Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-01-10

the other and larger channel About
1879 a smaller island was acquired by
the government and sold to the munich
pality of Liege Tor 100000 frencs. The
town authorities laid out fine streets
and sold building lots. Within two
years the new addition was splandidly
built up with residence rows. Tho
city's speculation was very lucrative
one.
Brussels and Antwerp have employed
the same plans to rebuild and improve
their central streets.
The city of Milan In it's ambition to
become conveniently appointed, clean
and wholesome, and in short distirc-
lively modern center of nineteenth CEN
fury European life has entered upon
vast changes. received wi.h general
commendation. In the period from
1860 to 1880 these took the form chiefly
Of street improvements. The Piazza
del Duomo was greatly enlarged and a
series of wdened and Strengthened
main thoroughfares was made to radl-
ate from this center to all the onter
portions of the town, which Is poly
gon in SHAPE.
Street railways and omnibus lines
were brought to focus at the piazza
del Duomo. which was Joined to the
Piazza della Scala on the north by the
most magnificent arcades in the world
and with the Piazza de Mercdnt on the
west by broad thoroughfarcs Thus
through brave demolishing and rear.
rangements. Milan has created wha; so
few cities possess-an adequate arterial
center.
The rapidly growing city demon
strates yearly the advantage of a CEN
trail receiving and distributing reser-
yoir for the daily fiuX of population,
such as the Piazza del Duomo furnishes
with its dozen or more radiating thor
oughfares and its-eight or ten converg-
ing street car lines.
Is there type of city on the face Of
the globe which cries out for broad
streets and airy spaces as does the city
of the tropics?
The Anglo-Saxon idea of soundneTS
and thorough going methods demands
that we begin our municipal renova-
tions at the foundation. What is tho
ground plan for Honolulu? Is the
parallel system of thirteen miles In
length and less than one, in width, ~
stated in the daily press, the very best
system for our conditions?
The renovation and readjustment OF
/ l,,l h. at MI al
growing population presents prob
lem more similar to those of the Ell
ropean than the American city. II
America there is nearly always plenty
OF room. and the custom is for the city
to leave its unbeautiful tenting grounds
and move on.
Here we must reconstruct, rearrangt
with conditions bearing certain re-
semblance to the squalor and unhy
gienic surroundings of the early Euro
pean city. Does the parallel system
then adapt itself easily 10 the eXigen
cies of municipal housekeeping-tht
public cleaning. the quick transit
What of the large number Of street,
which are really only alleys, the laci
Of conference. purpose or design in thal'
arrangement?
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