Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-03-16
Honolulu May Be Placed in
Sanitary Condition With
out Aid From Washing.
ton Under Municipal
Organization.

without Federal aid.
BY the Territorial Government
equipped by the Legislature with the
necessary funds.
BY a municipal government under
municipal organization.
Given the necessary funds by the
Territorial Legislature the Territorial
Government, with the exercise of the
initiative energy and scientific meth.
DDS characteristic of Federal proceed.
ings. could accomplish easily the rem.
ovation of the town.
BY condemnation proceedings. the
Territorial Government could secure
title to. drain. fill in, and convert into
desirable resident or business sec.
lions. those low-lying lands and quag-
mires, which constitute a constant
menace to life and property This Is
truly insignificant task when one re.
calls the original shore line of San
Francisco Bay above lower Market
street. And how large a part of the
present business section OF San Fran.
cisco is filed In bay.
Starting an Improvement Fund.
After plating and laying out streets
these attractive lots could be sold at
profit sufficient to cover cost and leave
a handsome margin. which could be.
come the nucleus of an Improvement
fund. The Territorial Government
could acquire title. under condemna.
ton proceedings. to all low.lying hud.
died heaps of novels: burn the how.
els, fill in. and evolve from unsightly
places. which in time of danger imperil
the life of the whole city, well drained
sanitary SECTIONS intersected by proper
streets. Government building inspec-
ton would prohibit the construction Of
insanitary and unsightly dwellings in
the reclaimed districts.
Under condemnation proceedings
the Territorial Government could
clear out the congested portion of the
city, widen and straighten streets,
properly subvert and enclose open wa.
/ terways. The proper paving of the
ular systematic cleansing be inaugu.
rated.
However there are difficulties at
tending the passage through the Legis,
lature OF a specific loan for the i'm.
provement of Honolulu.
/ Territorial Governments Difficulty.
! Appropriations OF the full capacity
of the loan seem to be already provid.
ed, so that in the event of the present
/ proposed loan passing the Legislature,
Honolulu would not be materially ben.
Gifted. The Territorial Government
either has not the funds, or the incli.
nation to use 1t for the clearly, SAM,
tary administration of the city. and
the cheapest method of avoiding these
enormous periodical outlays is to Keep
clean. Hence while the Territorial
Government may by judicious use
of specific loan thoroughly renovate
the city, and make a sanitary admins
tration possible. II yet lacks the highly
organized force and funds. indispen,
sable to the enlightened administra
ton OF modern city.
Whether in fields of political PROV
ess, public administration or private
corporation, there Is one essential ia
effective undertaking. the corner stone
which the builders in Honolulu have
SO far rejected-a thorough organiza
ton. Systematic organization Is as
cardinal a principle Of successful mu
nicipal administration and housekeep
ing as It Is of railway corporations and
sugar plantations.
1t is not business like to attempt to
run a city without funds.
Municipal Government Method.
Another way in which Honolulu may
be put in a sanitary condition without
Federal aid Is by a municipal govern
mont under municipal organization.
AS city, Honolulu would no Longer
lack necessary funds. Bonds could b,
issued under different heads and viii
different dates of expiration. Like
United States Government bonds
these could be In different issues o
varying degrees of time. An issue o
wharves and waterways, bonds, TO ex
pire in ten years. An issue of low
land to acquire bonds. with a term o
fifteen or twenty years.
An issue of street bonds for widen
ing, strengthening and paving streets
to expire in twenty-five years.
Thus ready money could be had 70
public improvements, for handsome
commodious, paved wharves; none,
could be had to keep them clean; ther'
, would be funds to dig out Ill in, reno
/ vate. cleanse and inaugurate system
attic plans for the sanitary upbuildinI
of the town, on the lines Of mOderl
sanitation. Provision could be mad
for the privilege on the part of tn
rity of taking nm tho bonds at OntinI