Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-03-11
.HILO Milling
ERFRANCHISE


this meeting favors the granting of
street railway franchise for Hilo
provided the public interests are prop
erly safeguarded. Further, that The
legislature be requested to defer ac
ton on any bills that may be pre-.
sented in respect to such franchise
until the public of Ililo shall have
had an opportunity to examine sucr
bills"
The above is the text of resolu-
ton which was adopted last Friday
evening at public meeting called by
! the Hilo Labor Union to discuss the
matter of street railway franchises
which was precipitated by the intro
duction of the Conness-JohnsOn bill
! in the house last week.
Deputy County Attorney Heen, who
stigated the calling of the meeting.
1t was plain that he represented GER
tain interests, and that he wanted to
have passed a resolution, prepared in
advance, expressing a public desire
for a street railway and ending right
there. He would, however, not say
in whose pay he was.
| The meeting was well attended,
but was not a public meeting in the
real sense of the word, as only a
few non-members of the Union at
tended Among these were J. A.
Scott, d. e. Metzger, Terry, Johnson,
Pomeroy, Weight, McNicol, Porphyres,
Wears, Conradt and others. The out
sders were, however, treated with
every courtesy, and were given ev-
cry privilege in discussing the mat
ter.
Olivia said he favored the granting
of franchise, and outlined the adj
vantages of rapid transit. Paahao
said the discussion was out of order,
as the minutes of the previous Union
meeting had not been read. He
wanted the matter postponed. After
some further talk motion by Bob
nenberg, that the discussion be pro-
ceeded with, carried
W. H. Johnson said that he had had
information from Honolulu, which
made him believe that the bill which
had already been introduced provided
for five cent fares in radius of two
miles from the postoffice, with half
fare for school children, and free
20 fr.nf
carriers in full uniform when on
duty He understood also that where
the roads were less than Is feet in
width, the line must be built outside
of the roadway. He thought it was
a good proposition for Hilo. 1t would
give much work, and would help to
build up the city and the outlying dis
tricts
Paahao recommended to defer ac-
ton, as he did not think the Union
should rush blindly into such an i'm
portant matter, He moved that Eva
like and Heen be appointed a com
mittee to obtain copies of all the bills
relating to franchises, and that they
ay them before another special meet
ng
This did not suit Heen's book bit,
and he fought it strenuously. The
meeting had been called, he said, not
to discuss any particular bill, but to
ascertain whether the public wanted
rapid transit.
There was another bunch of dis
cussion, when Ewaliko said that he
was not opposed to rapid transit, but
he was doubtful about endorsing
dill the contents of which he did not
know, and he thought it would be bet
.er to defer action until more definite
information had been obtained. 1t
was foolish to be too hasty and en-
lorse anything in the dark, and he
lid not want to lead the Union into
error.
Terry wanted the meeting to dis
,uss the bill relating to the minimum
wage of road laborers, but it was de-
,ided that this was a matter for the
Union, and not the general public,
O discuss, and the meeting at last
adjourned.