The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-09-06
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

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few days to have received several
letters upon matters bearing upon
the welfare of both town and coun-
try people. We hope TO have our
correspondence column well occupied
with similar communications at all
times, as discussion of the public
wants is one of the first essentials to
their being speedily and properly
supplied.
The discussion of Coffee Rooms
had the immediate result of making
more public than it otherwise would
have been the fact that very cheap
lunches were about to be provided
under the auspices of the Y. NJ. G.
A., and it is to be hoped will lead to
the institution of larger enterprise
in the same direction.
The request for instructions us to
how to make the best use of small
homestead plots, preferred by Per
picked" yesterday, introduces n
matter of great Importance to Il very
large class. If Mr.. Jaeger has the
time, we feel sure he could assist our
correspondent and many in like posi-
ton, out of his valuable stores of
knowledge perfected by experience.
Items from the experience of others
will also be gladly received and pub
lished.
"Avenue has advocated more
trees along our streets, and to a
large extent we agree with him.
There are two serious obstacles in
the way, however--one the narrow
ness of the streets and sidewalks,
and the other the establishment of Il
row of telephone poles thickly strung
with wires on each side of nearly all
the streets. Shade trees are usually
planted on the outer edge of the
sidewalk, but there is no chance here
for such an arrangement on account
of the priority of possession held by
the telephone companies. Upon
some of the streets, too, it would be
choice of evils between absence of
shade and the obstruction of the too
narrow sidewalks. Again, the vista
on some streets formed by trees on
the outside of the sidewalk would be
too narrow for the most pleasing
perspective. In view of the above
considerations we woulS suggest
new departure, namely, the planting
of shade trees on the inside of the
walks, which would give equal shade
to the pedestrian and present less
obstruction than the other arrange
ment. Who has not experienced the
annoyance of small parties or throngs
meeting on sidewalks, when those
on the outside had to not only step
off the walk but go round the trunks
of trees or telephone poles? 1t
breaks the thread of companionable
discourse and soon makes the stroll
lers weary of their walk. With
clean streets and proper junction
between carriage way and sidewalk,
and trees relegated to the inside of
the walk, such inconvenience would
be reduced to the minimum. The
proposal would not suit exclusively
business streets, where the buildings
come close to the street line, but
upon such awnings would give II
more satisfactory shade than trees,
'S Jlc iullSI, III ~ ihoiN liitil very
rare disposition, would be serious
obstruction. Perhaps upon some of
our suburban thoroughfares private
owners would be glad to allow shade
trees to be planted on the margins
of their property so that their foliage
would overhang the sidewalks. In
many places the walks are already
shaded satisfactorily by private trees.
AS to telephone poles, we hope that
experience here and abroad may
justify the next Legislature in order
ing them out of the way and the
wires underground.