The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-19
IMPROVERS ARGUE
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be done and that within seven or eight
years the amount of shipping mat we
hope TO have here will tax our wharf
accommodations TO the utmost, making
every foot Of the waterfront of great
value"
The motion was seconded by L. A.
Thurston, who took exception, how
ever, to some of the conclusions of the
mover. He said:
II will second the motion made by
Mr.. Spalding, but I differ from him in
the matter Of the use TO which the
property ought to be put. think that
il is of Importance TO Honolulu that
that property on our waterfront should
be made artistic and beautiful, impor-
tant commercially as well as artistic
ally. 1 think that the making beautiful
of Honolulu for tourists of as great
Importance as making it accessible for
the ships of commerce. believe that
the tourist travel and all that goes
with it will be of as much Importance
commercially to US within a snort time
as our sugar trade. is now to US. The
ter of identifying the approaches to its
cities. Around the harbors and sta
tions of our cities are all the dilapi-
dated buildings. The United States is
backward in other things. having for
one thing the worst roads of any coun-
try, but there is no reason why we
should follow the bad examples set
Us. You do not find the stations in
Europe and England in sucn surround
ings. They know how to dc things
better there. We should lsok beyond
the simple commercial aspect of things.
and if we can make the waterfront of
Honolulu beautiful the contrast with
other cities will so impress tourists,
both on coming in and going away,
that the impression made will be Of
immense value to US commercially.
II understand that the naval point
is to be planted with cocoanut trees
and sodded: on the Eva entrance TO
:he harbor the plans are to have solid
ground out to the reef and I am told
that there viii be a battery of guns
placed there. I don't know if that Is
so or not, but I know that the place
will be made beautiful. as all the army
reserves are made. Then if we can
have mauka Of these this little park,
we will have something to bank on
as a great tourist asset
The motion by Mr.. Spalding was then
pa ssed, whereupon Mr.. Thurston NOV
ed that it Is the sense Of this asso-
citation that the lot be not used for
but for park purposes,
along the general lines of the Robin
son report
]. A. McCandless spoke in opposition
to this motion, which had been second
ed by ]. G. Pratt. He said:
I think that this association would
be making a great mistake in passing
such motion as that. The waterfront
must be used for cur shipping. We
must have warehouses there and places
for coal. 1t is all very well to say
that coal can be hauled a mile, but il
we have TO haul our coal it will mean
the driving away Of our shipping. Now
it is proposed TO take one-half OF all
the land the government owns on the
for park, land needed for
coal storage places and warehouses
Tourists do not go to- the waterfront |
They pass through it on arrival and |
never go near it again until they leave |
We must have coahng places We
have the advantage over San Fran |
cisco now of from $3.50 to $500 a ton /
for coal, but that will be cut out If |
the coal has to be hauled far. /, for /
1ne, am very much opposed 10 the |
parking of that site. Coal may not /
De pretty, but It is a necessity and |
we have to keep it somewhere. Let /
he government keep the site. yes, but I
keep it and use it for commercial pur
poses
Captain Kidwen proposed that Mr.. /
rhurston withdraw his motion as there
we're not enough present to take so
important an action as voting on il.
Ir. Spalding agreed with this, remark
ng also that he did not see why Mr..
should advocate such a
gloomy thing as a coal pile always on
he site. He thought that commercial
lses less ugly could be found, if neces-
ary Mr. Thurston said that he had
10 desire to press the matter TO vote,
nd it was accordingly dropped, the
resident stating that he would ap-
.oint a committee to get all the in
ormation possible in the matter for
uture consideration. +
REPRESENTATIVE MEETING.
This meeting of the Central I'm
rovement Committee was one of the
lost important ever held by that body.
.eports showing that much had been
ccompnshed were presented and sug-
estions for valuable work in the fu-
IRE were received and discussed
hose present were T. L. Waldron, w.
Bryan, E. l. Spalding, f. s. Dodge,
ohn KidweIl, J. G. Pratt, P. l. Horne,
J. H. Hitchcock, ". W. Thayer, R.
rent, z. K. Myers, D. NJ. Haughs.
r. W. G. Rogers. ". P. pope, l. a.
hurston, ". w Hall, a. H. Tarleton,
T. Seudder, ]. 4. McCandless, l. c.
HES H Dillingham;. Geo Davies and |