The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-12
Fort Street Own
ers Want Wider
Track.
FOR
IMPROVEMENT
c. W. Booth Complains of the
Attitude Of the Board Of
Public Works.

c. w. Booth, one of the property own
ers interested, is not pleased with the
official attitude towards the widening
of Fort street.
81 have talked with Superintendent
McCandless on this matter said he
last evening, land got small satisfac-
ton. One reason why nothing has been
DONE says McCandless, is that the
property owners hold the land too dear.
How does he know that? The heavy
owners are willing to donate land and
the small ones, as they tell me, have
not been asked. Isn't the Superintend-
ent taking too much for granted?
Mr.. McCandless has said that we
Ought to organize a syndicate and wild
en- Fort street at our own expense. l
cant see the point. The Government
would get enough out of the Fort street
property in the way of increased taxa
ton, due to the widening process, to
pay it for it's trouble. 1 don't know
why, if other property owners can get
streets improved at public expense,
those on Fort street should be compell-
ed to go down into their pockets to
find the means for the same work"
Mr. Booth showed the following pc
tition for widening which, he says, con-
tains the names of every, or nearly
every, owner of frontage on the street
affected as we'll as the names of other
taxpayers:
10 Inc Legislature of the Territory of
| HaWau: Your petitioners respectfully
represent that the extension OF Fort
street above School street, in Honolulu,
| was proy4aed Ior by an ACT OF tne Leg
islature OF the SESSION OF 1886, ana again
% oIlued for in the session of 1888.
| That the extension OF me Sa-u street,
according to the intention of the Legs
Iature, would have greatly benefited a
great number OF owners OF small kulea-
mas, and would have opened up consid-
HOUSEHOLDS, and thereby adding Largely 20
house-lots, and thereby aiulng Largely to
the taxable valuation of the property OF
the City of Honolulu.
| That said extension will be great pub
lie Improvement to the City of Honolulu,
linasmuch as Fort street, the principal
business street of the City, is entirely too
short for business requirements.
That inasmuch as the Executive has
apparently refused to comply with the
wishes of the Legislature as expressed in
said Act, your petitioners pray that a
suitable sum be appropriated for the ex-
tension of said Fort street above School
street, the work on same to begin forth
with.
C. w. Booth, J. Nj. Dowsett, Paul R.
Isenberg, W. a. Wall, A. E. Nichols,
Henry w. Howard. n. E. Waity, E. A.
McInerny, E. o. White, c. Bolte, T. W
Hebron, William Allen, Antoine G.. Cunha
NJ. G. Faria, T. K. Clarke, T. NJ. Star
key. Antonio r. Pilhares, Thomas Car
valho, tr., Jno. E. Bush. F. E. Thomp-
son, F. Wundenberg, l. r. Burns, Chas
F. Peterson, r. c. A. Peterson, F. P.
Mcintyre, J. B. Allen, P. Muhlendorf
, Jas. F. Morgan, j. NJ. McChesney, Geo
II. Robertson, Albert F. Judd, F. M
Hatch, B. l.. Marx, Henry Holmes
Bruce Cartwright, W. NJ. Graham, ]
, Fl. Raymond, II. M. Mist, VIM. Woon
H. +. l.. Ennis, w. W. Wright, r. w
Schaefer ]. T. Wright, Geo. w. Smith
W. T. Monsarrat, David F. Thrum, G
Ernest Thrum, VIM. Love. n. E. McIn
tyre. T. May, VIM. w. Hall, F. J. Low
trey, S. M Ballou, w. w. Dimond
Peni, Sui, Geo. H. Kahue, r. H Hanu
pau, Pafu, John Kukela. l.. II. Kapioho
r. T. Kinilau, Kalemu, j. c. Quintal
Jr., John Ia, d. kawehe, A. Kikaha,
Pane, Samuel Kamana, Samuel Nailima
George Green, David Keawe, Charles Ku
3. Aiwahi George Kaanaana, B. c. Ha
no, S. Keliikipi, NJ. s. Kapahu, Jane.
Pohina, Mrs. Deborah Pohina, John X
Naone, Sam Kalama, Dr. Hanono, j
. Mana, E. w. Jordan, J. r. Gait, z. A
Mott-Smith, Thos. f. Wall.