Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-05-14
GARBAGE cREMATORY SITB.


Editor Evening Bulletin:-In your
SAT- day sissue, Mr.. Alex. Young gives
forth his opinion about a petition
which has been lodged with the Execu-
tive Council by the residents in the
vicinity of South and Queen streets,
protesting against the proposed cree
ton of a garbage crematory on the site
of the old Kerosene Warehouse lot on
South street. Mr.. Young evidently has
a poor opinion about those who signed
the petition, as he Jumps them together
in a rather contemptous manner as
"Magoon's people," whatever that
phrase may mean. The signers consist
of people living in their own homes, In
the locality referred to, the whole year
round-people who cannot AFFORD, per-
haps, to take trip abroad whenever II
suit them, but who nevertheless have
invested their hardwon savings in
their small holdings and who, l may
safely say, pay more taxes on property
to the value of their properties, than
do the wealthy sugar planters of the
country. After having to withdraw
his ukase aboiishing all hack stands
in Honolulu from off the face of the
earth, | can perfectly understand that
Mr.. Young has no use for "kickers"
as he elegantly expresses 1t, no matter
what the kick" may happen to be
about so long as 1t happens to conflict
with his own views. Nevertheless, the
! signers to the petition believe they
have good ground for their objections to
the proposed site.
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bage incinerator is a very desirable
thing to live close to, but he says that
It must be erected near somebody"
Granted that it must, the question re-
mains HOW NEAR. The petitioners
are fully aware of the need OF crema-
tory, but they draw the attention OF the
Executive Council to two sites else
where available that would not be very
near dwellings and where the smoke
would be makai Of all dwellings. The
sites mentioned were % on the sea
beach, between the new iron works and
! the present kerosene warehouse.
There are acres of unoccupied land
available there. (2) at Iwilei, which
lies well away to the leeward of the
whole town. Iwilei futher, for many
years past, has been set apart as the
portion of the town where all kinds OF
unsavory industries have been carried
on. Tallow trying works, slaughter
house, soap works, tannery, fertilizer
works. public wash houses, etc, may
be mentioned. Then why not put up
the garbage crematory in the same
spot?
I do not wish to take up more OF
YOUR valuable space, but desire before
stopping, to draw attention to another
of Mr. Young's remarks. He pleads
that because the San Francisco ant
Edinburgh garbage crematories have
been erected in the middle OF thos'
cities that 1t follows as matter o.
course that the site chosen by himself
for the erection of the Honolulu crema
/ tory is a good one. Two wrongs d.
: not make a right, and because thos'
two cities have ignored the best inter
ests of their citizens by putting up gar
bage crematories in their midst 1t Il
{ no reason for us here to follow thei
, bad example. San Francisco and Edin
burgh moreover are rather unfortunate
examples to quote. Municipal govern
ments which allow such. plague spot
: to exist in their center as Chinatown
IN san FRANCISCO anu tHe SOW6dtc dh'
the closes of Edinburgh are not goot
patterns to follow by those who pro
pose to build up new and better Ho
nolulu.
Besides dwellings have no right t
be on those low flats" says Mr.. Young
To this I would only reply that thes
dwellings are built on about the SAM
level as residences say at Waikiki, oc
cupied by the wealthy class Of people
[ Many of the houses in the vicinity o
Queen and South streets were built {
dozen years ago. Permission to buil'
was obtained after submitting PLAN
= land paying fee to the Public Works
Department, and no objections Il
building were registered by the Boar
of Health. Several years ago whel
Queen street was macadamized, tn
| grade near South street was raised b.
, about foot, thereby making the ad
joining lots below the street level
Much filling in has been and is beini
done, but 1t is poor encouragement 70
s. the owners to further improve thei
lands, II an institution such as the gar
bage crematory, with its daily strin
of rubbish carts in attendance is to b