The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-02
The Key Note Struck.

Minister Young: You cannot con-
struct city and prevent such things
as Mr.. DesEy has referred to. 1 am
of the opinion of Mr.. Robertson; I
think it would be a mistake to make
an alley wider than is sufficient for We
! hicles to pass along one way. These
should be built without sidewalks and
| MADE so they can be flushed clean. I
hope there will be no need for odorless
| eXcaVatOrs when the new Chinatown
lis built. l hope the Board will hold ii
down until the sewers are constructed
and prevent a single shack from being
erected. (Applause) If the passage.
ways are to be more than fourteen fee
wide they should then be wide enough
to form decent streets with sidewalks
1t would be dangerous to the pedestri
an without them. / think that in mos
of the blocks the alley would answer
Ievery purpose Business men tell m,
the alley would be a great accommo
3dation to business houses and save TIL
|, congestion of the main streets. woult
suggest that a map without details o
property lines be published in the AID
lvertiser. The average man would thel
be able to grapple with the idea. TIL
sewers should be pushed as rapidly a
: possible in that district and the fir
limits should also be extended" Gap
: tplause.)
: President Wood: Eve will hol
chinatown down until we are reason
ably certain that the bacilli are al
4 dead, Mr.. Young"
5 Mr.. Cooper: cit seems to me that
b ltwenty-foot alleyway is not sufficien
o to allow drays to back up to the rea
: of warehouses. My own feeling is, a
: have stated, that the alleys are fo
s sanitary purposes alone"
n J. A. Magoon: 81 have been think
J. ing about this question, and it occur
d to me that in the other portion of tn
, business town where the large BLOCK
= have been erected that there are n
= alleys. I think we should treat or
r part of the town the same as any oil
" er, but see that buildings in all par
- are constructed so as to preserve Il
n public health. However, am in fave
y Of the alley system. 1 don't thin
)e they should be used for commerci
v purposes. I also favor a park propos
ly ton for that district. There are TIVE,
s. ty-six acres in all. 1t seems to n
there should be some breathing spa
allowed for those who live in that Sc
at ton of the town. If, however, allie
s. or streets are to be opened, think Il
is question should be taken up block
or block"
We A. V. Gear: ct seems to me that
de alleys are to be put in they should
IL of sufficient width so as to counte
IL balance the uses to which alleys a
to usually put to. There is a sort of
On leyway between Fort and Emf
IL streets, and it is at times most insal
Nv tary. An alley, unless it is lar
III enough to make it an open thoroug
'' fare, is, in my opinion, not a heal
&C proposition at all. These little allie
IN ways from three to six feet wide shol
be done away with entirely. If p
m sageways are to be cut through at
Re they should be considered as streets
Of not at all. I think if alleys are
ck lowed to be only twelve feet wide tn,
10 will be insanitary results; they will
" utilized in an insanitary manner"
ey The Block by Block Method.
F. L. Dodge: 81 think that an