The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-22

accomplished in the same direction
here. If every person in the city die
something toward improving his OWE
grounds, cleaning them up and so on
vast improvement would follow Ho-
nolulu was the reverse of Berkeley as
to harmony and symmetry of design il
street Improvement. Hardly two neigh
1 bors here are agreed as to the kind ci
shade trees 70 adorn the front of their
I premises, and some have fences, while
others have none.
Mr. Gartley thought a great improve
ment had been made at Kaimuki
Mr. Spalding added that the matter
of the Improvement of Waikiki road
| was important. The suggestion had
! been made to make boulevard of it.
| In talking over the question with Mr..
Ci}fard. the latter said it was not feast
bic until definite guarantee had been
| made by the Supervisors that the
grass would be kept trimmed and the
trees attended to. The services of the
Advisory Committee would be valua-
bic IL this instance.
z. K. Myers said an Improvement
Club for Kaimuki was in full swing
and many recommendations of that
body We're being carried out. For in
stance, the residents there had select
ed Thanksgiving Day for their Arbor
Day, when they would plant 5000 trees.
Kaimuki district had been divided in
to sections with chairman for each.
Their first thought is for better roads
Prof. Griftiths said that in College
Hills, Manoa, there was no organiza-
ton The college trustees, however,
had authorized much Improvement
work. The main avenue, for instance,
had been divided into seven sections,
and different varieties of trees We're be-
ing planted in these sections The sup
port Of the residents had been enlisted
and they were cooperating with the
trustees. The trees planted will large
ly be looked after by residents of the
Hills, There had been criticism over
one tree, the Monterey cypress. which
was to adorn one section. One resi-
dent said he did not want graveyard
trees, but another did. Mr.. Griffiths
said also that the suggestion had been
made that portion of College Hills
be parked. This could be done, per-
hapS, If some owners traded off lots.
Mr.. Griffiths referred to the mass of
poles at corners in College Hills for
telephone, electric and trolley wires.
This was a matter of future consid-
Grafton. Mr.. Gartley, who is manager
of the Hawaiian Electric Company,
said his company desired to solve this
problem. To a certain extent it ~had,
by cooperating with the Rapid Tran
sit Company in using the same poles.
They also had painted the poles
color which made them inconspicuous.
The telephone poles, however, were
not in good shape.
Mr.. Griffiths advised waiting for Mr..
Robinson, the park expert, to arrive
before making any specific plans for
city Improvement. The various clubs
should keep in close touch with him.
NJ. F. Peter for the Kalihi Improve
ment Club, said the organization was
only four weeks old and had about 15O
members. Their first desire was good
streets and an establishment of fixed
grades. They wanted electric lights.
Some streets We're narrow and there
were no sidewalks. Little road work
on streets off King street had been
done for several years. Residents did
not care to plant trees along the streets
until they knew where the final grade
was to be established.
Gerrit Wilder stated that when he
bought his property on Makiki Heights,
he was the pioneer resident of that
section. Owing to the grade establish
ed then, he had to build a stone WALL
which he believed to be unsightly
Since then another grade had been
esta blished and he now found the wall
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