Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-22

mittee with the cooperation of citi.
zens. In comparing Honolulu with
towns on the Coast the improvements
here were not what they should be.
He favored the idea of citizens work.
ing with the cominittee and was sure
| the work could be accomplished in
this manner
Owing to the meeting of the plant.
ers Mr.. Spalding explained that more
people interested in the improvement
work would have been present, but
were not there on that account. A
number of men who were enthusiastic
about improvements, Mr.. Gffard
among others, could not attend. Mr..
Spalding stated that Mr.. Giffard was
ihe one who suggested the advisory
board to the Promotion Committee,
naming number of those who woro
to act.
Mr. Spalding urged harmony in
planting trees about the city. As an
instance he referred to Berkeley, Cal,
which is considered among the well ar.
ranged cities of the State. Fences
there are conspicuous by their alb.
sence. He urged that the fence sys.
TEN particularly be done away with In
Honolulu. Mr.. Spalding Is anxious
that every owner OF property in Ho.
nolulu, every resident, every occupant
of house, act as a committee of one,
improve and clean up their property,
plant flowers and trees and take an
active interest in the universal inn
provement idea. The work would
spread and in time everybody would
be at work in the same direction.
Lack of harmony and symmetry In
Honolulu hindered the beauty of
street improvement, he thought. Some
have one kind of trees and his next
door neighbor another variety. A few
had fences and others did without.
improvements at Kaimuki were par.
ticularly noticeable, Mr.. GartlCy
thought. Mr.. Spalding said the i'm.
provement of Waikiki road was of i'm.
portance, and that suggestion had
been made that the thoroughiare be
made itno a boulevard. Mr.. Giffard
had told him that the plan was hardly
feasible at the present time owing to
the fact that as yet no definite guar
antee had been made by the Superyi
sors to keep the grass cut and trees in
good condition. This matter will be
taken up by the Advisory Committee.
Citizens Discuss Plans.
The first citizen to address the com
mittee was z. X. Meyers. He repre-.
scented the Kaimuki district where an
Improvement club was in existence
and doing actual work. Thanksgiving
Day has been selected as the date of
planting in the neighborhood OF 5000
trees. 1t will be their Arbor Day. The
district has been divided into sections
with chairmen OF the different sub.
committees. One of their first mat.
tiers to look into will be better roads.
Tree planting, however, will be accom-.
plished first. Mr.. Meyers said the
members of the Improvement club had
hopes that the order would become a
permanent organization.
As yet no club has been gotten to.
gether at College Hills The district
was represented, however, by Presi'
dent A. +. Griffiths OF Oahu College.
improvements OF importance are to be
taken up at once. The College has
agreed to superintend the planting OF
trees along streets In the vicinity. Res
idents have cooperated with the Col
lege trustees and will have their Jap
anese look out for the care OF trees
The main avenue has been divided in
to seven sections. Different varieties
of trees are being planted. About 500
trees are to be started. Some people
in the district favor the Monterey cy
press, which will be grown in one OF
the sections. Others criticized 1t be
cause il Is the favored graveyard tree
The suggestion has been made, Mr.
Grifnths said, that park be laid ou'
somewhere In that section, Mr.. Rob
linson will be consulted on the matter
Electric and telephone poles are IL
numbers in Mr.. Grifliths neighborhooC
and something should be done to dc
away wit hthem and, il possible, re
duce the number. The matter Will b'
considered. As manager OF the Ha
waiian Electric Company Mr.. Garlic!
said his concern would be glad ant
Twas anxious to do anything In tina
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