Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-08-21
AQSTA(E SOUNDS
HIS BATTLE CRY
New Awning Ordinance
Cause Of Mighty
Conflict

A surprise was sprung at the meet |
ing of the Board of Supervisors last |
night when Chairman Hustace landed
on ]. A. McCandless with both feet on
account of the new awning ordinance.
This ordinance requires that all avn
ings, balconies, etc, which extend
over the sidewalks, must be provided
with gutter pipes 1t came up for
third reading last evening, and it waa
the general impression that 1t would
pass without trouble, when the trou-
BILE broke loose with the suddenness
and force of a typhoon.
When the matter was brought up
The clerk read the following petition:
10 the Honorable Board of Superyis-
ors, of the County of Oahu:
Gentlemen; The undersigned, prop
erty owners and taxpayers residing
within the County of Oahu, or, if nom
residents, duly represented, do hereby
humbly pray that the Ordinance, OF
Order Number 8, and being entitled,
Regulating the construction and
maintenance OF awnings, shades and
balconies within the fire limits of Ho-
nolulu," be laid upon the table, or be
not enacted as an Ordinance or Order
The reason of this petition for such
action as the case may be, being that
the taxes are already heavy calls upon
he taxpayers, and the enactment OF
this order will cause the outlay o!
large sums of money without any re-
turns for such outlays, and without
being made necessary as a sanitary
measure, and is unnecessary, and in
all probability will cause the expendi-
thre Of sums of money by Hawaiians
owning property within the fire limits
who can III afford to be called upon
for the outlay that the passage of this
order will necessitate
And your petitions will ever pray:
For 1.-THE Estate Of James Camp
bell" Cecil Brown, Trustee; Ceci
Brown, H. M. Won Holt, Trustee; BIZ
ship & Co., J. S. Cunha, HoffschlageI
Co., Ltd, per Robert f. Lange, Sec
and Treas; Jonathan Shaw, j. NJ.
Dowsett, G. p Castle, Henry Water
| house Trust Company, Ltd, by Robert
Single, president; Bank of Hawaii,
Ltd, by c. M. Cooke, president; JOS.
VI. Dat, Bishop Trust Co., Ltd, R. r
Reidford, manager; Bishop Insurance
Agency, Ltd, Arthur Berg, president;
P. C. Jones, The McCandless Building
Company Ltd. by its president, J. A.
| McCandless; c. j. Campbell, for "The
Estate of James Campbell" ]. 0. Car
ter, Trustee; Castle & Cooke, Ltd, L.
D. Tenney, manager; H. Hackfeld &
| Co., Ltd, w. Pfotenhauer, vice presi-
dent Wilder G Co., Ltd, Saml. G
Wilder, president; Harry Armitage
Jas. II. Boyd, M. p. Robinson.
Hustance said that many business
| men had asked that the ordinance be
i,assed. The requests of everybody
should be considered.
"This ordinance Is being opposed
mainly by one man, Mr. j. A. Nc.
| Candless," he said He said to me:
What if your County Attorney re.
fuses to carry out the ordnance" ]
said: at is first up to the County
| Sheriff" He answered: well, thai
| Is the man whom / want to see, then
Gentlemen, what does this mean!
| Are we going to be handicapped? Tt
| intimate that he could stop the en-
| forcement of the law Is more than !
| will stand. / demand that we stand
| by this ordinance in spite of the petit
| ion. ! will guarantee that if thest
| gentlemen who request the petition
knew the conversation that had taker
place between me and Mr.. McCand-
| less nine out of ten of them woulG
| not have signed the petition, which
| they only signed to get rid of Mr.. Nc
| Candless. Did anyone consider the
feelings of the poor Orientals when We
passed the swill ordinance? No; and
nere is an ordinance which will cost
one man $3.50, maybe, and tan his
aide. If we kill this ordinance We
will take the first steps towards max
ing county government fizzle. We
represent the people. We have had
enough of one man power. 1t is up to
is to see that the wishes of the peopt
should be carried out"
| Harvey and Dwight wanted to defer
consideration until the next meeting
IN order that Cox could have a chance
to be present also. This carried,
| McCandess was present throughout
The meeting but had nothing to say.