The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-27
Club is Projected
To Garry Out
Work.
WOULD MAKE A
NOTABLE AVENUE
Separate Driveways with Orna.
mental Trees and Palm
Rows.

A FrER preliminaries which have
m consumed a week Of discussions,
IA the plans for the construction of
a boulevard which will connect the city
proper with the park and Diamond
Head road. have reached such a stage
Of development, that a meeting Of the
projectors. to inaugurate the Boulevard
Club. will be held before the end of
the week. The original plan has de-
velOped until now what was at first dis
cussed as a simple driveway to Ka-
pioiani Park, is planned to be an
feature OF the city.
According to the present outlook the
idea OF those who have been at the
front in the arrangements for the drive,
Is to make the boulevard of great
width. give It ornamental features and
separate crowns for the various vehi-
cles which will use it. The location of
the boulevard is not settled in the
preliminary discussion, but it seems
probable that the original idea to con-
which is to be tapped by the extension
OF King street, will be taken up first.
The building of the boulevard will be
a work OF magnitude, and will consume
many months.
Captain N. Griswold, who is promot-
ing interest in the proposed boule-
ward. has secured the signatures of
fifty representative men of Homo
lulu as the nucleus for a club which
VIII be regularly organized. and it is
then proposed to secure the names of
at least 1000 persons, who will pledge
themselves 20 pay 81 a month for twen-
ty-five months, thus bringing in $4,000
toward the cost OF constructing the
speedway.
The proposition" said Captain Girls
void, ''is for a four-mile speedway.
starting somewhere in the neighb1r-
hood Of Union Square and running
straight out to Kapiolani Park, there
connecting with the Diamond Head
road IT is proposed to make this
1OO-foot wide boulevard with 20-foot
track in the center for bicycles flanked
on either side by rows of poincianas;
3O-foot driveways for carriages on
either side OF the bicycle roadway. AMI
two 1O-foot sidewalks for pedestrians.
with rows OF palms lining them. the
boulevard would be covered with as
phalt rock, making it free from dust
and mud in any kind of weather.
The manner in which we propose TO
raise the money is by organizing club
OF 100 memoers--we have already hft5!
names-to contribute 81 a month for
twenty-five months. that list to be ad-
ded 10 until IT amounts to- 1000 names.
This of course, will include bicycle
riders, and by this means $50, 600 Will be
raised. II has been suggested that
there are possibly ten wealthy men in
this city who would give 5000 each
toward the boulevard, which would add
$4,000 to the fGEd.
This ma.tsr was brought up before
committee Of the Senate at the last
session, the project was approved and
the members said they would endeavor
u secrre $4,000 from the govsr ruent
10 De contributed 20 complete the prop
osition. making a total fund Of S15O.OGO.
n prominent banker said to me a few
days ago that IL would be one of the
greatest monuments TO progress that
Honolulu could build. and with our
tropical climate and beautiful towering
trees, il was possible to make of IL one
OF the most delightful drives in the
world Imagine four miles OF poinci-
anas in full bloom lining this bou!s-
ward. Tourists would have something
to talk about, and it would be one of
the greatest advertisements that Ho-
nolulu could have. Perhaps at the en-
trance TO the boulevard the proposed
Mckinley memorial might be located.
an arch maybe.
People who are called upon to pay
only 81 month for twenty-five months
would not feel the small outlay. and We