The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-10-07
H|LO MAY YE'
HAVE A CAR
SYSTEM
Though Traction Franchise Is Ba'
ly Battered, Negotiations A
Under Way to Secure Pow
from Electric Company and Pr
moters Seem Hopeful of Finan
ing Enterprise.
tMail Special to The Advertiser.y

(Mail Special to The Advertiser.) 4
llll.O, October 3.-As time passes
it begins to look as if something real
might come of the building of a rap
transit system for Hilo out of the HiF
Traction Company's franchise. Thouu
badly battered, it is still in the rim
and the arrangement which was prk
posed by the Traction Companb
through Promoter Shingle, to the eN
feet that the Hilo Electric Light Corh
pany should agree to furnish it witt
power for storage battery cars. SEEM
likely of being carried through. Al
least, the lIilo Electric Light Cord
pany is willing to consider a proposl
ton to this effect, and all now I'D
pehds ON whether the light and tlK
traction magnates can agree upo
terms.
. have told Shingle that he mus
make formal proposition in regard d
the matter, in order that I can hava
something definite to submit to tht
board of directors of the Hilo Electro
Light Company said John Scott las
week. ''Until we have had such
proposition submitted to us, which set 5
forth all the details of the business, wi
IAN take no action.
Willing to Sell Electricity.
81 have also told Shngle that 81
far as we are concerned, it is merel
matter of terms. We are in the bus
ness of supplying electric light an
| power, and we will supply power {
the llilo Traction Company the sam
as we will supply it to any one else
provided we can agree upon the terms
of course, it must be remembered tina
we will be governed in this matter b Il
the rules and regulations of the pnblik
utilities commission
d. Il. Metzger, who controls the ma
iority of the stock of the Hilo Traction
Company, said that he understood tha
Shingle was now getting ready to subj
NIT to the Ililo Electric Light Conn
2any Just such a proposition as Scot 4
had mentioned.
Will Ask Ballentyne's Advice.
1t is no mean task to make out sucll
a proposition, however, said Metz
| ger. 80 1t will involve the gathering of
considerable data and the making of
careful estimates on the basis thereonI
With this end in view, expect to SEQ
| Manager Ballentyne of the Honolulu
Rapid Transit Company in Hilo short
| ly. lie is the best man available for
our purpose, as he, through his expe-
rience of many years management OF
Honolulu Rapid Transit Company, is fa-
miiar with the needs and cost of such
| systems.
Ballentyne will determine what
size ear we will need, how long the
straight track distance will be, what
| grades there will be to climb, and the
power which it will take to move a
certain number of ears over our sys.
TEN. We will then be able to tell the
| fiilo Electric Light Company about
how much power we expect to use and
they can tell us what they will charge
MS for the delivery of such power at
their switchboard for the specific pur-
! pose of traction.
"I don't think that the public util.
| tiles commission is likely to come into
the matter much, as the supply of the
power to he used for traction purposes
by public utility company will be a
NV, 81 lirht or no,yor to nriyoto ;ndi
| ,,;J,ois Grns or cor,oratiors Tn nth
or ,unrds tbo foot tbo+ tba MI rloo
tri. Jinht Comnary cbargos tbo r.;
bune so much per horsepower will have
no bearing on the question as to how
much it should charge the Hilo Trac-
tion Company for power to move the
ears, which are used in the service of
Dieicnltv Not Anticinated
nrf we can come 70 satisfactorv
forms with the UiIo Electric Iigbt
Comnanv il is our intention IN enter
into n nroyisional agreement, whereby
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