Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-12
BERETANIA STREET KICK

ENltOT Evening BUlltlln. - nv I'lu-
sal Of the Honolulu Rapid Transit Il
Land Co. to improve the street car ser
vice on BCretania avenue proves that
the policy of that company IL To do all
1t can TO displease and Inconvenience
the public. and the recent action taken
by said company will no doubt be Sc.
verely condemned by all fair minded
citizens.
Referring to the discussion which
has lately been going on la regard to
the Beretania avenue service. II may
not be amiss to call attention to few
OF he Inconvenience which the pub.
lie have to put up with at the hands
of the Rapid Transit Co. First OF all,
take the Alakea. Emma street line. In
order 10 save the small expense Incl.
dental TO moving and replacing one of
the switches, oil passengers on this
line have been compelled for some
time past to get out OF one car into
another on every trip. This Is clearly
n hardship, especially to old and feeble
persons. and is a decided and uncalled
.or imposition on the general public
which should not be tolerated for a
moment. Again. In order TO reduce
expenses, without regard to the con.
venlence of the public while ago one
or two cars were taken on the Nuuanu
street line and the terminus of that
line changed, 20 King street, thereby
compelling passengers who wished to
20 down to the wharveS. 20 get out
and walt for the next Punahou car
that came along. The change that IL
now proposed will further inconveni.
Cnca the residents on Liliha street,
who may wish to reach the business
center Of the town, as II will be neces.
gary for them on every other trip to
change cars and board King street
car at the corner of Lillha. As is well
known, this particular corner Is one
Of the worst In town, owing to the nu.
nerous saloons located nearby, and
the fact that children ON the way TO
and from school, and ladies', will have
10 transfer at this point, does not
seem to have cut any figure with the
Rapid Transit Co. when deciding on
their change OF schedule.
In regard to Beretania street. Il Is
well known fact that a large number
Of the people residing on that street
do not ride In the Beretania street cars
at all. owing to the inconvenient ser.
vice and the long wait between cars
should they happen to miss one. This
has compelled them to take either the
Punahou or King street line and Is
one OF the reasons why the earnings
OF the Beretania street line are so
small One citizen who owns several
fine houses on Berctania avenue has
been unable to secure tenants for
Them, owing entirely to the fact that
The car service Is so poor. Just why
Berotania street should be dIscriml.
mated agains; Is hard to understand,
excepting that II had the misfortune
10 be the last street on which the
Rapid Transit Co. built its line. There
is apparently no other Just reason, for
II the Punahou Inc had been built last,
II would probably have got the comm.
ute service instead OF Beretania street.
Try the experiment Of putting the Pu-
nahou line on n Commute schedule
and the Bcrctania on l0.minute sche.
dule, and see then whether the Bere.
tania line is the worst.paying PROPOSE.
ton OF the two.
u Is unfortunate for the public that
tho entire street car business Is In the
hands OF one company, but as such In
the case 1t bchooves that company to
give the public a satisfactory service
oven II each and every car does not
pay profit. This policy is recognized
by every progressive passenger or
transportation company and often IN
cities car lines are built and extended
TO outlying districts, and n good serv.
lee put on before there are any resi-.
dents on the line. Once the service Is
established the business will surely
follow.
What the Honolulu Rapid Transit
4 Land Company should do is to give
n through lOminute service from the
head of Llliha street, along Beretania
10 Pawaa junction, and Commute ser.
vice TO Kaimuki. II this service was
established close connections could bc
made at all transfer points, and there
would be no grounds for a kick
from anybody.
Y CITIZEN.
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