The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-04-13
PECK ON CAR SERVICE
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IT'S or the company to 10 per cent
the cost of the property. The old mule
car outfit had been allowed to max
i as big profit for themselves as the
could At the present time the com
pany was not making money althoug
it was paying expenses. It's aim wa
to give the best possible service 70
the return it was getting.
OF every nickel taken in the COMPANY
get approximately one-half of a cent
the rest going to the employees of tn,
company and to give good safe ride.
| to it's patrons.
Mr.. Peck had intended to come tC
the meeting to discuss a possible 20
| minutes service to Kaimukf The
way for such a service had, however
! been made clear and it seemed to be
| all over but the shouting The meet
| ing was really ratifica ton and posi-
| ly a qualification meeting. It had been
found out of the question for the COM
pany to put another car on the Waia-
lac road line. Such car would cost
$4,000 additional expense Therefore
the schedule had to be adjusted with
out the putting on of an extra car
The schedule of the Liliha and Bere-
tania streets line had had to be amend
ed. There was too much patronage of
the King street line for any change to
be made there. The former line was
a lean line and there was no money in
operating it on the old schedule.
The L1llha street people were disgust
ed at the change of schedule in the
running of their cars. He hoped and
thought that they would reconcile
themselves to the new order of things.
Where the traffic offered there must
the company go.
The franchise of the company was
not as liberal as it was popularity sup
posed to be. 1t allowed the company
TO give man a ride if he gave a
nickel and he could ride about ten
miles for five cents if he was so mind
ed The company gave the government |
about half as much as it gave the |
There wasn't a railroad |
in the United Staaes that did that
The speaker said that as long as the
company held it's franchise, it would |
do all for it's patrons that it could, |
even as dry goods or other merchant |
strove to please and serve customers
to ability's extent.
In response to request from the
chair, Attorney Douthitt said that as |
one of a committee, he had had a talk
with the Governor on the question of /
the proposed change of schedule The
Governor had asked him what he could 7
do in the matter. Douthitt had agreed \
with him that he could do absolutely
nothing regarding change in time
service, and that it was up to the COM
pany to act as it saw fit. All that the |
Governor had to do was to see that |
the company furnished sufficient cars
n COT c-fx
speaker was delighted with prospects
IL an immediate 20 minutes service and
said that the petitioners had got more
han they asked inasmuch as they
would now be able to go to Waialae Il
without a transfer
Senator c. H. Dickey complimented
he FL. r. T. & L. Co. on the excel
ence of its service. He hadn't seen
peter in the States. The conductors, /
were considerable and polite
honolulu ought to be proud of the
company.
A. V. Gear moved a vote of thanks
o Mr.. Peck for his address and to the
company for raeceding to the request
# the club which was unanimously
and acknowledged by the re-
ipient.
No regular reports of committees (
we're received but President Meyers (
tated that the nursery of the club was
veil started and that the Arbor Day
rees were in splendid shape, only one E
aving died and that not from natural
auses.
Work on the Waialae road was he
aid, progressing rapidly and an ex-
client showing was being made by the
mall gang of men employed. He had
cen Informed that it was the inten-
ion of the road supervisor to go right S
head with the work. BY the end of
he month the grading of the road will
ave been finished, the pipes put in
nd the coral dressing partly put on
Sixty days ago, said the chair. the
citation for a better car service had &
cen started. Today the club had got
that it wanted. The same was in &
1easure true of the work on the Wal
lac road. He thought that herein the
Tub should feel greatly encouraged
nd go to the work of improving the X
istrict with renewed effort. What the 3
hub wanted was more members.
So ended a most interesting meeting Is