The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-20
.BEAUTIFIER OF
MANY CITIES
ROBINSON TELLS OF THE
WORK THAT HE PERFORMS AND
HOW HE PERFORMS IT.

Punchbowl will be the first spot of
local interest to receive a call from
Charles milford Robinson, the noted
expert on city Identification who ar
rived with Mrs. Robinson, on the S. S.
China yesterday. Escorted by Pr ST
dent Grifiths, Gerrit p. Wilder and
Supervisor Lucas the expert left the
Young Hotel at 1890 this morning to
take general lock. over the city and
over the possibilities of Punchbowl i'm
particular
Expert Robinson was found on the
roof garden Of the Young this morning ,
gazing at the vistas spread before him
with very evident satisfaction.
Il haven't been out of the hotel so |
far" he said to the star and l am
merely getting my impressions to- /
gcther now, so to speak. Honolulu is .
certainly beautiful place as it is and
if l can aid in establishing a general I.
scheme for further Improvements along
broad lines it viii be a pleasure in
deed"
How high the visitor stands in his
profession avocation, or whatever it
may be termed lis to be judged from
the fact that he has successfully car
ried out schemes for the Identification
of such cities as Buffalo, d troit, Col
umbus, Colorado Springs, Denver and
Syracuse. He has now engagements
ahead for Oakland and Los Angeles
and possibly for Sacramento.
"Of what does my work consist?" he
answered to the question well, that
differs very much i'm different places as
conditions in cities vary so very wide
ly. First of all l make a thorough in
vestigation of the conditions, go over
every foot of the ground and meet with
local men who have given the matter
of civic Identification special thought.
This sometimes takes me a couple of
weeks before l am in position to crys-
taliza the information l have gather
ed into definite plan.
| You see, it is necessary to consider
! the future as well as the present, to
| find out the direction i'm which the place
! is growing and prepare for that. 1t is
not with the idea of simply making a
town pretty that base my work, but I
aim to bring out it's individuality and
| to make it if possible a more 'liVeable'
place. The matter for instance of bet
tering traffic arrangements is one of
| the highest Importance and one in
which l am interested. The question
! of inspiring the people i'm the poorer
1 parts Of "A city with "a form of civic
pride, to give them some definite
scheme on which to work, is also of
/ prime Importance as adding to the
healthiness of the place.
Some cities l have worked in want
I ed special treatment as for instance
Colorado Springs where their streets
were all $50 feet wide They were i'm
many instances bare dusty stretches
and l went there to recommend a solu-
ton of the trouble.
l. Il am only speaking now i'm general
terms for l can say nothing of Homo
lulu, knowing at present nothing about
it. A general system of parks with
connecting links is always desirable
and as l understand it something of
! the sort is desired here. Well, we will
see 1 am already most favorably i'm
pressed with the possibilities offered
here
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! ing to begin tomorrow forenoon. 1t
! is now expected that the hearing will
| continue through Tuesday and Wednes-
/ day, if necessary, and it may possibly
/ be extended into Friday
| | have alread arranged to present
| the delegatio nat the White House on
| Thursday and also to present them to
! Senator Foraker at his home on Thurs
| day evening. | shall also arrange ap-
| pointments, as our plans make it pos
sible, to present the delegation to the
, speaker of the House, and other house
leaders, as well as to some of the mem
/ bers of the cabinet.
/ BY far the most encouraging feature
of the work so far is the help we have
/ been able to enlist from such influential
members as Col. Hepburn and Mr..
! Tawney. The chief hope of our Terri
/ tory for securing legislation must al
! ways rest in securing the influence of
/ leaders i'm the house. No delegate who
may ever represent the territory will
/ ever secure any large or important le-
gislation except as he may be able to
| have the co-opeation of the compare
/ lively limited number Of men who con-
/ troll legislation in Congress. A delegate
might have much experience and very
great ability in himself presenting our
/ needs; but if the cooperation of these
/ house leaders is not secured, his single
efforts, however able, would not ac-
complish the desired result And 1t Is
my purpose to follow such policy of
frank and honest dealing with these
leaders that we may hope to have them
FOR our powerful allies in any just
matters of legislation that may be
needed for Hawaii not only for the
present time, but for the future
J. KALANIANAOLE
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