The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-01-05
A DAY OF OFFICIAL BURLESQUE OPENS
THE NEW MUNICIPAL Government

built from it, so as to reach all places
to which road should be built, as well
as in planning other new road work,
the military plans of the national gov
eminent should be considered. 1t is
the announced plan of the national
government to make of the island of
Oahu. all of which is included in the
City and County of Honolulu, strong.
ly fortified and strongly garrisoned
Army and Navy. post. 1t is fair to as
sumo that the laying out And building
of military roads is a part of this plan.
1t is probable this military road plan
will be very extensive. If that is so,
it ought to he 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 the one the Army authorities will
put through, will fit in with each other
and that by cooperation there may be
mutual advantage.
- Cooperation With the Army.
Before such an important plan of
road building is undertaken, the. City
and County, through its engineering
department, should obtain very accu-
rate and very complete information re.
garding grades material to be encoun.
tered. land ownership along the line Of
the proposed roads, and the present and
future need of side roads necessary to
develop the country, and very COM
prehensive plan should be drawn UP,
one that can be progressively followed
until completed The City and County
should confer with the Army authori.
ties on the basis of this plan and if co.
operation is possible, road plan should
be devised which will meet both public
and Army needs. Hl
In order to carry ont the part of the
City and County in such program,
the Legislature should be asked to
give the authority to adopt in part at
least the California plan of providing
for the cost of construction. A part
of the cost should be paid out of gen.
era taxation-bonds for this being is
sued, perhaps-and the remainder of
the cost should be bv special tax on
the property benefited. Thus this
much desired improvements complete
system of good roads, and the belt road
in particular, could be built without
burdening the current revenues, and
without increasing the tax rate. This
system of providing for the cost of
roads is in general use in mainland
cities. and throughout California, and is
satisfactory wherever adopted.
Finances of the City.
In regard to the current revenues
and expenditures of the City and Coun-
ty. the City and County as the success
sor of the County of Oahu, begins with
the sources of revenue and the finan
cial resources which the County had
Thanks to the care and good financial
administration of, fthe last Board OF
Supervisors of the County, for which
all the members give large credit tc
i the Chairman, Charles Hustace, Jr.
these resources include balance OF
county funds which might have beer
spent by the county, estimated at SIS,
| 1885. The estimated receipts from
the Territory for the next six months
are $32.500 per month, or $4,000. = II
addition it is estimated that there will
be received from the Territory, as Q
balance from the amount due for thu
last six months of 1908, $3l 800. Othel
revenues to the general fund are estl
mated at $500 for the six months
making total available in the genera
fund for the first six months of this
year of $3.50, 1885, besides the specia
road tax funds. OF this amount SIS,
27s.96 is a balance carried over from
last year. A good sized balance in TIN
treasury is necessary so that the Cit,
and County may be prepared for emer
gencies and also to prevent the neces
sity of registering warrants and 81
that the employees of the City AM
County and those who furnish it witt
supplies may always be sure of getting
cash for their warrants. 1t seems t
me therefore that balance as larg
as this or little larger, say $4,000
, should always be retained as treasur.
balance. If this is done the amour
, available from the general fund in ad
dition to the special road funds TO
the first six months of the year
$3.50, 1885. or $3s,41S.15 month.
The monthly payrolls and material
) and supplies for the various depart
ments including the elected officers o
Z the city and county, police, hre, cleo
trie light, and garbage departments
the care of the parks, including Kapic
: lani Park, the band and the Leah
7 Home, on the basis of the same ex
, penditures under the County, may b
, estimated at $19,950 per month. Add
: ing to this the salaries fixed by law
| makes total of what may be Gale
fixed expenditures of $22,445. On tn
basis of an available monthly incom
to the general fund of $3S,413.15 thi
' would leave $15,96S.l5 per month avail
able for road work besides the specif
; road tax funds which can be used onl
1 in the districts where they are collected
/ The balances remaining in these fund
win give an estimated monthly allow
' ance for the first three months of tn
: wear of in round numbers, Honolulu
/ $500; Eva and Waianae. 500; Waialui
I 1925; Koolauloa, $l75; Koolaupok'
/ $I75; a total of $1675.00; making a t
Z tai probable amount available for roa
/ work from all sources, $l7,643.l5 pc
Z month for the first three months of tn
+ year with an increase of $2225 a-mont
q from the special road funds for the SCI
ond three months.
II will thus be seen that TO accOn