Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-02-04

lhdt tncTe ~ SUN COnSlueIdDlt
spirit left in the Central Improve.
ment Club was shown at the meet.
ing of that organization yesterday
afternoon which was exceedingly
well attended and where vivid in.
terest was shown in Improvement
matters. This was especially true IN
regard to the committees which had
been appointed to look into various
matters, and which submitted care.
ful reports showing that no little
work had been done.
The first business taken up was
the reading of the following reports
Honolulu, T. H., Feb. 3, 1908.
Mr.. u. X. Myers, President, Oahu
Central Improvement Commit.
tee, Honolulu.
Dear Sir:--The committee ap.
pointed by you to present some
scheme for the identifying of the
grounds around the judiciary build.
ing, begs leave to report as follows:
We have carefully considered the
letters of Mr.. Geo. i. Davies and
Hon. A. S. Cleghorn, referred to us
In our report we do not hope or ex-
pect to offer more than suggestions
After going over the ground careful.
~ ourselves, we called in conference
yourself, President A. f. Griffiths
MIR. X. S. Hosmer, Mr.. +. ]. Lowrey
and Mr.. Ed Towse. To these we pre-.
sented tentative scheme. Acting
upon suggestions made by them. we
herewith submit the following rec.
concentrations or plans:
Plan A. We recommend first, the
general scheme presented by Mr.
Chas. Mumford Robinson for widen.
Ing King street, with detail of i'm.
provements of ground suggested in
Plan Il.
Plan b. This plan does not con.
slider the moving of the Opera House
and deals only with the judiciary
grounds with the single recommen-
dation for Union Square. We pre-
sent the following recommendation
l. To park the triangular plot in
Union Square with base of triangle
on Richards street, rounded apex
near the Opera House.
2. To recommend the Govern.
ment to secure possession of the pro.
perty Waikiki the judiciary grounds
TO Punchbowl street, so that the Ju.
dietary grounds shall include the
block bounded by Militant, King
Punchbowl and Queen streets.
3. To widen King street in &C.
cordance with the Robinson plan, OF
ut least to a width of 80 feet from
Militant to Punchbowl, thus leaving
car line nearly in the middle of the
street. To leave King street as IL
is until the Government secures pos
session of the whole block.
4. To macadamize and oil Mill.
lani street to Queen.
D. To widen Punchbowl street.
6. To widen Queen street the
width of the mauka sidewalk; to
preserve the present row of trees
next to the road on the mauka side I;
10 plant around these trees grass
strip six feet wide; and to construct
sidewalk mauka the grass strip six
feet wide.
T. To curb all roads and walks.
- L.. a
~ the block for future public build
ings, which should be planned and
placed so as not to destroy the vista
of the Kawaiahao Church.
3. To make path, six feet wide,
from the judiciary building In the
direction OF the entrance to the
grounds of Executive enclosure.
10. To make carriage drive,
fifteen feet wide. from Militant
street in line with corner of Opera
House, past the main entrance to
judiciary building in curve to
King street.
II. To re-arrange roads and
paths makai and Waikiki judiciary
building.
IL. To close road Waikiki Judi
ciary building.
10. To close, grade and grass the
plot EVA Judiciary building.
IA. To grade and grass the bal
%nce of the enclosure where needed,
and to set out native trees on some
plan submitted by competent land
sCape gardener.
10. To remove all dead and part
dead trees.
IT, To preserve and trim intelll-
gently all the old trees.
II. To give the Park Commits
sion greater power and larger ap-
preparation, and to place the care OF
the grounds in their hands, under