoymen
of the people Of the community