The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-05-19

one on the great links Of mminica-
ton With the waterfront
"Now, why did the business men
unite upon the Makuka siioi Because
II 10 BY all odds the most convenient
60 the business center. Il is ofton
urged that The difference Of a few min.
utes does not count, but when you want
TO send TO the postoffice, euHtomhouse
or internal revenue Office this Is not so.
10 means loss Of time Of months in
n year for all Of this time wasted.
Business houses on Bishop street will
be well located in connection with the
Mahuka site.
Three Considerations.
"Mr. Taylor stated that the govern
ment considered three things in con-
nection with its federal buildings:
First, for the best interests of the COM
munity; second, the desires of the bust
ness community; third, the desires and
requirements OF the United States gov
eminent. He thought the Mahuka site
was ideal, and the community rested in
the definite security that the Mahuka
site was decided upon"
Mr.. Castle spoke of the effort TO
trade the Mahuka site and the general
Indignation which followed, and how
the chamber of commerce and the mer1
chants association held meetings and
opposed the change In the merchants
association there was postal card vote
on the question, and the result was
forty nine to eleven in favor of the
Mahuka site.
"Now, gentlemen continued Mr..
Castle, dthe United States government
has made its choice, and the site has
been vested in the United States. We
are not considering the best site, but
why the site should be changed. Con-
gress is not considering it, the authori-
ties are not considering it; but if we
ask for change they may say the
people out here don't know their minds
, and don It deserve building"
Rights of Others.
Mr.. Castle spoke of the opposition of
} Castle s. Cooke, the Hawaiian Trust
Company, Z. o. Hall & Son and others
) to being turned out of their present
quarters, and stated that he could not
) blame them, but this was inevitable for
progress and is the right thing after
) all. He quoted McCandless as stating
that there were $4,000 people west OF
Nuuanu avenue and 5000 east of that
thoroughfare, and the majority had
some rights in the federal building, and
it should not be removed too far from
II them. He said all would agree that the
;, Mahuka site was the most convenient
s. and especially the ladies in their shop
% ping tours would be able to get TO the
!, postoffice without taking ear to reacl
q the Office if it was at the Irwin site.
X at might be good thing for thu
:. street railroad, - added Castle, anC
:, there was laugh,
l. Mr.. Castle referred to the idea of al
IS public buildings at the civic center
l. such as jails and insane asylums, als'
s. police headquarters or the fedora
i. building; the latter, he stated, had a
n much right there as these others, be
n, cause it should be in the business dis
70 triet.
d. "And then in that magnificent pic
a, ture that The Advertiser published tn
9, other day it showed that the opera
8. house was still on the Irwin site. ~
a. Judge Dole's Letter.
r. Referring to Judge Dole's letter, a
N published in The Advertiser, and tn
1. objection made to the noise, he sal
n. there was fifty times as much noise il
v. New York, vet the courts did bushes
n. Just the same. He wound up with tn
Id assertion that the petitions bein
m signed did not amount to anythin
anyway. Daughter.)
IN 81 think that the sooner we all agre
n: the sooner we will get the building
Il. But who is blocking the scheme? Cei
ii tainly not those who want the Mahuk
3. site. ] think it is the ones who wan
]. change" cloud applause.)
IS, Civic Center Advocate.
~ Representative Ed Towse, who wa
Ne the champion for the civic center idei
y was given hearty welcome. He bega
a. by stating that in America it was a
- ways the privilege of the people
"a change their minds and reconsideratio
iIII' was always in order. He spoke as 70
=, e. lows:
10 Towse Is Political.
10. cit is time alone that makes me
NJ builds cities and advances altruism. I'll
years are the wonder workers. Chang
,ai in Hawaii mel during and since Il
q reign of Kalakaua have been rapid al
All marked socially, govermentally al
commercially. Perhaps they have be-
nv too rapid.
" "Honolulu is by no means 'FRONT.'
city. 10 had age and habits befo
tnefe was mouse IN the OOluen Stat
1t had spirit, on the social or civ
rts side, which might be termed exalte
ms, The puritan ideas or ideals of rigid no
en-; estry, Of reverence for character, of
NJ. sistence for human rights and polite
liberty--to become tempered by even
- and experiences were worthy the be
and steel.
lw- ''Trade and commerce invaded t
on quiet precincts, indifferent to the RAJ
bows, the Towering trees and I
and legends of the good old days. A
ore, now we have the modern and the n,
and Honolulu, proud and active, prosperC
G.. and groWing-very wealthy and son
ind, what careless; politically, chaotic;
Hiss dustrially, whirlwind, and from
, Il. civic viewpoint uneouth, feeble, inh
monious; literally cropping. But this
)kai only a transition period.
ldd, "The men with the spirit of dol
V. things are here and in the end Il
win do the best for this Queen @
via of the Pacific. We have with us n
Col who have excelled in every line