Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-01-04
HONOLULU'S FIRST MAYOR
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end City government continues.
A CITY Hall,

ana CITY government continues.
A City Hall.
Honolulu is capital city. II is the
first American city and American out.
post reached from the Orient. II can.
not long continue to house her city of.
ficers in rented rooms In commercial
building. A suitable City Hall is some.
thing for which the new City and
County government should begin at
once to mature plans. A suitable site
should be provided from the publicly
owned lands, and means should be
found to provide for the cost of such
building.
Small aPrks and Squares.
The plan OF small parks and squares
as Fairgrounds for the children and
breathing places for the community
should be extended so that every part
Of the city would have public grounds
Of this kind for the meeting and recre.
alton place OF the people of every
lneighborhood. As the city grows these
will become more and more necessary,
| and at the same time harder and
harder to get. For these the publicly
owned lands within the City and Coun,
ty could well provide.
Roads and Road Building ..I
The roads OF the City and County
are of the greatest importance. The
entire public is interested In them.
The best methods of road building
should be employed, and roads once
built should be kept constantly in re.
rair II this Is done II will not be nee.
essary to rebuild roads so often, and
not only will they cost less in the long
run but they will serve their purpose
. great deal better. intend to de
vote a great deal of my time and at,
tention to the matter Of roads and road
repairs. II shall be one of my ambi.
tons to give the City and County as
fine system OF well kept reads as II
is possible to do with the money avail
able.
The Belt Road.
Naturally Belt Road entirely
around this island is one OF the road
developments which is most earnestly
looked for. II is wanted on many
grounds. 1t is not only wanted because
of the increasing pleasure driving II
will AFFORD, and as tourist attraction
but because II is necessary for the
development of large portions of the
island. II must be very important
part OF any complete plan of roads fol-
the City and County.
Military Roads.
But in planning and building this
road, and the side roads that should be
built from II, so as to reach all places
to which road should be built, as wei
as in planning other new road work
the military plans of the National gov
eminent should be considered. 1t Il
the announced plan of the Nationa
Government to make OF the Island o.
Oahu, all OF which Is included I'm IN,
City and County of Honolulu, a strong
ly fortified and a strongly garrisonet
Army and Navy post. 1t is fair to as
sumo that the laying out and bulldlnl
of military roads is part Of this plan
II is probable this military road plar
will be very extensive. If that is 80
1t ought to be taken into consideration
in planning our own roads. We ought
not to build roads or plan roads that
will not fit In with the plans for Army
roads, 1t is very likely that In large
degree the two sets of roads, the one
! the City and County must undertake
and tlin ono rh . 10, u.' I.. u
put through wUI Ur .|. .l.t.I.D
and H. u DIS n0.0g'r.. ...r may 1a
mutual aIyau.H,r.