The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-01-21
RAPID TRANSIT


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matter wac n litigation The Ho.e.
street lluo furnishes o. twenty .mluU.c
service from WyIIlo street i0 ltaImu-
kl aud tou-mIuuiD service from WYE
Ho aa fGr as River street. Tu DNtoud
Iho latter service to Kumud or any
point beyond River street would me-
ccssiaJo putting ON more cars. which
the traffic does not warrant
Notwithstanding that the two lines
are distinct one not being "a branch OF
The other nevertheless To- the great in-
convenience of the King street tramc
throughout its entire length. cars have
been arbitrarily held at Liliha street
In the past Every moment spent there
not only delays the King street car
for the time being at that point, but
causes corresponding delay 10 every
one OF the remaining eight ears on
King street, whenever they may be be-
tween KahauiH and Diamond Head
and, vice versa, the holding of a Ho-
tel street car at that point for a be-
lated King street car effects every car
on that line between Wyllie street and
the crest of the Waialae ridge"
Mr. Peck said he had been told that
the Manager plainly stated To the L.
liha Street people last summer that Il
would be impractcable to continue
indefinitely the present decentralization
by holding cars at that point. and
stated also in open court before Judge
De Bolt that it was his purpose to
discontinue it.
Peck also stated that the Injunction
suit was a surprise to him. as he
was informed while away that the
management had come to satisfactory
understanding with the representa-.
tives of the Liliha Street patrons.
touching the Observation-Disclosures ser
vice which is no wenjoined. AS a
matter of fact" continued Mr.. Peck,
the service, which was offered to the
Liliha Street people, OF through cars
every fifteen minutes from Wyllic
Street to Kaimuki, would be an ideal
one as compared with what they have
and in all probability if II were tried
as an experiment for a few months,
the patrons thereof would be entirely
satisfied"
Mr.. Peck did not care to criticise
the decision of the Supreme Court in
any way, and states that no court or
executive could be more anxious to
give the public a good, clean. rapid,
convenient and courteous service than
are the directors and officers Of the
Rapid Transit Company. He says that
it has been a difficult matter to weave
the Rapid Transit lines into a COM
prehensive system, as the road has
been built by piece meal, and original
ly was projected only on such streets
where it could get a foothold, because
most of the best locations We're pre-
| empted by the old tramway line. The
! Liliha Street track, in all probability,
would not have been constructed as
part of the through line if Nuuanu
Street had been available at the time.
When Mr.. Peck was asked as to
| the duty of the Company to furnish
such a number of cars as the public
convenience might require. he stated
| that in his opinion as a railroad exc
| cutive, that the number of cars re-
quired depended only upon the volume
of the traffic which was offered for
| transportation. He thinks this is a
question of fact and that it can easily
! be demonstrated that the traffic on
! Liliha street does not warrant the eX-
pense Of another ca through town.
He believed that practical measures
could yet be devised thar would over.
come existing difficulties and criti,
cisms, and satisfy in a reasonable
measure the demand of the actual pa
irons of the Liliha Street cars.
Mr.. Peck in conclusion stated that
he hoped that the citizens of the Ii
liha street district would work in per
feet harmony with the Company and
wanted to impress upon the minds oil
the people that the Company would
do the best they could to make the
service as efficient as possible.
The decision of the Supreme Court
in the case brought by the residents o.
Liliha street through the Attorney Gen
erals department against the Honolulu
Rapid Transit Company, has been thu
subject Of great deal of general com
ment all over town, and it is practi
cally certain that it will result IN (
number of similar actions being start
ed within a very shorttime. The frs
o fthese will probably be by the resi-
dents of KaimuH and Waialae dis
tricts whohave long been complaining
about the Commute service given then
as inadequate, and to remedy which a
the expense Of the Liliha street peopl
was really what brought about the ac
ton in the courts, which the Suprem
Court has just decided The decision
is very broad and plainly states tina
remedy for inadequate or poor servlc
may be had at the hands ofsthe courts
witt whom the question Of what con
stituts reasonable service in eacl