The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-01-30


l. . pinkfam said that b. vas sue
cecdinE better with ihe poorer clhsne
in getting the streets cleaned thai
With the men who owned propert,
which they used FOR revenue. Ne wa
having hard TIME. because his de-
partmcui was hampered By lack 81
money. but be was doing something
nevertheless Coming down TO tn,
beauty 81 Honolulu, he said that on,
way TO do that was 10 preserve what
we had. He spoke OF the reclamation
NJ the rice swamps of waikiki and
said that while Il was possible that
the Board Of Health was stretching its
power bit, under the law, he still
believed that results would be achlev-
ed And he endorsed what Bishop
Libert had said about the good OF
having a system, and working to that.
no FoN.
Mr. Ho Fon expressed his pleasure,
very briefly, at being invited to adj
dress an Improvement meeting and
said that the Chinese of Honolulu
would be found lined up with the white
men In the interest of public improve
ment They would keep their back
yards as clean as their front, and
would be a credit to the city.
DAVID L. Al.
CITY Improvement" said David L.
Al, sis the backbone. the life of the
advertising that is being done abroad
by the Promotion Committee. Let us
not deceive the stranger. Let us so i'm
prove the city that tourists coming
here from abroad win see that the
Promotion Committee had not spread
broadcast advertising matter that rep
reserts a condition that does not exist
Let us make good and to that end
lei us Increase the beauty of our al
ready beautiful city. This is the course
| have advocated in the native paper
Of which | am the editor, and which I
Will always advocate. Improvement Is
the life of the work of the Promotion
Committee"
Improvement is necessary on sani-
tary ground, continued Mr.. AL And
il must be Improvement in al parts
Of the city. Did you ever note the
difference on Fort street below Rere-
tania and above that thoroughfare?
They viii tell you that the difference
S because there is property below Bere-
tania that pays more money. But that
is not the proper spirit We must arouse
interest and to do that we must see
that all parts are benefited.
M. F. PRoSSER.
First Deputy NJ. F. Prosser. of the
Attorney Generals office, said that he
had been called upon most unexpect-
sdly to speak for the Attorney Gem
oral. who had cold. He expressed re-
sret for Mr.. Peters, and regret also
that Governor Carter was III and could
not he present. and that Secretary At
hlnson was absent. Mr.. Prosser said
That Mr.. Joseph S. Emerson of the
Prospect Heights Improvement Club.
nad prepared paper that touched the
reart of this subject. which he would
'tler read' and expressed his hearty
approval and sympathy with the OBJ
)ects and purposes of the Improvement
,luos movement. "Be sure you are
right as tn the legal asnect," said Mr..
Frosser, then go ahead"
DISTRICT CLUBS REPORT.
1t being then in order to hear from
he various district club representa-
ives. those present were called upon
o report progress. The first of these
vas the Waialae, Kaimuki and Palolo
Improvement Club, the Oldest of ALL
'or which zeno X Myers reported.
EMERSoN'S PAPER.
The next speaker called upon was
Mr. Emerson of the Prospect Heights
Improvement Club, who read the fol.
owing paper:
10 the Chairman and Representatives
g. nof the Various Improvement Soci- |
cites in Honolulu.
Gentlemen The residents of Homo. |
ulu are to be congratulated on the
public spirit shown in the organization
If Improvement clubs in its various dis. |
rlcts, and the prospect of united eff |
.orts on their part to build up and
leautlfy this city for which Nature
las done so much. There are MANY
ways IN which our united action can
re advantageously directed. Let me
Indicate hut one of them, viz: the To-
alton of street lines and of property
boundaries. This lies at the very foun-
Iation of all public and private i'm
rovements. No intelligent person will
uild and expend large sums upon a
Ut whose title or boundaries are in
Quit. The Court of Land Registration
! affording most valuable assistance in
his direction. Its aid, however, can
My be secured TO those who have first
btained proper survey of their lots.
ich survey in short as definitely To-
ates and fixes the boundaries in. cues.
ION. The experience of experts. who
ave devoted themselves to this line of
uslness in Europe and on the main.
ma OF our country as well as in these
air Islands of the sea, all shows the
bsolute necessity of establishing,
maintaining and protecting suitable
eterence points to which all boundary
oints can be readily referred, so that
lost they can he easily restored, or if
! dispute can be verified
For this purpose the Hawaiian Gov
Survey, under the able direc-
on of its first Surveyor General. Prof.
7. ID. Alexander. was started and ear
led on with considerable outlay of
loney. 1t brought order out of chaos.
nd settled the land system of these