The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-02-01
AUTO OWNERS
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tFrom Wednesdays Advertiser,

(From Wednesdays Advertiser.)
Whatever 1t is possible for them to
do to make the Floral Parade Of Feb
ruary 20 a success. the members Of the
Automobile Club pledged themselves
to accomplish at their meeting held In
the room OF the Promotion Committee
last night. This pledge was contained
In motion from e. f. Bishop to ac-
cept the invitation of the auto COM
mittee of the parade. which asked for
the cooperation OF the automobile own
ers. That the motor feature of this
years parade will be an important one
is shown by the enthusiasm displayed
at last nights meeting, together with
the fact that this year there are LOG
machines owned in Honolulu compared
with only fifty-five year ago.
There was a good attendance of
members at last nights meeting, at
which many matters of interest to mo-
florists were discussed. Chief among
these was the matter of good roads
Chairman McCandless reported the
result of an interview held by him
with Supervisor s. Dwight, chairman
of the supervisorial road committee.
Mr.. Dwight had expressed his pleasure
| at being approached by representa-
| Tive OI tue fAutOI1Ople CluD, IeellnB
encouraged in his work by the intelli-
gent interest of this class of the citi-
zens. Regarding the plans for road
Improvement. he outlined the proposed
program Of the committee as follows:
Attention was first to be paid to put
ting the roads along the waterfront in
flrst-class shape, these roads having
been long neglected and allowed to get
into deplorable condition: King street
was to be next looked after, then
School street to be extended out in the
direction Of the Kamehameha schools,
while the other roads about the city
were to be repaired from the damages
Of the recent storm as soon as possible.
1t was his ambition to secure at least
SIS, 900 month for road work and in
this he was promised the best efforts
Of the Supervisors.
Mr.. McCandless report was followed
by general discussion, of the road
question. The test through which the
oiled roads had just passed and the
way in which they had stood the de-
structive effects of the recent storms
was cited by several members to show
that when properly applied oil was an
excellent road making material. It was
also suggested that the time had about
come when bitumen should be used
on the principal streets. It was
thought that q local Improvement sys-
tenn could be introduced whereby
street residents could be enabled to
have bitumen roads put in and the
cost assessed against their properties.
The test strip of this style Of road, put
In on Queen street where there was a
great deal of heavy traffic and draying.
had proved the value OF the material.
1t was suggested that the bitumen
roads would induce a higher tempera-
ture in the buildings lining them, but
1t was thought that the advantages of
cleanliness and durability overcame
the acknowledged drawback.
The need Of some road work in Ma
noa Valley, especially at the head Of
Hastings street. was reported by A. G.
Keene and e. F. Patten. who were
present as representatives of the Ma
noa Improvement Club.
The attention of the club was called
to the fact that the Federal Depart
ment of Agriculture had q good roads
department, representative from
which was shortly to visit the Western
States and deliver q number of adj
dresses. This representative, Samuel
c. Lancaster, illustrates his lectures
with a series of lantern slides, showing
what has been done in various parts
of the Union.
1t was resolved to extend an invita-
ton to Mr.. Lancaster to visit Hawaii
and the secretary was instructed to
take up the matter with the Depart
ment of Agriculture. 1t was also re-
solved to call the attention of the Pro-
motion COMMITTEES and the Central I'M
provement Club to the matter and ask
their cooperation in securing the visit
of the road expert.