Morita v. Public Utilities Commission

*581OPINION OF THE COURT BY

STAINBACK, J.

This is an appeal from an order of the public utilities commission granting the application of the Honolulu Rapid Transit Company, Limited, to conduct a tour service on a schedule basis around the island of Oahu.

It is alleged that the applicant is a public utility as defined by section 4701, Revised Laws of Hawaii 1945, operating a transportation service, in Honolulu pursuant to its franchise; that applicant had surveyed the field and ascertained that there was a public need and convenience for such a service at reasonable rates on a schedule basis, and…