The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-06-17
Speed Idiots.

Coming down Pnnahou ear Wednesday morning the
passengers had excellent chance to the speed idiot IN
action write these few lines hoping they will meet the
eye of the particular idiot in question, i'll the slim hope that
in his lucid intervals he has enough to read PLAIN print
The approaching heavily laden truck 1t was
plain that when the two vehicles side by side
there would be not than foot of space between them
They to being side by side, that between the
front of the and the of the truck there was barely
for the passage of automobile, and even to get
through all the would have to take angle
to take advantage of the longitudinal space.
None but speed idiot would have attempted to drive
through but such crer the spot He actually
had to put extra squirt OF speed to get through the
constantly narrowing space but just made it, with hardly
inch to spare. He wouldn't have made it at all II the
motorman hadn't anmed the brakes and Jared every
passenger besides alarming two of the tmid
The auto driver turned to grin at the motorman
There's fool who will get his day, remarked
the grmly for motoman does not like to smash
IDIOT even though invited to do So 1t necesstates a
report to the barn and nterfered with schedules
However something ought to be done to restrain the fell
low who drives ear fool fashion The chances that
machine belongs to else and simply wreck
ing it would not punish the guilty and our sohearted
police agistrate of course will send such IDIOTS to
Jail OF course these fellows always to be III such
hasteto from place to another that in all probability
their precise whereabouts at particular time OF no
consequence to themselves to anyone OF human import
ance and few days in Jail woun rob the general scheme
things anything that counts but this to the
police judge hash occurred to him. even to cancel some
of the chaufeurs licenses sac.
In this connection, have heard suggestion from the
learned city attorney that he intends TO exert atecogized
ability of his to do anything the boys who nearly
killed man. after stealing automobile, and then dumped
the form of their victim into dark place to die
after promising to take him to hospital The boys are
serving practically the ghtes sentence that could be
them for consplracy sentence adequate to Their
crime could be secured a charge of theft
OF course, long the idiots who drive automobiles
tolerated in their iocy, Just long will they continue to
'take chance, with the usual list of killed and injured
every month.
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Some Suggestions for the Fourth
Why Honolulu take leaf out of New York bool
and have parade OF municipal employees! New iof!er
cheer their ''White Wings; why cannot aonoulans b
rolling stock and animals anyhow believe that it wou'
eyeopener the average citizen at the Crossroads
the city stables would only empty out and the carts an,
wagons and and sweepers and rollers would I'M
up march past. make the suggestion that this b
taken UP part of the Fourth OF july parade and tina
the department and police department also get in line
Another feature of the parade should be Nrhout or al
the utility autorlcks With little bunting and lev
each the truck section of the parade would be al
object lesson for the owners of autos TO remember when tn
next floral parade around. There mist be at eas
couple of hundred trucks in tine city and with mnimui
of trouble, these would make splendid showing.
The Fourth of July this year should be worth while.
Judge Quarles the committee has secured stclass orato
of the day and in other the program promises to
1.-The This is it should be. There
couple of thousand soldiers already here whose first Fourt
away the mainland will be spent this in Hon,
lul and from the announced plans of the department
there will be at least couple OF thousand more here
time for the day. 1t is up to Honolulu to show these yonn
way from the of the Union it has Just good wa
as the rest the country celebrating the Nation bir
day.