The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-14
CORRESPONDENTS.
Flooding the Grass.
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ED. TIE INDEPENDENT -

unuer the neaulnR Oh II lOOulnR tns
grass" and the signature OF "H. S.
o." the correspondent says that at
all the balls given at Independence
Park it has bean the custom OF N.Y.
self to food the grassy surroundings
Of the hall, ETC., aud that lots OF the
young people want to know the rea-
son why.
This statement is utterly wrong.
About year and q half ago at two
different parties given there some
one un 5eknown to me, whether
members of the parties or outsiders
l cannot say, for mischief hoisted
the gates Of my 6ume, and OF course
IN few minutes the grounds would
be flooded. Immediately upon
learning OF The fact shut the water
IF, but of course it was too late to
remedy the evil for that night. Was
L to blame for thati
There is one open ditch about 60
FEET from where anyone has any
need to go, that is IL inches wide
aud inches deep, into which on
every evening when there is party
I turn on inches OF water. This
water is for purpose which | will
explain to n. S. Q. or ths lots OF
young folks who want to know why,
il they will take the pains to come
and ask for an explanation. This
disappears entirely aud runs under
The lsdies' and gentlenen's dressing
rooms and off makai of the pavilion,
where no one has any necessity for
going. Still, if II. S. Q. and the lot
Of young folks wish to wander
around near the small ditch that |
speak of mauka of the pavilion, il
they will please inform me OF the
fact beforehand, | will station a
guard with lights, with orders for
him to sing out to everyone ap-
preaching to beware of the flooded
grass, or, perhaps, Fl. S. G., and the
lot of young folks, would prefer
that there should be no lights there.
No. MIR. Fl. S. Q, and a lot Of
young folks, l will explain what l
have tried to do to make it as pleas
ant as possible for all concerned In
The first place, l do not lease the
grounds but only the pavilion, but
still | never had the least objection
to the visitors using them, and in
fact it is a pleasure to me for them
to do 80 and to further their pleas.
ures.
The day before each party is held
there | have men with new yard
brooms sweep as clean as they can
sweep about half of an acre OF the
ground, so that if there are any
there who wish to promenade or sit
outside on the grass they can do 80.
or course cannot control the
elements from above, and OF course
it makes it very unpleasant for rains
to come at such times,-as was the
case at the time OF the Queens
Jubilee party. Seeing the disagree
ableness OF such often being the
case, about year ago l had the
walk leading t. King street widened
from 8 TO II feet for the whole dis
tance OF about 100 feet. | also built
a verandah where about 30 people
can be comfortably seated so that
when the grass was too damp they
might have dry and pleasant place
in which to promenade or sit down,
THIS addition cost me $125. / nad
also intended at my earliest con-
venience to run verandah the
whole length of the Pavilion l2s
feet long aud IL feet wide 30 that
people could have good dry place
to promenade in at time OF rains
Being on the makai side of the
Pavilion it would be entirely pro-
tected from the strong winds and
light and frequent showers that
generally prevail from the direction
OF Nuuanu valley and the mountain,