The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-07-22
Supervisors Listen to Terms of
Land Owners Along Upper
Nuuanu.
COUNTRY CLUB INTERESTED
Necessary Land Will Be Given if
Expense Of Moving Fences
Is Paid Back.
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Nuuanu avenue will be widened from
the mausoleum to the Country Club
road, if the county supervisors and the
residents and property owners along the
proposed route can agree upon terms,
the latter item being the expense which
the city and county may be asked to
bear in making it 50-foot thorough
fare. There are many thousands Of
square feet to be given by owners, but
the question at present hinges on the
cost of setting back fences, setting
curbs and giving the owners that as
distance in return for their free offer
Of the land needed. With the widening
of the road comes the extension of the
rapid transit tracks to the Country
Club road.
Albert Judd, representing the Bishop
Estate; James Gordon Spencer, Major
George Potter and Hobie Walker were
present at the supervisors session last
night and all made statements with ref
erenee to the proposed agreements be-
tween owners and the county. Chair
man Quinn of the road committee hag-
gled over some misunderstanding be-
tween himself and one of the offers,
and he also referred scathingly to the
wants of some owners concluding his
remarks with a query as to why some
owners did not ask for diamonds to
stud the new gate-posts and stone walls
asked for.
Many letters were read from owners
in which all offered strips of land
fronting their premises, with certain
provisos as to what should be done to
make permanent betterments. Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Johnstone offered 1900
square feet, ON condition that stone
wall be rebuilt with stone posts. w.
Pfotenhauer asked that wall be re-
built, and water course covered over
and possibly changed so that the water
would continue to flow into Schaefer Is
premises. L. L. McCandless made a
liberal offer. The Bishop Estate made
a liberal offer and so did E. f. Bishop.
Edgar Henriques stated that some prop
erty he managed belonged to a ward of
whom he was guardian and he could
not well transfer property unless there
was some return for reimbursement.
However, he agreed to do what he could
in line with improvements.
A. F. Judd spoke of the need of a
wider thoroughfare for the increasing
auto business. He reiterated the offer
of the Bishop Estate to donate land,
their frontage being more than 1000
feet and there are no fences to move.
He hoped that nothing would intervene
to block the proposed improvements.
]. G. Spencer spoke from the stand
point of a member of the Country Club
with membership of 300 members who
would welcome the extension of the
rapid transit line, and also for the popu
lation below Laimi road which had to
walk from three-quarters to a mile to
reach the car, and there were other
thriving communities there which were
nearly a mile from the carline.
An endorsement from the Republican
club of the thirteenth precinct of the
fifth district, for the widening Of the
road by the county, was read and pass
ed to the road committee.
Chairman Quinn will make a quick
estimate of the cost to widen the road
according to the offers of owners, but
believes it will cost about $4,000 to
build fences and set curbs.
Roads, Roads, Roads.
There was a stack of petitions and
reports all referring to roads, and
StAhh Pub III q WbAu
wise with reference to all of them. He
advocated building road in Koolau.
poke, called the Waihee. .Kahaluu road,
which the Chinese rice planters there
will construct for about $500. 1t win
be built.
A report was made by the committee
about a round-the-island trip Of the
road committee, to inspect road build
ing. The members found the new Ka-
hama road all right; work going on
rapidly at Kipapa Gulch and near Ha-
leiwa Hotel; expect soon to have road
completed to Hauula courthouse. The
Kahana beach road contract is almost
completed.
Hauula petitioners asked for the ex-
penditure of half the $4,000 per month
being spent every month in Hauula dis.
trict. Mr.. Quinn stated that the com.
mittee was doing better than that, It
was spending all the $1,000 in that DIS
trict, working towards Hauula. The
homestead road is in frst.elass condi.
tion.
As to Walanae district and the ap.
preparation of $4,000 for road building
and the building of road from Wal.
amaze 10 Eva, the report stated a road
was being built towards Nanakuli. It
is impossible for the board to appro.
pirate this sum as there is no money
for that district and what money has
been used has been judiciously spent.
The same committee said something
with reference to the objection Of Mr..
Maefarlane about the county engineer
surveying for q road through the Ahui.
manu- Ranch lands without the latter Is
consent. The committee said this was
new road which was commenced on
the other side of Heeiakea beach lead.
ing along towards Ahuimanu.
The Henry Waterhouse Trust Com.