The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-03-20
DOUBLE TRACKING
PLANS completed
Rapid Transit Company An
nounces Placing Orders For
Steel Rails For Entire Work
Company Also Ready To Retire
Outstanding Bond Issue
When Due In May

Arrangements have been completed
by the Honolulu Rapid Transit and
Land Company for double tracking
King Street from McCully Street to the
Moanalua terminus at Fort shafter,
C. @. Ballentyne, manager, has in.
formed the officers and directors Of the
company that orders have been placed
for the steel rails for the entire work,
| Delivery Of the rails is to be made
early next year for commencement Of
work at that time. 1.
/ Announcement Is also made by the
company Of completion of arrangements
for retiring the outstanding issue Of
k52S,000 OF, bonds due May 1. The
irectors voted to issue 100000 Of ed.
ditienal stock to be open for subscrip-
tion by the present shareholders of the
company. The directors also approved
raising the balance to retire the bonds
by securing a temporary loan of $685.
600 until other steps can be taken TO
provide this amount. NH
Cost Of Rails Jumps ..r ID.
/ AhNtNuNAYh VI NhNa NOSt VI
rails was given bv Mr.. Ballentyne in
street railway construction and steel
| quoting the cost Of the order for the
King Street construction. The entire
lot was purchased at $5l.S5 ton,
while eleven months ago, the rapid
transit company purchased steel rails
at $31.75 ton. .... .....
Extensive rehabilitation and repair
Of the company s track system is plan
ned for 1917 according to Manager
Ballentyne's annual report which out
lines this work as follows: b, 4,
"The Eva track on Alakea Street,
built during April.June, 1908, will re.
quire retieing during 1917, and the
track on Beretania Street between Ala.
kea and Richards Streets will also re-
quire new ties. A few short sections in
other parts of the system will require
retieing during 1917 or 1918. This
work completed and King Street track
reconstructed in double track position,
already provided for, will finish the re-
tieing Of track for the present. >
"It is necessary that provision be
made for the reconstruction and re
railing for permanent paving Of several
il oCNtlOfto VI NHC ENbtCIus ne IlO8L I'M
portant being Reretania Street from
Alapai Street 20 Alexander Street, ~
i is contemplated to lay a permanent
pavement on this street in the near
future, and II would not be advisable
to lay permanent pavement with the
present rails. Rails will also be re.
CURED for the makai track on King
Street, from Liliha to the fire station,
as this track is getting into bad condi
tion. The re-railing of Hotel Street
from Alakea to River has already been
provided for, and this work will be
planned for the latter part of 1917 or
early in 1918. ~. ~
New Rails On Fort Street H." 9
Rails should be provided. for Fort
Street from Queen to Allen Street, as
This block, carrying heavy truck
traffic, requires more permanent paw.
ing than the asphalt macadam we have
1T present and it would not be advis.
able to pave with the present rails.
The same condition applies on Fort
Street between Hotel and Beretania
Streets. Rails now ordered for Kala.
kaua Avenue, but which win not be de.
Eiyered until late in the year, may be
used for these purposes.
"During the year the track on Kala.
kaua Avenue will be rebuilt in the
center double track position TO conform
TO the street Improvement. Owing to
our stock of 7" girder rails being ex,
hausted and the late delivery of rails
ordered for this purpose, II is proposed
to proceed with the work using the
Pearl Harbor zO-lb. Az" Tee rail.
Material will be ordered for the
completion of the double track on King
Street and also for the Kalihi exten,
sion, and this work will proceed al
soon as the material is available, which
will probably not be before 1918.n VI
Company Business Grows =
! The growth of the eompany's bust
ness and its demonstration of the
/ growth of the city are shown in the
annual report of l.. T.. Peck, president
Mr.. Peck states: T.. !. gs.. -ra ri
| Gin our last annual report reference
was made to litigation then pending on
the government s appeal to the Supreme
Court of Hawaii from decision rem
dered in our favor by the circuit court
defining the rights of stock issue undel
our franchise act. That decision hai
since been confirmed by the supreme
court and our capital stock has accord
ingly been increased to one million sil
hundred thousand dollars. r,t y .a5
1.-THE outstanding feature of tn,
years operations is the growth of traf
fc, the passenger revenue for 1917
showing an increase Of more than sixty
| Ave thousand dollars over that Of 1915
and Of nearly forty-fve thousand dol
lars over that of any year Of operation
Perhaps no other factor so clearly
demonstrates the eity's growth. Ii
1907 there were carried 7,35S,278 pay
passengers, as compared with 1928,
700 in the year just closed. The grow
ing need for enlarged facilities o
travel is being met by your board
which has authorized the double track
ing of King Street to be extended west
ward to Fort Shafter and eastward I,
McCully Street, thus providing a con
tinuous double track line 81 miles II
length along the main artery of tn
eity's travel. The board has also di