Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-03-11
MANY SEEKING
FRANCHISE NOW
HIl0 Has Several Ambitious
Promoters of Street
Car Lines.


dividual is a rarity worthy of pre-
servation in the Bishop Museum
The franchise craze has struck
Elilo fun tilt. and the good citizens
are acting like the babies with the
patent food; they simply must have
it.
So far, to the writer's knowledge,
there are three different sets of pro-
motors in the field, and there is no
telling how many more will join the
merry race before the season is ov-
er.
The first real blow was struck by
Editor CONFESS Of the Herald, who,
together with w, II. Johnson, the
seeking a franchise for a railway,
light and power company. The bill
providing for such franchise was
introduced in the senate by Make
kau last week.
1t cannot be ascertained here what
capital is behind this concern. John
son stated, in answer to question
in this regard that CONFESS had told
him that there was plenty of capital,
Honolulu and IIilo money both, be-
hind the measure He could not say
who the capitalists in question were.
However, he was ready in every re-
spect to give full information about
the terms of the franchise.
Lyman After Another.
Norman Lyman is another franchise
seeker, He had the idea of seeking
a franchise in his head for some time
prior to the opening of the session,
but had not intended to take any def
mite action towards getting his bill
introduced until the news of the Con-
ness-J Johnson bill made him decide to
get busy right away, and last week
he went to Honolulu double quick to
get his bill introduced.
The Lyman bill, according to the
best information obtainable on the
subject, proposes street railway
franchise only, and does not ask for
the right to sell power and light. 1t
asks to cover more ground than does
the Conness-Johnson bill, particular
ly in the direction of Puma and Kau-
mana. 1t does not ask for taN ex-
emption, but proposes to give GER
tain percentage of the gross earnings
(probably per cent? to the County.
The company also binds itself to
maintain arc lights on the corners of
the streets of Hilo at its own cost.
The life of the franchise will be 35
years, and it is stipulated that work
must be begun within two years af- /,
ter Congress has approved of the
franchise, and that the company
must have in operation five miles of
line within a year after work has !
been commenced 1t is not known
what capital there is behind Lyman,
but it is stated that in case he cam
not secure local capital he figures on |
securing funds from Chicago through |
his uncle from that city, who re- |
Gently visited here,
Finally A. M. Cabrinha and his |
friends are after a franchise.
THE crowd which had introduced |
a bill for franchise last Monday is
not my crowd" said Cabrinha last |
week IL have nothing to do with
CONFESS and Johnson, and | know |
nothing of the franchise they are af- |
ter. | have had absolutely nothing
to do with them in regard to the /
rs it not true that you are trying |
20 get franchise, and that You in
end to build a road, if you are sue |
cessful in the legislature, through the
means of Seattle capital?" Cabrinha
vas asked.
Cabrinha expressed his surprise
that the writer should have OBJ
aimed information in regard to his
,enture and the employment of CAPT
al from Seattle. He admitted frank
Y, however, that it was true that he
as figuring on working with capital
rom the mainland, in case he secured
franchise.
ITO tell you the truth, neither |
or my local associates have any more
apital in the proposition than will
e necessary for us to be officers of :
he corporation, though | will possess
I'LL power of attorney to act for the
capital which | will repre-
ent. Our bill will be introduced in
le House within a week, and then |
hall be glad to let the public know
II about it. / am seeking the fran
hise, and associated with me are a
lumber of other Hilo men, that is,
len from the Hilo district.
"The franchise which we are seek
~ in considerably more compre-
ensive than that which was asked
n already is. 1t is our intention to
-oyide for a system which will give
e development of the city, which is
)und to come. Thus we plan to
lid a line as far as Honolii gulch,
I'd. Furthermore, to. have a branch OF
is line run up the Kaiwik road, a
stance of about mile and half.
lis branch we plan to construct
rht away, in case we land the fran
Use. as there is big population up
@ Kaiwiki road, and line reaching :
would pay right from the start :
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