The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-06-21
FAVOR THE
ORDINANCES

Automobiiis,s who scorch and find
themselves up against the law. and
youthful but ambitious chaufrours who
are pinched for being under the age
limit. need not look to their fellow
autoists for sympathy nor aid on tho
contrary. they will find the auto owners
ranged up behind the minions OF the
law and egglng them on to fine the Of
tenders up to the full limit of the ordi-
nanees made and provided. The mem
ters of the Honolulu Automobile Club.
which includes practically every ma
chine owner on the island, have gone
on record as favoring the speed-limit
ordinance passed by the Supervisors
| and the refusal of licenses to chauffeurs
who have not yet arrived at the age
of steering discretion, in this case sew
| enteen years. Not only are they in favor
OF these ordinances, but they agree by
| formal resolution to assist the author
| tiles in enforcing them, whether they
are legal or not.
This resolution was passed at a meet
ing of the Automobile Club last night.
being one of the important matters dis,
cussed. y similar resolution had been
passed at former meeting, but when
1t was read as part of the minutes
last night 1t was found that the meat
of the resolution had been extracted,
the minutes only referring to good
roads. 1t was brought out, in explana-
tion, that the resolution had been put
into legal shape by lawyer member
of the club, hence the important omis-
sion.
The question of good roads was an
other important matter discussed. Act
ing-President McCandless told of an
auto run he had made around the is
land recently, the roads being found in
much better condition than was the
case year ago. One section of the
thoroughfare, on the other side of Pu-
naluu, however, was declared to be in
bad shape, a disgrace to the commu-
nifty. The Supervisors should be ap-
pealed to to fix it up.
J. r. Gait agreed as to the badness of
this piece of road, but knew another
piece that was in "a perfectly out
rageous condition and a disgrace to
Honolulu" This was that section of
the Nuuanu road between the dam and
the Pail.
Mr.. McCandless thought that the Su-
pervisors could be induced to put these
in shape. He had found that the Su-
pervisors meant well and only required
constant pressure to fix what was
needed. They were being pressed for
money from all sides and gave where
the pressure was greatest.
FEDERAL AID POSSIBLE.
DR.. Brinckerhoff was of the opinion
that possibly the Federal government
might be shown that good roads were
needed in Oahu for military purposes
and would spend some money here A
road that was good enough to haul big
guns over would not be bad for auto
mobiling, he thought.
The idea was taken under advise,
ment and something may be done
through the Delegate.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
Officers for the club were elected at
the meeting last night as follows:
Board of Governors-H. P. Wood,
George p. Cooke, S. r. Jordan, Will
lard Brown, w. H. Baird, George P.
Denison and w. n. Patten.
These chose the executive officers, as
follows:
G. P. Denison, president; w. H.
Baird, vice president; George P. Cooke,
secretary-treasurer; S. R. Jordan,
chairman of the committee on exhi-
billions. contests, runs and tours; w. n.
Patten, chairman of committee on
membership; Willard Brown, chairman
of committee on laws and ordinances,
with j. p. Cooke and ]. r. Gait, as
members; and H. p. Wood, chairman
of auditing committee, with w. H.
Baird as member.
CUP FOR ENDURANCE RUN.
An offer of a cup to be contested
for in an endurance run was made in
a letter from C. C. Won Hamm for the
Won Hamm-Young Company. Mr.. Won
Hamm suggested that a free-for-all
endurance run be made around the is
land for the cup, should the club de-
eide to accept it, The rules of the run
could be the same as those in force in
similar contests elsewhere. the cup to
be won three times for ownership.
Another suggested endurance run was
made in letter from Sidney r. Jor-
dan. This run would be to Waialua
and back and the rules could be the
same as those In force In California,
namely each car to start with 1000
points TO It's credit. deductions to be
made for sparkling. tire troubles, stop
ping OF engines. gasoline consumption
and the other ills that automobiles are
heir to.
Both letters were referred to the COM
mittee on contests. exhibitions. runs
and tours.