The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-01
GOOD ROADS
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Ciate good rOdCS ana one ana All are
equally anxious that the good work of
the Board OF Supervisors be contin- /
ned. Complaint has been made of the |
bad condition of the main road be-
tween Honolulu and Pearl City par
ticularly on Pukaki Hill which is not
macadamized and is practically inn
nassable during wet weather. The sug-
eestfon was made at the meeting of
the committee referred TO that the
county should be bonded in an amount
sufficient to secure the early compile
tiou of a nlacadamized road around the
entire island.
Trusting that the Central Improve
ment committee may give the ques-
ton of good roads the consideration it
deserves. / remain, yours very truly,
H. P. WOOD.
Secretary
There was some discussion of the
power of the county to issue bonds, as
suggested, the general opinion of all
the speakers being that good roads
were necessary from a promotion
standpoint from the standpoint of
economy in transportation and as an
inducement to investors in giving an
appearance of prosperity TO the coun-
trv. 1t was pointed out that there We're
no engineering difficulties in the way
of the proposed road around the Is
land and such would be Well within
the power of the county to finance II
undertaken as a business proposition
and not as a way to supply wages TO
citizen laborerS. i
1t was finally decided to take up the
matter with the county and territorial
officials and urge especially that the
bad portions of the road between no
nolulu and Pearl City be put immedi-
ately into shape.
BILL BOARD NUISANCE.
A communication to the chairman of
the committee, dealing with the Dill
board nuisance, was read, list of the
firms advertising in this Objectionable
way being, enclosed. The writer stat
ed that his family. among several oth-
ers known to him had steadily boy
cotted such articles as the Heihze
pickles ever since the bill boards APP
peared He suggested that action pc
taken in urging the legislature 10 pass
a measure taxing the boards out Oh
existence such as had been done IN
New Jersey.
In his remarks on the matter. the
! chairman said that the bill board nu1-
sance was growing and that the boards
in the residential sections were blurs
on the landscape, offences to the eye
disfigurementS to the streets anu a
| disgrace to the city
| AS it was reported that copies OF
the New Jersey law and other litera-
ture on the subject had been sent for,
il was decided to await this and then
| nrepare a petition for the coming leg
stature asking for the abatement OF
the nuisance.
WHAT NUUANU NEEDS.
J. I. White. representing upper NJ
luanu valley, asked the aid of the COM
mittee in securing a number of things
; for his district. Among the things
; headed were the following: A school
the repairing of the old Pail road, the
: installation of a fire alarm box, hose
carr the extension of the Rapid Tran
sit line. electric lights and the settlns
aside of the Queen Emma property az
a mark. At one time the district mac
Thought of asking for police patrol
hut thev were undecided now Wnethel
they wanted this or not. Recent oc
= currences had about decided them ina
I they were safer unguarded. Respect
4 ing the school, Mr.. White SAID ina
+ now some of the children in upper Nuu
l. anu had to go four miles to attend Tn
n nearest school, and that there We're De
o tween twenty-five and thirty children
in the district.
QUEEN EMMA PLACE SALE.
For most of the things wanted by MI
: White he was told to address tn
ii various authorities. but the questio
of the retention of the Nuuanu par
was taken up. 1t was pointed out ina
the sale of this place had simply pee
D postponed, that Commissioner FRA
was in favor of the sale and was ON
u waiting for the matter to grow oi'
Il He had been offered $4,000 Tor III
place.
The committee agreed that the ma
ter should be taken up again at one
10 with the Governor and Mr.. Pratt an
Il a. definite decision asked for MI no.
~ mer thought that eventually botai
Iical garden could be made there.
DIRTY GOVERNMENT PREMISE
Tt was thought advisable to- reque
IN the Department of Public Works
he clean I'D the old government stap
" premises and keep them clean, ana u
Experimental station will be asked
Is paint the board fence around the
- property.
ne A communication from Fred. sac
WITT. asking the committee TO use
e influence in having part OF the hail
u stream district set apart as pai
IL. met with the approval of the me1nbe
ne me- I'll, he taken to helm n
he Sackwitz carry out the project.
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