The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-18

his excavation our taro lands adjoln- |
inc this roadway are leaking badly |
.nrougb the banks and causing the
earth to slide down, the recent heaSS
rains causing the sliding OF iloio
earth. We therefore ask your honor-
able board 10 cause the empanhIiiel'
adjoining cur lands to be walled VIII
stone or concrete for the protection OF
ot1r premises. at the expense OF tue
County of Oahu.
Hoping that your honorable ooaro
will give this matter your early con-
sideration, and that our request may
he granted. we are, very Respectfully
| yours,
L. L. McCANDLESS,
]. ARMSTRONG.
The following communication was re-
ferred to the road committee:
THE PARK ROADS.
Being resident of Kapiolan1 Farh
and a taxpayer in the County OF oahu'
| 7 wish to call the attention OF sou.
! honorable body to the roads In anu
| upon said park and the oepAoraoie
| condition in which such ROADS are no."
| in: such condition being caused
! claim. by neglect and inattentlon upon
| the part of the Honolulu Park Conliiiis-
| sion. The former Board OF super.
| yisors had set apart a certain sum oh
| money TO be paid monthly for the care
and maintenance OF the park, ana inns
| money. instead of being USED, or part
of it, at any rate, Tor the Saie
ranair 70 the roads, has been used only
in identifying and caring for that poi-
ton of the park that lies mauka o.
the nakai main avenue or DRIVE anu
OF the individuals who own propeits
fronting on the beach.
Trusting that this matter viii re-
eeive attention at your hands, ana ln1'
some of the money set apart for the
Tar, win be directed by your honor
able body to be spent on the roads ID
and upon the Kapiolani Park, respect
fully yours, CELL DiNo w -
The following communication was
referred to the road committee:
ADMIRAL VERY WRITES.
Referring to the condition of the
street in the vicinity of the Naval
wharves. to which 1 invited attention
in NV No. 1913 of December 6 last
note a marked Improvement in front
| of Wharf No. I, and a betterment o.
. condition in front of Wharves NOS.
:
, and 3. For this I thank you.
The French flagship Catinat is ex
pected about the 23rd of the current
: month: and shortly afterward the jap.
| anese Rear-Admiral Tomioko is due u
arrive with his flagship and lW'
other cruisers All four of these yes
sells will be berthed at the NaVa
wharves
I trust. that you will see your wa.
clear to improve the street still fur
: Their. SO that it may be practicable 1ol
; our foreign naval guests 10 pass dry
shod between the ships berthed at tbs
several wharves. Respectfully,
} SAM. w. VERY,
Rear-Admiral, U. S. Navy. Com
mandant
MANY PETITIONS.
petition was read from Pauoe
Valley residents asking for. the i'm
provement and r1acadamizi1g of ku
panihi road commencing from the juno
tiou of Pauoa and Kupanihi roads, go
2 ing mauka.
2 A petition was read from resident
!. of Cunha Lane asking for the hlun1in
E alton of the lane by electricity. Tn
(: residents are in fear of being waylai'
. on dark nights.
y a petition was read from residents II
e Healani Lane praying that that thor
Y oughfare be speedily put in proper re
Y pair.
t These petitions were all referred [
K the road committee.
THIS ONE TABLED.
Twenty-six voters of the first an
e second precincts of the fourth distric
e petitioned the board to ask the roa'
supervisor why convicts We're retaine
d to work in the stone quarry of kamo
e iliili. The petitioners asked that the
be put to work in the cenvicts' stead
e The petition further asked that j. "
J, Iona be made foreman of the quarry
Moses Kamekoa was put forward Il
the petition as a good and proper per
! son to act as engineer OF the rock
!, crusher.
: The petition was tabled.
= The following communication was re
ferred to the road committee:
NEW KOOLAU ROAD.
e 1 am in receipt of a communicates
d dated January 9Th, 1907, from Mr.. j.
e Castle, President, Koolau Railwa'
Company re the construction Of tn
Koolau Railway around kahana ives
= bluff and the reconstruction OF por
:, ton of the government road made ne
4 cessary thereby.
\ On April 25th, 1906, submitted re
port to Mr.. j. Lucas, chairman of com
& mittee on roads bridges and parks an
estimating the cost of regarding tn
9 wagon road where necessary to reduc
grades TO a per cent. maximum grad
. at 1920.
~ I beg to amend this report and rec
: ommend that the County of Oahu ente
into an agreement with the Railwa
;, Company whereby the county viii pa
~ to the Railway Company $3.50 upon tn
~ | completion Of a wagon road which sha
~ | comply with the following condition:
y 1. The maximum gradient shall b
- per cent.
2 That the slopes of all cuts sha
Is be la horizontal to 1 vertical and c
IF all embankment 11-2 to 1.
a 3. That for the purpose of determir
ing the location of the wagon road tn
theoretical slope of cut in railway e.
cavation shall be at least Ia to l.
l. That the wagon road have a widt