The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-22

gested that if the company made a
through ten-minute schedule between
Wyllie street and Waialae summit 1t
would not be long before an increased
traffic would justify the Improvement
to the company itself. 1t would pick
up a large amount of short haul BUSH
ness between downtown and Alapai
street which is now lost. Seeing Ho-
nolulu by trolley 'was handicapped by
the present schedule.
Messrs. Dicxey and Ashford remark
ed on the large proportion of travel on
parallel lines from along Beretania
avenue on account of the long waits
on that route.
w. L. Howard spoke of the increase
of traffic that had ensued upon the
change from the thirty-minute shuttle
car between Pawaa junction and Wal
alae to the twentyminute schedule on
establishing the through route to Lii.
Iiha street One-third of his travel
was on other lines and sometimes he
started walking and found it not worth
while taking any car Residents OF
Beretania avenue were very pleased
when the line was made a through one.
Mr.. Thayer, in answer to a question
from Governor Frear, said they were
not threatening litigation, but simply
asking him to leave the schedule in
allegiance.
do you think" the Governor asked,
IF / approve this, they would be in
clined to postpone giving better ser
Weep
I'VE object to their getting the seal
of your approval to the present SER
vice" Mr.. Thayer replied. Last year
we were promised a better service"
THE COMPANY'S CASE.
Mr.. Peck, as an opener, said Messrs.
Thayer and Ashford reminded him OF
a couple of boys in New York State
who went out with a pair of traps
to hunt squirrels.
I'VE are the boys. Who are the
souirrels?" Mr.. Ashford interposed as
the speaker waited until the Governor
attended to a message from outside
1--WE have recognized, ever since the
opening of the road" Mr. Peck re-
sumed, 1.-The propriety of submitting
to the Governor all of our rules and
regulations" They had done so with
Governor Dole. He would not say that
schedules were included, but all of the
rules and regulations at that time
They contemplated from the outset to
fix their schedules from time to time.
They had the right to change their
schedules and all their rules and regu-
lations. 1t was deemed much better
to go ahead and operate the line ana
find the system best adapted TO the
traffic, instead of running to the execu-
tive every three or four months with
a new arrangement.
This year was the first time there
had been any insistent complaint by
any portion of the public regarding
their car schedules. If the service
through the densely populated sections
was a reasonable and proper service,
they were not obliged to run their
ears in the outer and more sparsely
settled sections with so much frequen-
CIV. Mr.. Peck quoted the judicial decl-
sion setting aside the two-cent rare
on railways in Pennsylvania in sup
port of this legal proposition. Several
states classified their railroads on the
sectional population basis for purposes
of regulating fares.
Since the Legislature had made their
rate of fare a maximum Of f1Ve cents
between Diamond Head and Moanalua,
the compulsory doubling or trebing of
the service without an increase OF rate
was tantarnount to compelling them to
accept reduced rates of fare. Where
those gentlemen thought they had the
company trapped was in the judicial
decision in the injunction case, but
they were not so sure of their game
as the case was going to be taken TO
the Supreme Court of the United
States. They thought they could have
a. saturnalia of schedule changes so as
to make everything nice and comfort
able for each one of them.
Mr.. Peck here took up the question
of the approval of the executive. IL
was found in their franchise as first
enacted, where the approval OF the
executive arm-at that time the Min
lister of the Interior-was required for
practically everything. CONSTRUCTION
rolling stock, etc. Section Sal had been
resorted to while he was absent Tor
the trial of the injunction case, but
that action was contrary TO his con-
ception of the law ever since he had
ANYTHING to do with the management
The section called for sufficient num-
Der of cars, "as public convenience
NAV require" 1t had nothing TO do
with the operation of the cars unless
there was an entire absence elsewhere
in the statute of provisions regarding
the operating of the cars. Most GER
tainfv he believed, and had always be-
lieved, that there was control by the
executive The Territory should nave
board Of public control as they nave
now in New York and elsewhere. There
was a public control in their franchise.
in the hands of the five public men
forming the Government Of Hawaii.
The Organic Act transferred that con-
troll to the Governor. Besides rates OF
fare there should be in that heading
rules and regulations
What should be reasonable regula-
lions? Cleanliness, kind of cars, equip
ment. etc Not one of those things was
omitted. In court the point was rails
ed that this was the only part Of the
statute germane to the question. Mr..
Herbert was one man, wanting to
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