The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-03

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nue.. macadamized. 67o feet. Tota
number feet macadamized. 1855, o
2.s7 miles.
! Streets constructed and top-dresset
| with coral: Hebron lane, 1900 feet
Foundry street. 400 feet; Kawaiahat
street. 400 feet: Ala Moana road. 40
feet Total. $500 feet
This department reports the compile
ton of the Kapukaki Hill road from
! Halawa hill to the town side of tn.
Moanalua polo grounds, and is nov
connected with the macadamfzed par
| of the Moanalua road, the distance
macadamized being 410o feet, and, al
though it was estimated that it would
take three months to complete thi:
work. al a cost of $4,000. it was done If
IS working days, at a cost of s270411-
Piikoi street. which suffered a great
deal from past storms through lack OF
proper drainage. has been thoroughly
drained with concrete storm drain
pipes from Lunalilo street to and below
King street, and has also been COM
pleteIy macadamized.
This department also reports the
completion of the grading and macad-
amizing of Liliha street from Vineyard
to Judd street.
AT the present time the following
work is under construction: Construct
ing new Horseshoe road, "Pauoa" !:
matchmaking Waialae road: macada-
MIXING Kalakaua avenue; grading and
macadamizing Judd street beyond Lii
lima street; coral dressing differen.
streets in district of kakaako. Also
repairing. patching, cleaning. etc, this
Manoa, Tantalus, Palolo, Kalihi, etc,
as we'll as oiling, patching, sweeping
and repairing different streets in diff
tcrent sections OF the city.
The quarries which are in operation
at the present time to supply macadam
for the e-mentioned work are Ka-
luapalena, Alewa and Makiki quarries.
and the South street bunkers, which
furnishes coral dressing for Kalakaua
avenue and Waialae road
The completion of Kapukakf Hill
road gives the city of Honolulu a good
road from Halawa through Moanalua
to the kahauiki Reservation, but from
there in to Nuuanu bridge the road is
badly used up and, it being the only
main thoroughfare in the Fifth Dis
trict, makes it all the more necessary
that it should receive immediate at
tention, and l would ask the boards
opinion as to whether this department
should begin work on it this month,
and from what end the work should
commence
This department has been in receipt
of numerous complaints from residents
of College Hills and also from Alakea
street, and upon inspection l have
found these complaints to be just ana
the requests reasonable.
In estimating the expense to carry
on the aforementioned work. | would
respectfully ask that an appropriation
Of $4,000 be made for the month of
November, 1906. Yours respectfully,
SAM'L JOHNSON.
Road Supervisor, Honolulu.
Referred to Committee on Roads.
THE USUAL KICK.
s21 Alakea Street. Honolulu,
Nov. 1, 1906
Mr.. d. Kalauokalani, Clerk, County of
Oahu
Dear Sir: | beg to call the atten-
ion of the Board of Supervisors to the
bad condition of the roadway of Ala
Sea street between Merchant and
Queen streets
After the slightest shower it is more
ike a duckpond than a road and re-
mains so until the sun dries it up.
Can you not macadamize it or have
t drained so that the water will run
,f. as at present it il a serious detri-
nent to my business?
pay the Government a large
in taxes and licenses and
hink they should give me a fair show
o do business. Yours truly,
JAS. E. THOMPSON.
Referred to Committee on Roads.
AN APPRECIATION.
The following acknowledge ent of
Road Supervisor Johnson's good work
vas read and placed on file:
TO the Honorab BILE Board of Supervisors
County of Oahu, T. H.
At meeting of the residents and
principal land owners of that portion
IF the district of Kewalo included be-
ween South. Cummins. Kawaiahao ans
queen streets. the following preamble
md resolutions We're put and carried
and copy ordered for
yarded to the Secretary of the Board
FRANK GODFREY
Secretary of Meeting.
Honolulu. November 2 1906.
Whereas, For many years past the
portion of that district of Kewalo ly-
ng between Kawaiahao and Queen
south and Cu,nmins streets has been
allowed to remain in a shamefully neg
ected condition: and
Whereas, Petitions to the Legisla-
ure and appeals to others in authority
or relief from the almost impassa BILE
of the streets, i'll said district,
we're ignored: and
Whereas, BY the favor of Hon. c. s.
holloway a half a roadway was at last
obtained for travel on Queen and Ka-
vaiahao streets; and
Whereas, OF late the Road Commit
ee of the Board of Supervisors gave
heir attention to the existing needs of