The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-23
CLEAN STREETS.
TThe Official and Commercial Recor,

[The oficial and Commercial Record.l
There is one thing in all cities that is
sure to make a strong impression on
every visitor and that is the condition
of the streets. The impression will be
good or bad according to the conditions
and. being one of their earliest impress
sions, is sure to be lasting.
We are not doing all we can to make
the impression here a good one and it
is wise for us to recognize this and to
take immediate steps toward improve
ment. San Francisco has set us an
example that We will do we'll to heed
and profit by and some explanation of
their methods should not be out of
place and will be timely.
1t is only short time since San
Francisco was VIGOROUSLY dirty city;
not that it was noticeable to us for we
were used to the same conditions at
home, but it was especially noticeable
to visitors from the East and ELECTED
much unfavorable comment.
Conditions finally became so bad and
the city fathers paid so little attention
to the matter that the Merchants AS
ISOLATION felt constrained to take some
action. Nathan Dohrmann, who was
here but recently, is recognized as the
father of the scheme for Improvement,
being the first to take it up and his
suggestions were listened to with in
terest by the merchants, after which it
was decided to give the city an object
lesson by properly caring for given
section at the Associations expense.
The result was all that could be de-
sired. The difference between the clean
section and the balance of the city was
so marked that the city government
could no longer ignore it and the AS
ISOLATION was requested to submit
specifications and estimates for caring
for the entire business section and then
was asked to take the contract for
doing the work until it was properly
under way, to which it consented
| Later the work was turned over to the
| city and has been done by it, but
on specifications drawn each year by
the Merchants Association, so that now
San Francisco enjoys the reputation OF
i being the cleanest city on the coast.
Here in Honolulu work was begun,
on Fort st. between King and Hotel
Z SITS, on much the same lines as in San
/ Francisco, the merchants in the block
standing the expense. The improve
ment was marked and favorably spoken
of by all who used that thoroughfare
but the work has been allowed to lapse
without having made any apparent i'm
preston on the Department of Public
Works and with no evidence of inten-
ton on their part to take it up or to
extend it to the other blocks Of thu
business district.
The expense of caring for the entire
down town section in the same manner
as this one block was cared for, would
be very little and a recommendation BY
the Commercial Bodies to the Depart
ment is really all that should be neces
sary to bring it about. If the Depart
ment takes the matter in hand nov
and makes good showing, it would
hardly be allowed to drop when TIL
County Board takes control. and tn
benefit to the community would be in
estimable.
The opportunity is open for som
good citizen to earn the gratitude o
all Honolulu by taking the initiative.
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