The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-02-17
HONOLULU PORT
GOOD AS ANY
BUT OUR ROADS ARE VILE. SAYS
FORMER GOV. cARTBR TO
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
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cit Is high time all of Honolulu got
up on It's hind legs and kicked about
the state Of the roads in the city and
ont Of It, declared Ex-Governor
George r. Carter yesterday afternoon,
during the course of an informal talk
on the ports he has visited during the
past year, delivered before the directors
of the chamber Of commerce.
"The present roads,, no said, ''are
a drawback to the progress of the city.
With all the kinds of government we
have, the many officials employed, with
mayor, board of supervisors and 1
don Z know how many road supervisors,
the roads of this island are in fright
full condition.
During my travels l Dragged about
the splendid roads we had and advised
people as soon as they came ashore at
Honolulu, to climb into an automobile
and make a trip around the island, for
the trip has many more scenic visions
than the famous driveway to Amalh
and along the Italian coast, but when
arrived here found the most wretch.
ed conditions prevailing in the road
system. The belt road should be con.
sidered and be built and be built
right"
Mr.. Carter gave expression to criti.
cism of various ports he had visited
on his trip around the world, stating
that after all there was no port west
Of Honolulu as far as the Mediterra.
mean which had better harbor, anchor.
age and freight handling facilities than
Honolulu. 1t was a statement, he said,
which might surprise some people, but
it was true, nevertheless. With the
opening of the Panama Canal these
harbor facilities were bound to make
the port attractive, and the port
charges should be kept down SO that the
tramp steamers would find them reason
able and therefore an incentive to call.
ing here.
At Kobe he found that goods coming
from China and other ports were tran.
shipped, rather than at Yokohama, for
Honolulu and the mainland of America.
At Shanghai the silt drifting down
from the river made the anchorage and
freight handling difficult. At Hong
kong the facilities were still of crude
nature.
The hotels of Hongkong, he declared
were abominable. The finest hotel
there filed him with disgust. All his
party looked in vain for a good hotel
and finally went to a boarding house.
The cuisine of the hotels was the very
| IL HAD H. L.
J supplied by a Chinaman who had bid
for the privilege and won at twenty
nine cents a meal. That was enough
} to indicate that the best meals were
; poor.
The government controlled the no.
tells and this, in q measure, gave the
reason for the poor service. 1t was
somewhat like the conditions prevail
} ing in the days of the monarchy when
the Hawaiian Hotel was owned by the
government.
Young Hotel Palace.
The Young Hotel Of Honolulu, was a
) palace in comparison with the hotels
of HongkOng, the first city of the Far
East in Importance, while the service
at the local hostelry were as metropolis
! tan as one could desire.
He described steamer trip from
Hongkong to Manila, on a steamer
about the size of the Noeau. 1t was q
terrible trip. He asked .Gerrit Wilder
to go up and tell the captain he wanted
to buy the ship. Wilder wanted to
know why and ne replied he wanted to
own it so he could wreck it anywhere
he wanted.
He described conditions in Manila as
being progressive and said that Ma
Mia is to be great city. The park
system was being improved, the Burn
ham plans for Improvement were being
pushed and the city made beautiful In
every direction. The harbor facilities
} were being added to and soon vessels
could be handled at wharves which are
to be double deck affairs. Manila will
be the first city in the Orient for harbor
facilities. He believed the wharves at
Singapore would be made like those Of
Manila.
When travelling on the Mile he did
not bless Cooks agencies. He said
Cook owned the Nile. The weather
was fearfully cold in March, the time
Of the year he thought it would be
pleasant.