The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-03-31

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the early history ara dlnenilies Of No
road. and si6d that they were practical
ly insolvtnt Tor the first frw years. In
this connection BE- related the circnnl.
j stances Of his fret meeting with Gov.
Cnior Carter. who was then ni the head
Of financial institution Of Honolulu.
M. Peek wont 20 him with bonds Of
the rapid transit and asked 70 borrow
ffty cents on tho dollar on them. and
the following colloqny took place.
"You represent the rapid transiti'
asked Mr.. Carter.
"Yes, 4" said Mr. Peek.
care you willing" said Mr.. Carter,
"to make nm Egreement that yon win
not 90 into the lighting business against
the Hawaiian Electric Companyf''
/ And Mr.. Peek said that he replied,
81 don't know anything about these
things. ] don't know anything about
( the intention Of my people. II is my
duty to borrow some moey on these
bonds.D
"well," said Mr.. Carter, "unless
Won are willing to talk about the light
ing proposition, ! don't want to talk
with you.D
Want Justice.
Mr.. Peck went at length into the
financial history of the company and
endeavored to show that it was not
really a paying proposition; that in all
the years since its inauguration it had
paid an average of only thirty-two
thousand dollars annually.
"Ail we ask of the Legislature, +" said
Mr.. Peck, "is justice. Without the
franchise the same difference exists as
between a man dead and man living.
| AS far as our abilities 60, we shall
be as Just and square with the public
of Honolulu as we have been in the
past.
Mr.. Ballentyne took a rather gloomy
view of the rolling stock and the road
bed and the entire equipment of the
road, and from his remarks it might
be inferred that it was very sick
and decrept system. He said that
the ties were rotten and the rails were
rusty and that something was the mat
ter with the trolley wires and the mo
tors in the cars were obsolete; all these
would soon have to be replaced. This
he said, was one of the reasons for ask.
ing for an extension of the franchise
in order that the system might be re-
newed. The cost of renewal would
leave less money to create sinking
fund account. He said that II the
franchise expires in 1918 it viii be
necessary to set aside seventy thousand
dollars annually to repay the stock
holders, but that if the pending biz
should pass, only seventeen Thousand
dollars need be set aside and the Other
fifty Thousand or so dollars would bC
available for betterments.
Beating Around the Bush.
From four until half-past six yester
day the Central Improvement Club haC
another session to consider the RapiC
Transit measure and in that time me
with more or less obstruction on tn,
part of c. W. Ashford, who attempted
at the opening of the melting to defea
the object of the session, and at on,
time became violent in replying to Mr.
Won Damn, forgetting parliamentar,
! usage to such an extent as to Threaten
him.
/ eff yol are going to throw any i'm
, putations i will be damned if 20,
don't regret it young man." shoute,
t Ashford as he shook his fist at vol
Damn. 81 came here with just a
b pure motives as you and when yo
o east any aspersions upon my good fait
e as you did, you will have to answe
a to me for it, When some one sug
!, gested that he was going a little to
o far in his vituperation, Ashford s ur
: parliamentary reply was;
ooh, go to the devil"
-
against Mr.. Ashford and told him tina
he did not intend to be bulldozed.
Ashford endeavored to have tn
9 meeting take up the billboard measure
! as that had been stated in the ordc
of business for which the meeting wa
called, and tried in various ways t
have his point supported, but this dii
4 gusted even some of his supporters
g and it was voted down and the rapi
transit matter taken up. Also on
n vote the action of the meeting a wee
i ago, to delay the measure and ask tn
4 legislature to appoint a commission t
arrange schedules, fares, ETC., was I,
"a considered, and finally after two hours
4 wlangling the meeting adopted mi
f tion recommending that the rapi
q transit be given q franchise under ce
n tain conditions and restrictions, man
Il of which had been presented to IL
Ie meeting by Won Damn, discussed b
d President Peck of the company, an
finally included in a motion by Da
t. Logan under six heads, one of whiC
It was to assure fve-cent fares with
A. certain limits and ten-mlnute servi,
ID all over the city.
Mr.. Peck stated during the meetiI
n that within year, and possibly mu
k, less, the company would have tie
y minute service to Waialae and
st Manoa, and possibly to Waialae in Il
t. near future, or so soon as the new e
ID gines and boilers were set up, so tn
ut additional power could be supplied
d. that purpose.
The general sense of the meeting W
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