Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-12-09
HOUGnTA|uNG ROAD
RESIDENTS COMPLAIN

MSlDtvlS IUMpLAIN
Seeing that the road authorities are
repairing King street. at Palawa. In
proximity to our road. we. residents OF
the Houghtailing road, hereby call at
tention to the dlsgraceful state of this
road and request that the road super
visor take look at the thoroughfare
and have 1t thoroughly repaired.
There is no road in Honolulu as near
to town and as old. which in such bad
condition. II Is a perlec. slough of
despond." II takes four horses to pull
a load of crushed rock on parts OF the
road and eight horses cannot bulge the
bed Of the rock crusher belonging to
the Won Hamm-Young Co. which has
been left in the middle OF the road and
can now be seen standing there, and
not in the worst place either
The road. since the rock crusher has
been working. has been cut to piece;
by the Won Hamm- Young Co. stone
carts. and before that by Mutch's and
Pains carts. so that there has been u
good deal of heavy traffic and there
being no repair, the road has naturally
gone to pieces and not content with
that, they have also torn up the side.
walk, and occasionally some OF the
pickets off the fences.
Ice wagons leave tl.eii ice at the
entrance to the school grounds. and
grocery, milk and bread wagons In bad
weather refuse to deliver their goods.
Houghtaiiing Lane is supposed to
have been a road for the past thirty
years. but very little money has been
spent on II. New roads further out OF
town towards Kalihi. are macadamiz-
ed. but not the Houghtailing road. I'M
fortunately, there are no influential
executive officers living In the vicinity.
Two years ago, the residents sent a
petition to the Senate for 1920 to fix
$500 which appropriation was used in
liking pice of road In front OF the
Bishop Estate school grounds, not
more than one quarter Of the length
Of the road land not nearly the worst
part of II. That $500 was about
enough to make good sidewalk
which would have been better as the
inhabitants could have walked to King
street dry footed.
II Is necessary to mention that there
IL uawatIap ,ap,ataru Mt tho anH nj
the road and on Sundays as well as
other days. dozens and sometimes hun
dreds OF Hawaiians visit this cemetery
n remembrance of their departed ones
aud having to plough through mud
tests their patience as II would that OF
iry Christian. A road like ours would
no doubt furnish very good answer
20 the question: why do people stay
away from church," The answer would
be: Mud up to your ankles. Two
Sundays ago eight hacks and a horse
wallowed through the mud which
showed on the wheels half way to the
hubs" No comment on that subject
IS necessary.
There is going to be built reservoir
| II the rear of the schools and as prob
ably the material will have to be haul
ed over the Houghtailing road, per
haps this reason may have SONS
weight with the road board. Cottages
in the vicinity that are for rent ma!
be obtained for next to nothing on ac
count of the mud and what with ba,
roads. no water. no lights. etc, the citi
zens say: What are we paying take
for"
The bridge is only 16 feet wide ant
there IL scarcely any sidewalk whel
two vehicles are on It together. Tn
Estate is also very negligent in tina
they allow lantana and glue bushes Z
grow on their sidewalks all the time
Formerly they had their boys trim tn
bushes and clear the sidewalks bu
nowadays the thorns are half way owe
The paths. Betwixt the thorns on on
side and mud on the other. is betwee
he devil and the deep sea. In add
ton. the telephone wires and some O
the posts are down and lying around.
II is understood that the Bishop Es
tate put a clause In their leases tina
the lessee clean lantana on the lands
What is sauce for the goose Is sauc
for the gander. DO as you would b
done by
These are few facts concernin
the Houghtailing road which almos
any contractor in Honolulu can verif!
We remain.
Yours very truly,
RESIDENTS OF HoUGHTAlLIN
ROAD.