The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-07-15
Preparing for Double Track on
King Street From Palama
TO Capitol.
HORSESHOE ROUTE PLANNED
Extension to Pearl Harbor Is
Dropped Temporarily on AC-
count of ExaCtion.
CTrom wedneaday s Advertiser.l )


The next steps towards an actual
Greater Honolulu are now being taken
by the Honolulu Rapid Transit company
and in the trench for new tracks now
being dug on King and Fort streets,
extensive improvements on the entire
system are commenced.
Chief among these improvements will
be the double tracking of King street
as already announced, which started
yesterday. The double tracking will ex-
tend from the Kawaiahao Church, TAX
ing in the switch at that point, to the
Palama fire station, where it will con-
meet with that switch. This arrange
ment includes the incorporation of
three switches in all in the double
track, greatly facilitating the move
ments of the cars on the main street of
the city,
Alakca street between King AMI
Beretania will also be double tracked,
and upon completion of this and the
work on King street, three lines will
commence to run al, lg King street in
stead of the one at present in service
there.
These three lines will be the Emmf
and Liliha lines in alienation with the
King street line. The two formei
lines will become one, over rout'
shaped like a horseshoe pointing to
wards the hills.
The Emma street cars will run dow
Alakea and King to Liliha and up Ii
liha, while the Liliha cars will go owe
the same route. The western termina
point Of the Hotel and Waialae lin
will be opposite the o. R. & l.. station
Incidental to this change, the Alake
street line will be discontinued and tn
Punahou line will perform the waite
front service. This will be a decide
improvement as it will give a continl
Gus and unbroken service between tn
residence portion of the city and tn
wharves. The Punahou line, to accon
plish this, will be extended from th
foot of Fort street down Allen street
the Honolulu Iron Works.
Immediately upon the completion
the widening of Nuuanu avenue from IL
Mausoleum to the entrance to the Coul
try Club, the Nuuanu line will be co..
tinued to the club entrance, and IL
bus which now conveys pleasure-seeke
to the park.like grounds will become
thing of the past. The material for Il
increase in the length of this line hi
already been ordered.
Nothing will be done this year t
wards the extension of the company
system to Pearl Harbor naval static
as previously planned. The compaI
regards the conditions exacted by Il
war department for right of wa
across the Fort Shafter reservation
be prohibitiye.
These substantial improvements
the track system of the company W
be duplicated in the power departmel
by other improvements tending towar,
n material increase in the power plan
Orders have already been placed f
an s40horsepower additional boil
capacity, the present boiler capaci
being 750 horsepower. Specification
are now in the hands of the manufa
turers for additional engine and ge
orator equipment of 1900 horsepow'
the present engine equipment bel
1040 horsepower.
The rolling stock will also be increi
ed by the addition of ten cars ca
with seating capacity for sixty peop
Some of these cars are already
transit.
Another improvement that the pub
will appreciate will be the gradual 81
stitution of manganese steel crossiI
and frogs-in fact, all special ira
pieces-for those of bessemer ste
Some of these are already IN positi,
The advantage of manganese o,
any other known variety of steel :.
in its extreme hardness and toughne
1t does not become battered down
the constant hammering of the whe
in passing over it and its life is 81
eral times longer. The passengers |
not subject TO the bumps and noise Il
they now experience when passing o.
the old bessemer steel 1pecials.
For the purpose of getting snffici'
room for the installation of the .
boilers, the boilerroom Will be leng
ened by twenty feet. With the exc
tion of the painting, the new ear ba
are complete.
These various Improvements v
represent an outlay of from $l75,OOO
100000.