The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-22
To BEAUT|FY THE CITY
AND ITS NEAR SUBURBS
A Strong 2Movement Starting to Make Honolulu
More Attractive Meeting of Promotion and
Advisory Committees to Discuss Plans.

With the assistance of landscape
architect Robinson of New York, who
is expected here shortly to lay out a
comprehensive park plan for the entire
city, the Hawaii Promotion Committee,
with a newly appointed advisory COM
mittee Of residents, hopes to be able
to induce property owners generally to
make an effort to beautify their prem
ises
The Promotion Committee will also
address the Board of Supervisors, the
Department of Public Works and the
Department of Education in orde.. to
have these bodies cooperate along the
following lines:
Supervisors-To enforce the estray
law TO prevent animals, including
horses, cattle and dogs, from becoming
street nuisances.
Department of Public Works-To es-
tablish final lines for streets, that prop
erty owners may know how to proceed
to beautify and embellish their prem
ises without fear of a later change
which will materially affect such i'm
provements.
Department of Education-To con-
slider a recommendation to remove the
stone wall surrounding the High School.
The Promotion Committee yesterday
afternoon met number of gentlemen
interested in city Improvement. A.
Gartley presided and members E. l.
Spalding and F. C. Smith and Secre-
tary Wood of the committee Were pres
ent Others Were T. j. Lowrey, Presi-
dent Gritfiths of Oahu College W. A.
Bryan of kamehameha School, Z. K.
Myers of the Kaimuki Improvement
Association, NJ. F. Peter of the Kalihi
Improvement Club; Ralph Hosmer, Su-
perintendent of Forestry, and Gerrit
Wilder.
Mr.. Gartley stated the object of the
meeting, which was to obtain sugges-
tions as to how the committee could
work for city Improvement. He said
that comparisons between Honolulu and
California cities We're not to the credit
of Honolulu. In California cities some
uniform plan is followed in planting
trees and system is used in the care
of premises and their establishment.
The committee wanted to get a body
of citizens together who would be inter
ested in this matter and help to improve
the appearance of the city.
Mr.. Spalding regretted that, owing to
the plan ers la eting, many gentlemen
whom he knew to be interested in the
matter, We're absent-AIr. Giffard, for
instance, who was enthusiastic in such
matters. Mr.. Giffard had told him that
an effort was once made to form Il
Makiki Improvement Club but they had
taken in too large a district and the
matter dropped. Mr.. Giffard was anx-
ious to assist the new movement. He
had suggested that an advisory COM
mittee to the Promotion Committee be
appointed. with the following gentle
man, among others. to serve thereon:
Messrs. David Haughs. Alexander
Craw, John Kidwell, Mcintyre, Young,
Later in the meeting the names of Mr..
r. s. HOsmer and Gerrit Wilder
were added. These gentlemen rep
resent various districts of the city.
Mr. Spalding said this committee
would act in connection with the Pro-
motion Bureau.
Mr. Spalding said he noticed in Berke-
ley. Cal, that there was an appearance
of harmony and symmetry about the
appearance of the streets, the shade
trees and the arrangement of private
premises Chiefly, he noticed the alb
sence of fences. A good deal could be