Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-29

had IL. He confirms Pierce's state
Irent in every particular.
Fur heTmore.' says Grindell. IF
GoCdson had skidded the car from
Richards to Bishop street il would
have fiattened the wheels couldn't
have helped il. The wheels were not
fiattened, for L ran the car next day.
me brakes were all right and ] had
no trouble at all making stops,
understand that Goodson used to use
the emergency stop instead of the
service stop and that he used to jar
The passengers up eYery time the car
halted
Safety First Consideration"
we are taught by the management
that the making of time is of no mat
Ter alongside of The safety of the pub
lie and | want to say that the com.
pany is ready to remedy every defect
as soon as it shows up. That's the
first order-to report these defects
This morning f.. Court. who was
Gocdson's conductor on the evening
in question, and Assistant Superintep
dent c. S. Stephens told the Star
Bulletin that the car is perfectly safe.
"Goodson couldn't run the car prop
erly," said Court, that was the
trouble. went forward and drew his
attention to the way he was stopping
and he said he didn't need to be told
anything. When we ran across Ala
kea street he acted as IL he was
scared to death. | ran the same car
later in the evening while he ate his
lunch and it worked perfectly"
Car Worked for Others.
Assistant Superintendent Stephens
says that Goodson had complained
that the brakes did not work properly
and so he himself took the car that
same evening and ran it from Beach
siding to Piikoi street. THE brakes
were in perfect working order" he
said None of the cars mentioned
by Goodson are out of order"
The Rapid Transit officials and en-
ployes all agreed that no complaints
as to defects in the cars have been
made and not attended to at once.
mo recent complaint of car 80 has
been made" said Superintendent
Pratt. Nor of the others, so far as
/ can learn. The report books do not
show the complaints of which Good
son, speaks.
Other Cars Up.
The Rapid Transit company turned
over to the Star-Bulletin this morning
the following reports on the Punahou
line cars charged by Goodson as be-
ing unsafe:
l Motorman A. p Grace states that
he operated car on the 10th instant
and found the brakes to be in good
working condition, had they not been
he would have turned the car in. Had
no difficulty in making stops.
2 Motorman J. Oliviera operated car
on the 25th instant. and states that
the brakes were in good working OF
der, and if any statement is made to
the contrary it is untrue. Had they
not been in good condition he would
have complied with the order, and
turned the car in.
Motorman d. Lee operated ear on
the i2Sth instant, ind sound the
brakes when set on service application
to have a tendency to lock the wheels
and cause skidding il the track was
slippery. This, however, could be
avoided If care was exercised in APP
-p.3 -ng the brake. Did not turn the
car in, as he did not regard the de-
feet of sufficient importance, as by
the exercise of care had no trouble
in bringing the car to proper stop. (
ublic Safety Guarded.
while / believe that these charges
are due to Gocdson's being diseharg-
ed, am quite ready to answer them
because they bring up the question of
public safety says Manager Balien-|
tyne Otherwise they would be dis
regarded But our first consideration
is the safety of the public and the
facts show that the charges are false.
Goedson's incompetency is shown
when he says his car skidded from
Richards to Bishop street. That is
impossible if the power was turned
on. The truth is that he had the
power at least partly on, and didn't
know it.
All of the statements show that the
motormen and conductors feel per-
feet freedom in reporting defects to
the company, The employees who
gave statements did so without any
compulsion on the part of the COM
pany, and said they felt entirely free
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