The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-07
kAL|H| ACTS
Committee Waits Upon
Minister Young,
Improvement of District Discussed.
Rroad Repairs = Fire Engine
and Hydrants Required.

The Minister of the Interior received
the following communication yester-
day morning at the hands of the exec
utive committee of the Kalihi League
for Public Improvements:
In the Matter of the Application of
the Kalihi League for Public I'M
provements.
Hon. Alex. Young. Minister of the In
terror, Republic of Hawaii.
Sir: We, the executive committee
of the Kalihi League for Public I'm
provements, have been directed by
said league to wait upon Your Honor
and to urge upon you the necessity of
making certain improvements for the
sanitary and general good of the dis
trict of Kalihi and its vicinity, and we
beg leave to file the following memo
randum in writing, namely:
First. The increase of traffic and
travel on King street has shown that
said street, from the bridge to Kahau-
| Xxi, is too narrow for either safety or
the convenience of persons using it,
and, being a coral road, the dust rises
| from it in large volumes and Injuries
the throat, lungs and eyes of persons
using it. The street, in it's present con-
dition, Is discredit to the city. It
should be mace at least sixty feet wide
and macadamszed.
Second. no fire engine is stationed
in Kalihi or its vicinity, and no public
provision has been made for the sup
preston of fires there. Once started.
fire would burn itself out, unless put
out by private citizens with private
apparatus. The hardship of such
situation is manifest without further
statement.
! Third. The necessity of removing
garbage and refuse from the houses
and premises of the residents of the
city has been emphasized by the pres
ence of plague in our midst There are
many residences in Kalihi and its
vicinity on small lots. Those citizens
who occupy them, either, as taxpayers
or rent-payers, find it difficult to dis
pose of garbage and refuse. Unless i'm
mediate attention is paid to this mat
ter by the Government, it may become
a menace to the public health.
Wherefore the league hereby petit
tons the Government as follows, to-
wit: M IA
| 81. To take immediate steps to wild
en- and macadamize King street from
the bridge to Kahauiki, making the
roadway at least from forty to forty
four feet wide, and the sidewalks on
each side at least from eight to ten
feet wide.
"2. To place hydrants in Kalihi and
}, its vicinity at suitable points, not ex-
ceeding 500 feet apart, and to station
one or more fire engines out there, one
to be located near the pumping plant
"3. To make early arrangements to
send, at least twice each week carts to
Kalihi and its Vicinity to remove there
from all garbage and refuse, and to in
clude the district in whatever perma-
, nent plans the Government may decide
, upon for the removal and disposal Of
garbage"
! The committee were informed by
' Minister Young that he had personally
3 gone over all the streets with the
: street supervisor, and said an estima-
ted cost for improving the street sys-
= tenn of Honolulu would amount to
+ something like million dollars. Ali
: public improvements would be consid-
: cred by him, without fayoritism being
= shown to any particular locality. As
E to King street, which connects Kalihi
!. with Honolulu proper, Minister Young
n admitted it had been left in bad con-
q dition, but there were no funds avail
h able for making any extended improve
: ments on the thoroughfare at present
e He agreed with the committee that the
y street should receive early attention.
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