Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-02-22
WAIAlAE SCHEDULE
BEFORE governor
Public Hearing Held In
Executive offices
Yesterday

The public hearing on the subject
Of the Waialae street car schedule
was held by Governor Frear yester-
Ing devoted to the matter, which was
then left in an unfinished state, and
will be continued at another hearing
on next Tuesday at p. m. There
were present at the meeting l.. Ten
ney Peck, president, and c. G. Bal
ientyne, manager, of the Honolulu
Rapid Transit e Land Co.; c. w.
Ashford, Wade Warren Thayer, {.
II. Dickey, w. NJ. Minton, w. L.
Howard and Allan Herbert, of a COM
mittee appointed at public meeting
of the Waialae, Kaimuki and Palolo
improvement Club.
The matter was talked over by
Mr.. Peek and Mr.. Ballentyne, repre-
eonting the street car company, and
by number of residents of the Wal
alae section. Wade Warren Thaycr
opened with his views on the legal
aspect of the matter, prefacing his
argument by the statement that what
the committee requested was that
the Governor should take no action
in regard to approving the schedule
submitted. The Waialae line Is the
only through line having cars as far
apart as twenty minutes. Figures
would be presented, Mr.. Thayer said,
to show that such an infrequent SER
vice was entirely inadequate. If the
Governor signed approval the only
recourse left would be a mandamus
suit.
What do you propose TO do II
do not approve this schedule?" the
Governor asked.
simply leave the matter in statu
quo" Mr.. Thayer answered. The
Rapid Transit Co. went into court
with the proposition that it had the
absolute right to fix the schedule. Of
this schedule Is approved 1t will make
IL doubly hard for us to secure am
Improvement. We ask you not to
TIC uo uo"h " the pIcSeht SCneu-
ule."
Mr.. Dickey produced financial
estimate to show that an additional
car would not be chargeable with
the $685. that the company had said
Il would cost.
Mr.. Ashford thought that as the
company had laid its tracks on Bere.
tania street against the wishes of the
residents. 1t was the duty of the COM
pany to give a reasonable service
He did not believe the courts would
say that the Governors approval
would establish the reasonableness
of the schedule, but that 1t would
be held matter to be inquired into.
They would he seriously prejudiced
by the executive approval in any flu
ture proceeding in the courts.
Mir. Thayer read statement pre-
pared by Emil A. Berndt, the absent
committeeman, showing the crowded
state of the Waialae cars morning
and evening. In the morning there
was, in eight days noted. a minimum
of 32 and maximum Of 81 coming
into town. From five to eight pas
| sengers were observed standing.
! From town in the evening, on seven
days, the numbers in the car ranged
from IS to 100 and twice as many
as 25 were standing.
w. l.. Howard spoke of the increase
of traffic that had ensued upon the
change from the 30-minute shuttle
| car between Pawaa junction ant
Waialae to the Commute schedule
on establishing the through route tC
Liliha street. One-third of this trav
ell was on other lines and sometimes
he started walking and found II mo-
worth while taking any car. Resi-
dents of Beretania avenue were yer!
pleased when the line was made {
through one.
Mr.. Thayer, in answer to CUES
ton from Governor Frear, said the.
were not threatening litigation, bu
simply asking him to leave the schet
ule In allegiance.
l.. Tenney Peck presented the Rap
Id Trans!t's side OF the matter, hi
arguments in the main being tina
the traffic on the Waialae line doe
not justify a l0-minute service. II
held generally that there were ~
good grounds for the request tina
the Governor refuse to sign the sub
mitted schedule. Mr.. Ballentyn
was the last speaker. He said tn
company would have established
through l5-minute service II it ha
not been blocked by the Liliha stree
people