The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-05-16
ANiNu sna ci.enlns - Port street
occupied ihs rrin,ipsi portion ~

occupied ihe prinripai portion ~
she time ~ the iucetine " ths
Merchants Association yesterday. and
as a irsuit there has been appointed
committee consisting at tNo met-
chants FROM each block from queen a.
Btrfania streets. 60 consult with the
property owners 90 sce vhat portion
uf the expense thcy Nni bear iH the
putting down Il paN.m.nts along thc
principal business thoroughfare ~ the
rity
Th.re was not dissenting voice TO
the proposal and in addition O. this
action. seeing a., necessity Tor cleaner
strccts, the object lesson being thc
block from King 20 Hotel which Is be-
ing kept clean at the expense of the
storekeepcrs IN the block. the associa-
zion passed resolution providing FOR
negotiations between the committee
of the association and Louis Marks,
now in control ~ the street sprinklers,
looking to the taking up 10y him OF the
matter OF keeping swept and garnishcd
an the down town blocks
FORT STREET CLEANING.
These matters came up upon the
reading of the following report from
the committee which had in charge the
block which furnishes the evidence that
street may be kept clean:
May Is. 1902.
+. w Macfarlanc, Esq, President The
Merchants Association of Honolulu
r. Il.
Dear Sir:-Your committee appointed
To experiment with Fort street. be-
tween King and Hotel. with view TO
keo ping the same clean and watered
beg To report that for the past four
weeks a man has been kept constantly
on the street during the business hours.
gathering up the refuse as soon as
dropped, sweeping the street continual
iy. and watering the same with two
large sized hand sprinklers. In spite
OF the unfavorable natural conditions
due to the method of street paving,
we can report with absolute assurance,
that the experiment thus far conducted
convinces us that II fol owed out in ali
The streets OF the city. would be of
! fnestimable value to every business
house in the city.
! without the immediate following OF
all the other streets, this one block
would have to be abandoned, as all the
! dust now blowing through this block
comes from the street above, all of
which would Immediately stop II all
blocks employed the same method of
cleaning.
As the experiment, however, has
proven perfectly successful. your com
mittea would heartily endorse a plan
whereby the entire business portion of
the city could share in the blessings as
well as the expense of such an under
taking. The expense item, we would
say, has been very light, and to the
satisfaction of every house on the
street
AS neither the Association nor an in
dividual member can properly take up
this work, without great loss of time,
as can easily be supposed when num-
Der of men are employed on the differ
ent streets, necessitating constant su-
peryision, your committee in consider
ing ways and means, believe 1t to be
wise to communicate with the present
owner of the street sprinkler, INFORM
ing him OF the plans of the Association.
urging him to take up the proposition
on the lines as laid down by the Asso-
citation, il Is almost certain that either
he or some one else could be made to
sec first the great necessity for such
work as well as the soundness of the
proposition from a business standpoint.
That 1t would pay handsomely to any
one undertaking the work we feel as
surcd, as business men would not hes
itate to pay literally for work that Is
of real benefit. Your committee feels
further that the matter of street paw
ing tor the business portion OF the c ~
should receive immediate and earnest
attention from this Association. There
is 10 use laying back and arguing thai
the government should do this work
We know that. but we also know tha
the government has no appropriation
for such necessary work. The time has
certainly come when our streets should
n .l.y, J. n
, with asphaltum pavement, and even /
the entire cost of such work SHOULD
fail upon the shoulders of business me
alone, the investment should paw hand
somely in the saving on goods alone. !
determined effort should be made Il
r bring together property owners an
their tenants. and this question y
I brought before them that the actua
accomplishment of the change b
n brought down to matter OF fe'
months, not years.
, Your committee earnestly urge, tina
= the street cleaning proposition be no
abandoned. but arrangements made 10
its continuance as outlined above. an
: that your committee may be dscharg
a ed as soon as. other arrangements hav
been completed.
L Very respectfully,
n II. f. WICHMAN.
GEO. w. SMITH.
t Chairman Wichman was asked as
the cost and stated that there was
" first cost for materials which would
= about rs cents for each house, and thu
It the cost of maintaining the sweeper {
c Sl.5O day would be not more than a
o average of 80 cents a store in the bloc
He dwelt at length upon the matter
O the good from the cleaning, but sa
that 1t could not be perfect owing
the fact that the blocks about were n
kept clean.
MOVE FOR PAVING.
= Committeeman Smith also spoke