The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-12-12
BUILDING SITES.


If the merchants shippers lawyers
agreement about the Federal building sites they will
relief situation where they need relief situation where
two men seem to with another seems very uortu-
situation and yet is only typical of what has happened
before and what will happen again. If do agree there
beng hold up may wait
for Federal buildings may be taken for granted that
kind selfish selfish. When
opportunity for the location and erection OF such buildings
along there those who sell Sites handsome
profit and there others who anxious to enhance the value
OF their property by having near public building.
Some of the remarks made the meeting yesterday showed
these points clearly The seshnes Of some of the
gcsOns thoroughly plain those who listened Of
eradicate this shshness which attribute of the
entire human But people above sehshness and
have to many conditions of life We pure sesnes5
by bowling to majority opinion In political life are bound
majority views If everybody could be represented by his favor
lite, everybody would represent himself babel result
Federal sites already.
Meetings of citizens have taking place over this
matter unsatisfactory in that those who form the meeting
no way bound to accept the will OF the majority possible
to ind out what that will is If take the of those who
nave been present at the meetings. they certainly the of
very large number OF our representative men, But by no means
all our representative there Moreover in the
OF site for the Post Office alone representative COM
ercla and professional men who should be considered but
the entire public is interested in the location 1t practicable
to consult every individual the city, and yet every individual
has an interest in the proposition.
Several petitions had been circulated somewhat
y signed But petitions looked upon askance was stated
that people signed petitions wished to please the
people who carried them round and further that after signing
petitions, of the sgners had change OF heart But
possible that in meeting people will vote to please parties who
bring forward notion and that they may suffer change
heart after voting? 1t both methods of procedure
: OF expression OF opinion should have equal weight.
II choice OF this kind could be left to the Legislature definite
cearcu decision might be reached 1t would way
or another 1t might be unsatisfactory those in the minority
but they would have accept the decision whether they
or not But in the first place question which its
go before the Legislature, and in the place we must
have decision wait for the legislature even
could help in making choice. If going give our
selves lighting chance obtain these Federal buildings which
are gong be relief to departmental and judiciary congestion
and which going be city, we must agree
quickly and be ready report when Mr. from o
With disagreements about the threaten
to grow rather than to diminish find ourselves behind
rainy city public improvements. Though o proven
ing prolonged disagreement about Federal building sites
The necessity great in Io that disagreement will be laid
aside, and decision quickly We in Honolulu
much interested getting Federal buildings and as city
we must not allow Hilo to get ahead Of us. 81
The meeting OF yesterday received good advice from
c Attorney BreckOns He told the meeting that the main
work Mr. Eustis connected with the of new Post
agreed upon and the facts put the hands of Mr. might
be quickly approved of at Washington But Mr. Brckons point
ed out that clear title the the the
National Government when building appropriation pos
sbty and an abstract OF title and opinion added
would save tine and be even more helpful.
AS matter of fact have learned regard ourselves
regarded the Capital and the Capitol Congress is ready
and willing enough help takes aherl in us but
1t not button for local disagreements If we want
anything that congress give show unanmtv
Puspose we choose disagree and quarrel get moth
ing until we do 1t does trouble congress at all whet
er we have our Improvement 1t will trouble
ousy we do Therefore should only thing which
will obtain us what we need. We must agree