Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 184, 9 August 1894 — THE PROPOSED TROLLEY ROAD. [ARTICLE]

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THE PROPOSED TROLLEY ROAD.

Acconling to tbe Advrrfi*er tberc ;• re t«o »('pItc«tioi>s l>efore tbe g<>Termuuut for a fiMUcbise to lmi!d 8ud condact a trol!ev ro8<J to Honolaia. Oue applicant is Mr Dalientyne of Vtctoria » itb »uo>n Mesf!rs. W. N AnnstruDg cd<1 J. P. Castle of tbis cily are associated. and the otber application bas been presented by L A : Tbureton, T, W. Hobron and C. L. Carter all of Honolala W hile everybody w>ll be pleaae<l to see any enterprise ander- , Inken whieh will give employ to tbe n any unemployed now in the coantty. :ind whieli will increase the faciiity of transport«tion, we fe.-»r th it tl>e nroiuoters of the Bcbemo will fiud that tbey h;tve . nndertalnfn a job wLieh it nt , present at least will be impossible to carry out. Bnild:ng a tro!ley road wiil ’ cost a very large amonnt of money lu fact tbe Victoria people iutend tocapitnlize at ?1,000,000. TLe Trsuuw«y Company wLieh now LoIds a francLise is incorporated witL a eapilal of $‘125.000. This conapany bas bcen for a number of years, and is annuully. paying a small dividend to stockholders. It runs it.s liueg tbrongh the principal streets, and the trolley eomp«ny won!d be prevented tbrongh tbe tramwny company’s charter 1 from rnnning parallel linesexcept for the sbort distance of 170 feet. How nnder snch circuraI atanees with the steady competition of the tramway coropany, and the absolute udvantage of the roads in fnvor of the latter I company tbe promoters of tbe proposod trolley road ean expect their enterprise to pay is beyond i coroprehen.sioD. Perhups the roads to the Pali cr to Mount i Tantalus are expected to pny for tho whole ontfit, but we are rather sceptic. When Mr. Thnrstou spent a large omount on tho Punehhowl road, he wanted the ( : coantry to believe tbat the road wou!d be to the greatest benefit and enjoyment of the people. How many go up thero now? How many use that expensive road during the year? And people have not abandoned tlie trip to Punchbowl beoanso they bave uo horses and carriages. Just as many c«rriages ean be seen on Sunday now ns formerly, but they travel to Waikiki. Manoa or Kalihi, and bardly cver to the Pali, Punchbowl or Mount Tan talus. If people want to iuvest their money in Borae enterprise it is, of coui-se, their own business, but we beliere it the bnsiuess of the Press to|lift a waruing voice when it is evideut that the succoss of the entetpriso is doubtful.