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Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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neof the most interesting in the world and for this reasonwe have gone to some lengths to prepare the way for anunderstanding of the peculiarities that lead to it. THIC HAWAIIAN TKAMWAVS COMIANV, LIMITED, was organized in 18S9, in London, England, by Englishcapital. THE ROLLING STOCK consists of 24 cars of two seating capacities, the largeraccommodating 28 passengers, and the smaller 20, with afew bobtails, seating iS. All cars are practically open,having no requirement for jirotection from the elementsother than curtains, so equable and mild are all the sea-sons. The cars are made by Hammond & Co., of SanFrancisco. As the hot sun is rather exacting on human flesh, it isnot surprising to learn that the average mileage per horse,per day, is about 14 miles, generally a little less. Thesmall cars are drawn by two horses and some take 12 andsome 14 horses per day to work them. The large carsrequire as high as 16 animals per day, as each is workedbut two hours. The horses last 6 years.
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GOVERNMENT BUILDING, OPERA HOUSE AND PALACE YARD, FROM THE ROYAL PALACE. The nominal capital of the road is £130,000, or roughly$650,000, of which there have been issued 11,793 £5shares or an amount of £58,965 and £30,000, or,$150,000 in debenture bonds. The directors of the company are: Col. C. IM. David-son, chairman, H. R. Armstrong, R. H. Fowler, Col. C.E. McDonald, secretary and R. D. Fell. The home officeis, of course, London, with the management in Honolulu,under W. H. Pain, to whom we are indebted for manyfavors, and who has made the Hawaiian tramways aprofitable undertaking. THE TRACKAGE. In the entire length of the road there are 12 miles ofsingle track of 3 feet 6 inches gauge, and laid withEnglish groove rail, weighing 30 pounds to the yard.The rail was made in Leeds, England. The cars begin their trips in the beautiful early morn-ing at 5145 and run up to i r .-47 p. m. The heaviest part of the day is in the afternoon and at5 oclock in the evening, when the day and wa

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