The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-03-17
Streets and Roads.

MR. EDIToR--Ny attention was arrested
BY an article in your last issue on the sub
jet Of Opening up new streets and roads, in
and shout HouoluIR- 1t is $ subject that in
terestS NE, much more than subsidies 70 for
eige steamers. orreeiproSities because, as they
say in the CaStillian, il promotes the facility
for the GH6GAdo close to our own doors It
IS trite to say, lhst any country without
roads, Is scarcely any country al all A man
might as vel have farm in one Of the plan
cts, Is to own tract, however hne, il 10
czlity that is inaccessible. On small scale,
such Is my case I an the owner Of small
tract Al Pslama, which might be made very
desirable place Of residence, but there Is no
way to get II it,-not even with wheel-bAr-
TOW. Iy0u attempt TO go ''afut,n as Pad
dy says, you have to walk on ridge that re-
ssnbIes very much lean hogs back, and if
il be ST all wet OF slippery, you have the
pleasing alternative Of mud bath in tSro-
patch No. l, on your left, or taro-patch No.
2 OF your right. To say the least of it, your
head must be vel balanced, without posses
sing the advantage of the balance pole car
RED BY tie performer on the tight rope,
which enables him TO keep his equipoiSe-
II be dry weather, tie chance Is thzt You
wiz have the delight Of hopping through the
fresh mud, ankle deep, recently thrown up
from the adjoining taropateh, upon the afore-
said hogs hack Now Mr.. Editor, do not
agree with you that every one Is as persiz-
tent 4z possible in Obtaining road d&msges.
would give half of the tract which own,
L it were necessary, fl could only have
road Tor ! haud-esrt, to get ST the plSee,
which L Of about four acres in extent, and
have made the offer many times to His Ex-
eelIeuey the Minister Of the Interior had
hoped that When the Lunstie Asylum was
established IN the locality 10 which I refer,
that road would have been opened through
that larze belt of fine, but roadIezs land ex-
tending from Liliha street to Kzlihi valley,
Sut was joeulariy told By IN official, that
although ny Offer was liberal, and though
many Others entertained the same spirit, yet
II was not desirable to make the Asylum aad
it grounds too easy Of access, on account Of
is inducing too many visitors therefore
hold that man that hAggies about getting
pay to make valuable his land,-otkerwise
comparatively EOrtaIess,-ls ssEItlls Of the
rarest type, ard reminds me very much Of
the nan who, although very hungry, when
invited 70 dine, insists upon being paid for
eating the dinner Of which his stomach
stands 50 much IN need
You ask, ofEhat interest Is this to the man
VITO lives in HamzkUa or Kan. say, every
interest in the world Every Improvement,
IN the renotest corner Of the Kingdom, IL
tereSts the nan At Hamskua ard Kan. as
much 50 - a good road opened IN Hanakua
or Kan, vii interest the man IN Honolulu,
especially when he has occasion to 20 there
and traTel tit nay be on dark night
You say, It Is to be hoped that little
better feeling VIII prevail IN this respect It
prevails row and has prevailed for many
years past-it has almost got tired ofpre-
Willing 5ecauss the government has done
nothing on the subject
USPERsIsTExT
RnAKEs--It Is pleasing to find that
one at least Is aroused On this point. Our
correspondent may be assured that # he
vii eoatinue TO bestir himself and make
other people bestr themselves, he vii get
al proper assistance from those officers
having authority to help him The point
IS how much Is TO be paid fO- the land in
front Of his lot. and Who vii pay for filing
It Up, and making the read passzblez and
vii the people in the rear and neighbor-
hood Of our correspondent joia il the acts
necessary TO open the street, Go on and
let Is try Il Oar theory 3 that the cost
Of s1ch improvements should be assessed
On the property benefited This n1sy be
wrong. bath appears night; LET Is make
the attempts IN al directions, a. right and
justice nay point cut It should have
been done long ago.
TEz dat and dunb have held conerezs
il Berli1. Prussia, IN Ekich fhey Diseased
ths possibility q substitute for the dagger