The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-04
IMPROVEMENTS
Continued from Page one.1

greater activity. The question of or
ganizing a Down Town Club viii be
considered at this meeting. This is
one OF several matters which have
been made the subject of careful
study, and will be reported on by spe-
cial committees today.
The general clean appearance of
our city has been faVorably comment
ed upon by visitors from the main
land, and the greatest efforts should
be made to maintain our reputation
of having a clean city, and in this
connection the property holders should
not forget to do their part in assist
ing the road supervisor in his efforts
to keep the streets and sidewalks
clean.
Mr.. c. D. William, who recently
visited our city, and who has been SO
prominently connected with this i'm
provement work in Southern Califor-
MIA. made the statement that nowhere
has he seen such an improvement
spirit as is shown here in Honolulu,
and in this work an interest has al
ready been created greater than what
has taken them many years 70 ac-
complish in the city of Los Angeles,
but Mr.. Willard has certainly struck
the keynote when he says, You will
have to keep persistently at it.
CAPTAIN KIDWELL ELECTED.
The election of new officers was then
proceeded with, the results of the unan-
imous votes being the election of Cap
tain John Kidwell, president; Governor
Frear, president; c. II. Dickey,
secretary; General Davis, treasurer;
and L. A. Thurston, director.
After taking office and thanking the
members for the trust reposed in him,
the new president announced that there
were a number of matters of pressing
interest that should come up before the
committee. for which he purposed call
ing a meeting within two weeks.
BEAUTIFYING JUDICIARY
GROUNDS.
The report of the Judiciary grounds
committee, which was accompanied by
maps, was:
1.-THE committee appointed by you
to present some scheme for the beau
tifying of the grounds around the Ju-
dietary building. begs leave to report
as follows: We have carefully con-
sidered the letters of Mr.. Geo. F. Da-
vies and Hon. A. S. Cleghorn, referred
to us In our report we do not hope
or expect to offer more than sugges-
tions. After going over the ground
carefully ourselves, we called in con-
ference yourself President A. F
Griffiths, Mr.. r. S. Hosmer, Mr.. f. j
Lowrey and Mr.. Ed. Towse. To these
we presented a tentative scheme. Act
ing upon suggestions made by them
we herewith submit the following rec
concentrations or plans:
s'Plan Ave recommend first, the
general scheme presented by Mr.
Charles milford Robinson for widen
ing King street, with detail of i'm
movements of ground suggested II
Plan B.
"Plan B-This plan does not con
slider the moving of the Opera House
and deals only with the Judiciar!
grounds. with the single recommends
| ton for Union Square. We presen
the following recommendations:
| 81 To park the triangular plot II
Union Square, with base of triangle OF
Richards street, rounded apex nea
| the Opera House.
| so. To recommend the government
to secure possession of the propert!
Waikiki of the Judiciary grounds q
| Punchbowl street. so that the jun
ciarv grounds shall include the oiocl
bounded by Militant, King, PunchboW
and Queen streets.
SO To widen King street in accord
ance with the Robinson plan, or a
least to a width of 80 feet from Mil
lani to Queen, thus leaving the ca
line nearly in the middle of the stree
! To leave King street as 1t Is unt
the government secures possession G
the whole block.
"a. To macadamize and oil Mililar
| street to Queen.
-. To widen Punchbowl street
&c To widen Queen street tn
width of the mauka sidewalk; to pre-
serya the present row of trees mex
70 the road on the mauka side;
nlant around these trees grass STR
s;x feet wide: and to construct side
walk mauka the grass strip six fee
wide.
81 To curb all roads and walks.
So To reserve the Waikiki end
the block for future public building
which should be planned and place
so as not to destroy the vista OF II
Kawaiahao church
80. To make a path. six feet via
from the judiciary building in the
rection of the entrance TO the grounc
of Executive enclosure.
, 40 To make a carriage drive. n
teen feet wide, from Militant stree
) in line with corner of Opera Hous
mast the main entrance to JudiciaI
. building, in a curve, to King street.
III. To rearrange roads and patti
, makai and Waikiki judiciary buil'
ing.
"12. To close road Waikiki, Jud
ciary building.
| i13. To close, grade and grass II
Mot Eva Judiciary building.
.e1A tn Grade and grass the ba