Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-07
Plan FOR NORMAL
IMPROVEMENT BOARD
MAPS OUT GOOD WORK
For Improvement of the Grounds of
the School-Report of Board
to the Educational De-
partment

CT the Honolulu Improvement Adyi
sorry Board was brought out at III,
meeting of the Board of Public In
struction yesterday afternoon, wher
a report of the Board on the Norma
school grounds was read. The recon-
mendations of the committee are
given below and furnish a definite
scheme for work at the Normal. II
VIII not be possible to accomplish
all in year, but it gives what is
needed in dealing with the surround.
ings of a public building. The letter
follows:
Honolulu Oahu, April 81, 1907.
Inc commissioners of Public Instruc-
ton, Honolulu.
Ladies and Gentlemen: AT the re-
quest of Mr. Edgar Wood principal of
the Normal School, the Honolulu In
provement advisory Board has taken
up the matter of the Improvement OF
the grounds surrounding the Normal
School building. At meeting of the
Board held on April 23rd, the follow
ed and the Secretary was directed to
send copies to the Commissioners of
Public Instruction and to Mr.. Wood.
Resolved that the Honolulu Improve
ment Advisory Board hereby recon-
mends to the Department of Public In
struction that improvements be made
on the grounds of the Normal School
in Honolulu, as follows:
% That it is the sense of this
Board that it IS not within its province
TO pass upon the project of construct
ing an alnphitheatre for out of door
exercises, this being problem which
should be left to men of architectural
training.
GU That the Commissioners of Pub
lie instruction be urged to take the
necessary steps for the ultimate ac-
quirement of the full square embraced
Ey Hackfeld, Spencer, Alapai and Quar-
~ streets, but especially and in any |
event of the lot at the corner of Hack !
led and Spencer streets known as the |
VOTERS property.
t3) That steps be taken to cause
the construction by the proper author
tiles of suitable cutters on Spencer and
Hackfeld Streets to care for the storm
water.
(D That the stone wall following
the Alapai Street property line be CON
tihued to Spencer street. to properly
enclose the school grounds and to de-
fine the limits of the garden.
90 That the wall on the Hackfeld
street side of the grounds be complet-
ed to the line Of the VOTERS property,
Inc wall for its entire length to be four
Icet above the sidewalk, in order that
tanger to passersby from falling over
The steep bluff may be avoided.
co That a sidewalk be constructed .
lJong Spencer street, with provision ,
or the planting of street trees along {
he outer edge Of the same. =,
90 That retaining wall be built
IN the property line, along Spencer !
street, from the corner of Alapai street
q the Wolters property, the wall to
)e OF sufficient height above the side
walk TO turn ordinary storm water
coming down the hill into Spencer v
tfeel; that second rt.aining wall be l
'lllt from Alapai street to the VOTERS |
property, just back of the janitors e
louse; That The knoll of earth and
'lack sand at the corner of Spencer and {
Aapai streets, resulting from the ex-
AVIATION OF the reservoir, be eveiled
II, the material being used to fill up
ne gulley now existing between the &
mol and the VOTERS property, and to il
ring to an even grade the plot be- a
Ween the two retaining walls. In this
YORK provision should be made for \
ockets OF good soil in which fruit
reeS can subsequently be planted.
tS) mat the remainder of the SPACE
etween the lower retaining wall, back
I the janitor's house, and the private G,
roperty on the Ewa-makai corner of .
he grounds be levelled to a uniform
rade and used for the school vegetable
nd flower gardens
60 That the Manual Training build IL
lg be raised SO that the level of its IL
shall conform to the level u
those of the main building, thus al
wing space for filling in and grading
lie grounds about it so as to avoid
Oodlng during heavy rains. tf
(1O) That the janitor's house be a
loved toward Alapai street so that it A
Ill stand at a short distance from
lie property line rather than in the
enter of the lot.
I'D That recommendations as to is
lie rock wall between the propos. 1 y
nphitheatre and Hackfeld street be h,
)stponed until rock for the retaining p
alls has been obtained and some def Ct
lite understanding reached as to the
Of the amDhitheatre.
ID That copies of these resolutions