Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-29
ADVISORY bOlRD
Me- IS CFMN TTEt
Work That Will Take
Years To Finish Is
Being Started
BOTH WORKING FOR BEAUTY
AND IMPROVEMENT OF CITY

Promotion Committee that will take
years to carry out, and which will in
time bring Honolulu prominently be.
fore the public for its beauty even
more than now. are being arranged
and brought to the point where actual
work has begun and more arrange
ments and details completed at each
meeting.
IF it is to be accomplished there
has to be beginning" said Chairman
Gartley yesterday at the meeting of
the organization. and the sooner we
begin the better"
The Advisory Committee, consisting
of well known citizens who have taken
an interest in the Improvement met
with the Promotion Committee yester.
day for the first time. The result was
that general discussion of improve
ments took place and the Advisory
Committee organized into a permanent
body. Mr. Giffard was chosen chair.
man with Mr.. Hosmer as the secretary.
Those attending the meeting were
as follows: A. Gartley, +. c. Smith
L. |. Spalding and H. p. Wood secre.
tary; and Messrs. Giffard. Hosmer
Kidwell. Young Mcintyre and Haughs.
MIR. Gartley gave a brief outline Of
the plans of the Improvement Clubs
and the idea of the Advisory Commit.
tee. a discussion was entered into at
once about the various details.
Mr.. Kidwell thought It would be wise
II the different improvement associa.
tons would decide on the places
throughout the city just where parks
will be available and have the work
well in hand when Architect Robinson
arrives. He would look after the arch
icteCture and designs of the parks, OF
course, but had nothing to say regard
ing their location. Mr.. Kidwells idea
is to have the undertaking as far al.
vanced as possible for Mr.. Robinson
when he gets here.
Members of the clubs and subCom.
mittees will have to decide upon the
kind of trees to be planted throughout
the city along the various drives and In
the proposed parks. This matter lies
tyre thought. II would be impossible
for a man from New York to come to
a tropical country and say what kind
OF trees should be planted in certain
PAGES. Naturally he would not be
familiar with conditions here and the
nature of the trees.
Mr.. Gartley suggested that the I'M.
provement clubs in the outlying dis
triCts get together and determine upon
a general park scheme for their re.
speCtive parts of town. This matter
would later be referred to the Advisory
Committee and after Mr.. Robinson's
arrival he will 20 over the plans, offer
suggestions and listen TO ideas as well.
Mr.. Smith brought up the question
Of doing away with fences that sur.
round so many residential yards about
Honolulu.
Mr.. Kidwell wanted to know some.
thing about the location of the stone
curbing before trees are planted. On
Wilder avenue, where he resides, about
half mile OF trees, probably the Pom.
=
Trees To Be Uniform.
Both sides OF the street in all neigh.
borhoods should be under the direc.
ton of the same club, Mr.. Giffard sug.
gested. II each side of the street were
a dividing line between districts il |
would result, in most cases, of one kind
of tree being planted on one side of the
street and another growing just oppo.
site. His idea, which was received
with considerable favor and has been
talked over before by the Promotion |
Committee, is to have uniformity in
as all other improvements.
Mr., Giffard brought up the fact that
the Advisory Committee appointed
should organize with Il chairman and
secretary. They would meet at noon,
in the evenings, whenever convenient
or at such times when their services |
are required.
Mr.. Mcintyre agreed with Mr.. Gif. |
fard and favored all OF his opinions.
Chairman Gartley said Mr.. Gifrard |
had the idea Of the committee exactly. |
Mr.. Spalding favored the suggestion !
about the Advisory Committee organ
izing independently. As TO the i'm
provement movement started the city
should be divided into sections and
get the people interested in the work TO
take charge. additional names could
he added from time to time. details ar
ranged and the vice committees hold
meetings for betterment. Mr.. Spald.
ing was appointed by the Promotion
Committee to act with the sub-commit.
ices.
Nr. Giffard Made Chairman.
The organization of the Advisory
Committee was brought up again by
Chairman Gartley. Mr.. Giffard was
favored as its chairman and Mr.. Hos.
ner as the secretary. The matter was
voted upon and both were elected. The
hartman of the new committee said
ne was well pleased with his men.
iessrs, Hosmer and Haughs were well
Up on the forestry question. and the
'thers, Messrs Young, Kidwell and
Mcintyre, he knew TO be valuable mep
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