Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-04-24
NO RECLAMATION
OF WAIKIKI NOW
COmmiSSionReCommendS
Cost Be Borne By
Honolulu
HOUSE
57th Day-Afternoon Session


ly ended its work for 1903, so far as
new business is concerned. and ali
that now remains to be done is to
gather up the loose ends and put on
the finishing touches. 1t is too late
for any new bill or joint resolution
to be made law, as each takes three
readings in the House and as many
in the Senate, and the adjournment
sine die is only three working-day vs.
distant now.
There Will be no reclamation of
the Waikiki swamps so far as the
| Territory is concerned. That Is
made evident by the report of tho
Waikiki Reclamation Commission
submitted to the House yesterday.
This commission, composed of Mars
ton Campbell, Edw. Davis, and w.
! w. North, was appointed two years
ago, in conformity with a resolution
adopted by the Legislature of 1907
to investigate the proposed draining
of the Waikiki duck ponds and mos
quito swamps and the reclamation of
the flooded land.
For some reason, the report of the
commission was not submitted until
yesterday afternoon, although. as
Vice Speaker Rice observed, fifty-six
days of the session had elapsed and
II Is now too late for the present
Legislature to do anything toward
following out the recommendation
in the report.
The commission is of the opinion
that the Territory cannot undertake
the work on account of its cost, but
should be carried on by the City and
County of Honolulu under a special
Act of the Legislature authorizing
the City and County to create recla-
nation districts and assess the cost
of the reclamation against the dis
trict benefited by and through such
reclamation.
Before any reclamation work can
be undertaken, however, a complete
system of roads must be laid out,
which should take into consideration
the problems of drainage. Nothing
more directly relates to the health
ana comfort OF the residents OF Ho-
hoiuIu imam the reclamation OF these
s"alhps.
The commission points out the
uahser OF the ihtroquction into the
4 s..Ia a 4.
lsiahd OF me yellow teVer mosquito
ior which the Walkiki swamps, I'M
less reciaihled' VIII oHer splendid
preeuihg-piaces'
Inc proposed work Is or such
Cost ana magnitude that IL could not
properly pe porhe by lhe issuance OF
bonus, either Dy the lerrltory or by
me Clty ana county OF Honolulu. IL
therefore, becomes the obligation OF
the property TO carry the burden OF
us Improvement This method OF
Improvement Is a new one In this
territory so iar as statutory laws are
concerned
Inc commission urges haste In the
lha'ter ana ADVISES that the present
Legislature snail pass the ACT accom-
pahSihg the report 10 authorize rec
Iahla'ioh by assessment. But II Is
700 la.e IN 'he session. lhere Is no
PoSSipility Whatever OF the needed
law peihg enacted. III the report had
come IN he" DAYS ago, there might
nave been some chance Tor II, but II
was withheld 100 long The report
was referred TO the Heaith ana 20
nee committee "hlch' however can
90 hothihs more with IL IMAM TO rec
ohirhehd l's CONSIDERATION 10 the next
Legislature
That Gas Resolution
| Inc enorts OF the judiciary Com
mit'ee TO smother TO death Castros
resolution calling Tor the appoint
heht OF commission 10 investigate
| the manner OF dolng business ana