Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-25
FUND RAISED BY
FORBES REFUSED
BY RAPID TRANSIT
viii Not Accept Money From
Private individuals and
Deadlock Revived
KALAkAUA AVENUE. TRACK
LAYING is mT SETTLED
Deadlock is Renewed When
Action of Board is Told BY
Counsel for Company

Forbes, delivered shortly before 8
o'clock THE afternoon 70 the super
visors and the Rapid Transit Com
pany are the latest developments IN
the KaIakaua track situation.
In his letter to the transit company
he orders the relocation Of its track on
the much discussed thorouahfare in sc-
cordance with the official grades ap-
proved by him and the city and coun-
~ engineers. The letter states that
u Is the superintendent understand
inq that the, company has assigned
5000 toward laying temporary track,
and that II stands ready to do the ne
- hry construction work providing
remainine 5000 can be found
kt5ewhere He states that this latter
sum Will be paid BY the Waterhouse
Trust Company on the completion OF
the temporary contract.
In his letter to the supervisors he
states that the way 10 now cleared
for undertaking the Improvement OF
kaiakaua, and states that the COM
pany ls ordered to relocate its tracks;
also that the Wsterhouse Trust Com
pany is on record as agreeing to pay
to the Rapid Transit Company the
sum of $1,000 to be deposited as soon
as collected. Neither Of the letters
mentions the fact that directors Of
the street car company have refused
TO accept the money from private in
-'dividuaIs.
That the Rapid Transit will not ac-
cept the $4,000. raised by public sub
scription, from Charles r. F0rbesy as
from private citizens. but the money
must come from the board of super
visors. a public body cooperating with
the street car company for the bene-
fit of the public. was declared today
by A. l.. Castle. OF counsel for the
company.
Castle continued that at the meeting
held Tuesday noon Forbes was in
formed that the money must come
from the board and vote by the di-
rectors agreeing was taken at the
time. "The Rapid Transit is not a
charitable institution" he said, "and
is not accepting donation from private
individuals"
This stand taken by the Rapid
Transit again leaves the situation in
a deadlock and it is now UP to the
supervisors to find some other means
of giving the money AS 1t stands, It
is Impossible for the board to take
% money from Forbes as on its ac-
Steptance il becomes county money,
bflt cannot then give ii to the Rapid
Transit, and the Rapid Transit has
declared its intention of standing pat
on the proposition of cooperation be-
tween the street car company and the
board In paying for the excess cost oi
temporary track,
There was, however, some light shed
today when 1t was announced that the
rails would probably be here by the
middle of next August and be laid SIX
weeks later. ct seems to be the i'm
preston that the rails will not be
here for is months. or two years,
Castle said, "but this is not so, as they
were ordered. for June delivery and
will be here six weeks later. This will
mean that the temporary track, If II
is laid, will only be in three or four
months"
At q meeting held Tuesday after
noon between Forbes, superintendent
of public works, and members OF the
board of supervisors, the former in
formed the board that his power
to order the Rapid Transit company to
relocate it's tracks was supreme Du'
that no one could make them lay tenn
porary tracks. Il went out and have
raised $4,000 by subscription, Forbes
continued, sin order to overcome any
legal difficulties and which now OF
fer to you. The Rapid Transit is viii
ing to put up $500e Now, gentlemen
are YOU willing to accept the money!
Under the law, however, the boaro
was unable to accept the money anc
il was finally agreed, after consider
able argument in which hard words
ksere called, particularly between
trnold and Larsen, that Forbes, as sll
rerintendent of public works, should
order the Rapid Transit to relocate
its tracks and then as private cltl
zen. In which capacity he raised tht
money. offer the company the $SOVo
According to Garden, deputy city AZ
torney, If the board accepted tht
money it would become county money
and thus come under the same cate
CORY as the original offer OF $4,000.
At first it appeared as il some ot
the members of the board would no
agree to the Forbes plan, as il still
leaves in doubt the authority of tn,
board and they felt it might set bat
precedent.