The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-03

be fixed, although Supervisor Harvey !
declared that he didn't see why autos
should be restrained only in certain
parts of the city. 1T is on the out
skirts of the town. he said, that al
most all of the accidents occur"
Archer supported this by asserting
that the autoists took delight in driv
ing their machines like the wind and
making horses run away, that if they
succeeded in soaring a horse they only
went the faster and footed their horns
and turned back to laugh at the pilikia
they caused
Chairman Hustace took a crack at
Sheriff Iaukea, saying that he didn't
know that new ordinance would
make much difference inasmuch as the
ordinance now in effect was never en-
forced The fact that a number Of
machines are running without num-
bers, was also pointed out, and it was
stated that Iaukea had had his atten-
ton called to these matters a number
of times but without result. Some
one thought that miles per hour was
rather slower than necessary for safety
in the city, and suggested 10 miles as
limit Hustace, who urged the eight
mile limit, said that that would be
all right, but if you said ten miles
the automobiles would not slow down
to under fifteen"
Archer was skeptical of eight miles
even keeping them from making it
twenty or more.
The discussion then took another
pessimistic turn, and the general OPT
Mon appeared to be that they were
wasting time in passing ordinances, as
they would not be enforced. Hustace
stated that the automobile inspector
had told him of one or two instances in
which he had refused to issue licenses
for certain machines, but that these
machines were running as usual Il
asked him why he didn't report the
matter to Sheriff Iaukea, and he said
! what's the use? 1t wouldn't do any
good"
Hustace finally inserted certain boun-
diaries in the blanks left -or the pur-
pose in the ordinance form prepared,
as well as 8 miles per hour as the speed
limit within these boundaries, anC
called for vote when carried. He
then appointed Harvey, Archer and
Fern a committee to confer with the
Automobile Club and get their views
and try to enlist their assistance in
enforcing an ordinance which shall be
fair to the machine owners and the
general public alike.
The amendment which thus passed
it's first readings reads as follows as
regards speed
speed Limit No person shall op
crate a motor car on public highway
within the area bounded on the maka
Hside by the sea, on the Waikiki side b!
Kapiolani street, on the Mauka sid
by School, Luso and Kinau streets
= and on the Eva side by Asylum road
at a rate of speed greater than eigh
miles an hour; nor either within o
without said area, recklessly or negli
> gently, or in a manner which is dan
e gerous to the public, having regard t
e the width, grade, nature, condition an
t use of the highway, the grade of ad
o joining declivities, and the traffic an
9 occupation which actually is at tn
q time or which might reasonably be e2
pected to be on the highway, or so a
to endanger the life or limb of an
It person, or the safety of any property.
s Chairman Hustace then read a le
J. ter from Jack Lucas, a former supel
: visors read asking for a conferent
/ with the auto club.
y After a whole lot of discussion abol
l. road work at Waialua, some $4,000 wi
o voted for the purpose of buying SCI
IS eral teams of mules, wagons, harnes
e and other fittings, a list of whiC
d was submitted by Cox, $500 was all
ct finally allowed to the Waialua Plants
J. ton as a compensation for right
way for a new section of road at Wal
Is lua, in addition to the site Of Il