The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-11-09
viii Organize In Effort To Pre-
vent chauffeurS From Run
ming Their Business
POLICEMEN ARE USELESS
TO CONTROL SITUATION
Gambling, Booze And 0verCharg,
ing Tourists Are Evils That
Must Be Ended

A number Of owners of rent automo /
bilcs are getting together in an effort
to check oyorcharg ny, the rough neck
behavior of irresponsible chauffeurs at !
he wharves, and the open gPmbling
4 number Of chauGCurs right under the
nose of the police, every day in the
week. A well known auto stand pro.
prietor, speaking of the matter yooter'
day, said:
at is high time that we took steps
to protect ourselves from the tactics OF
certain chauffeurs. The police either
can't or won't help rs in the matter,
of their own vOlltrpn 80 we propose
bringing certain facts to the attention
Of the authorities, hoping thereby to
force the police department to take ac-
tion.
Police Blind to Gambling
1.-The police are making a big bluff
at arresting Oriental gamblers, but they
leave the gambling chauffeurs severely
alone. They may be seen, any morning
when steamer is coming in, shooting
, craps in the tonncau of ear, and
sometimes openly on the wharf or side
walk. Traffic officers stand by, aPpar,
, emily blind to the breach of the law
! which is being commit ed. In crap
game as in all other games of chance,
if someone wins someone must lost. The
loser sometimes CANDLES away his own
4 money, and sometimes that of his en-
r ployer In the former case he over
charges the first load that gets into
r his machine in order to get square, and
in the secOndinstance, more often than
2 not, is guiltyAof embezzlement.
A 1.-THE boozing chauffeur needs pulling
t up with a sharp turn. Some of this
a. gentry keep supply of liquor at their
D stand finding it cheaper to buy the
J. stuff by the bottle than by the glass
in saloon. With a load in his stom
n ach and another in his car, the lit-up
i chauffeur. takes "lady friends and
e others joyriding in his employer s car.
;, and often 'rettirns the machine to the
o stand in a more or less damaged cOndi-
o ton.
y Menace to Public Safety
i 1.-THE oy-riding chauffeur, in this
- condition, is menace to the public and
= a nightmare to the owner, of the car
which he has been entrusted to drive
He should be arrested whenever his ac
: tions suggest that he is under the in
: huence of liquor. The score or more
- detectives who spend from six to eight
hours every day playing cards in the
=" headquarters Of the detective bureau
u might, one would think, occasionally be
sent out on cases similar to those which
l have mentioned. They are too busy
. keeping tab on the che ia players,
- suppose, to be troubled with anything
N else.
n "With regard to OverIcharging.
9 want to say that this is one of the
q things whlrh is giving Honolulu Il
~ black eve with the tourists. 1t is true
a that there is an ordinance permitting
II, chauffeur to charge five dollars an
hour for the use Of his ear, but the 90
my rate in the city for some time past
has been 49, for the biggest and b"st
cars, and from 81 to $3.50 for the 9th
rTS.
"Four cylinder, four passenger car,
I can make good money hauling at s.
| an hour, and owners of the big sN
! ryliuder. siN-paSsenger machines can
haul for $50 an hour and still MAKE
money, and most of them are glad t.
TO so,
Rank 0vercharge Made
Only the other day well known lorn
man rang up my stand and ordered "
ear in which he wanted to take SOM
tourists for u sight seeing ride. Th'
" cars ON my stand were all out 80 th,
70 call was transferred to a neIghboIn
ir stand. The car sent out was ram
* ~hackIc affair, and unequipped to hnnil'
n load on Il wet day. such as tn" dn'
in question was, with comfort to th,
passengers. The chauffeur, who has
+ been hauling right along for ~ AM
IT, $3.50 an hour, presented bill for
H. three hours riding at the rate of 81 a.
t hour. He was compelled by me to Gu,
+" down his charge to So an hour, which
ne he did with the worst possible grace.
at is conduct like this which dIr
e. gusts tourists and brings the owner
i Of stands who try to deal fairly an,
i sQuareIy with the public, into disrcpute
'T The law in governing the maximum
o charge should be repealed and II new
: and more reasonable rate substituted
Provision should also be made for the
y imposition Of q sRlutarX penalty to
I' the offense of Over,charging.
Il Rough With Strangers
~ 'There are gang of rough urrt
y chauffeurs in Honolulu who should h.
II brought up short, and that as speedily
IT, rs possible, Much more serious of
81 Frnsos than those Of drinking aud gam
1t bling could be charged against them
III Their c0nduct at the wharves, whll,
waiting for, or upon the, arrival of,
steamer is that of young hoodlums
They iOstlP passengers, abuse each other
N frequently in vile language and in tn
pe presence Of women, and make nuisance
in Of themselves generally: And the vo
e, lice seem to be powerless to eherI thre
~ abuses which, it wOnld srom, could h
OF done in short order, were llnnIl,d
\ served 10y even fairly efficient l'oil'