Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-08-25
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The report of George p. Denison.
the superintendent Of the road. fol
lows that Of President Dillingham.s.
The following are extracts taken from
his report, in which his work during
the period is reviewed and the work
for the coming year outlined:
"All OF the locomotives, passenger
and freight cars have received the
necessary repairs and are in good or
der. The freight cars mentioned in
the last report were completed and in
addition, thirty gondola cars and fifty
pineapple flat cars have been added.
Four new passenger coaches and two
new baggage cars are nearing COM
pletion. The two locomotives men
toned in the previous report were re-
ceived and in addition two new forty
seven ton consolidation locomotives
were placed in service during June.
"The roadbed, track and bridges
have all been maintained at the usual
SIX miles Of main line have
been replaced with sixty pound rails;
1.01 miles of additional track were
completed at Helemano to reach new
pineapple fields and 2.04 miles Of sid
ings and spurs have been installed at
various places.
''The Honolulu freight house has
been extended seventy-eight feet. The
upper sugar warehouse has been NOV
ed back and a new wharf shed, 150x
400 It.. with bituIithic pavement and
Cooper-Hewitt Lights has been erect-
ed. A road to the new wharf shed
has been built and the roads leading
from Queen Street to the wharyes
have been repaired and re-surfaced
with asphalt filled nacadam.
"A new train shed has been erected
at Wahiawa.
The improvements contemplated
for the fiscal year ending June sOth,
1914, include 4 passenger coaches and
a possible Is additional pineapple flat
ears. Fhe reiaying of 6 miles Of
track with so pound rails, the rails
released to be used for sidings, re,
pairs, and an extension of miles in
to Kunia lands. Permanent pavement
in the Honolulu freight yard, the fenc-
ing of the Honolulu yard north of Iwi-
lei road and an overhead foot bridge
connecting the end Of Dowsett lane
with a new road in the vicinity Of the
pineapple canneries. A fire proof
concrete building to be erected near
the Honolulu depot, the upper floor of
which is to be used as an engineer
office and map room to properly care
for the maps. of the company and the
lower floor to be used for the storage
of old records required by the 1. C. C.
to be kept for term of years, and
for the storage of tickets and station
cry. A small stltien building at Cast
ner, new baggage, mail and express
room at Honolulu and the erection of
the 10000 barrel oil tank now on
hand.
Possibly clear idea may be had of
the growth Of the business of the
company from the following tables,
which give the number and amount of
passengers and freight carried each
year for the last three years. Marked
increases are shown all along the
line.
The following are the tables:
STATISTICS OF PASSENGER TRAF-
FIG TO JUNE 80. 1913.
Year Ending June 80, 1911
Number o passengers
carried earning revenue 708,755
Total passenger revenue $203, 112.05
Number passengers
carried one mile .... 1901 ,442
Average distance carried,
miles ......... 1884
Average amount received
from each passenger :. .2865
Average receipts per pas
senger per mile $3.50. OIL
Total passenger earnings
(includes mail, express,
baggage, chair car and
special service train
revenuel s216.1ss.s9
Passenger earnings per
mile of road ........ 2,193.SS
Year Ending June 30, 1912
Number o f passengers
carried earning revenue 1888
Total passenger revenue. 1922. 1880
Number passengers
carried one mile ....... 10,632,709
Average distance carried,
miles >. ............. 1915