The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-12-15
Chamber Of Commerce Trustees
Discuss ali important
Proposition.
BUSINESS MEN INTERESTED
Government Of County Will Be
Investigated Federal
Assistance.
(From Thuraday'a Advertiserl

(From Thursdays Advertiser)
Action was taken by the chamber of
commerce yesterday at meeting of
the board of trustees for conserving
the financial interests Of the Territory
and city and to inaugurate campaign
for more economical government, at
least SO far as expenditures without re-
suits are concerned
President spalding made report
and submitted suggestions along this
line, which were referred to the legis
lative committee of the chamber, of
which 3, E. Paxton is the chairman.
Incidentally he mentioned that eighty
per cent of the income Of the city goes
for running expenses and only twenty
per cent for improvements,
He asks the question what is going
to happen when the limit for bonds
has been reached, and that limit is not
80 very far away. He thinks this is the
time to do something and believes that
the federal government should now take
hand in the sanitary campaign, espe-
eially so far as filling the low lands
along the Ala Moana is concerned.
Mr.. Spalding spoke of the board of
supervisors and the work it is doing
and stated that the people have q
right to know of it's expenditures, of
what can be done and what is doing.
Waste of Money.
Mr.. Paxton said that he was very
glad of the points made by President
Spalding, and he referred to the bad
roads and sanitary conditions as an in
stance of apparent waste of money and
energy. Continuing he said:
81 believe it is proper for the legls-
1ative committee of this chamber to
get in touch with the board of sup
ervisors and advise it; believe it
would be good thing, The board of
superVlsors is sort of continuous
legislature in way and horotnfnre
there has been no check, or rather ad'
visery action, taken in connection with
tire board
7. Give Davies also spoke for the
plans and was emphatic in his declara-
Eion that the people cannot expect the
legislature or the supervisors 10 do
much unless public opinion is behind
them He favored full publicity for
the work tire chamber of commerce
might undertake.
President $palding told of sugges
ton he had made to the supervisors re-
garding CERTAIN work on the Nuuanu
road for the safety of travellers and he
added that the suggestion was well re-
eeived.
Proposes Great Work.
The report and suggestions of Pres
ident Spalding are as G6Ilowa;
fRapresentating this chamber, l at
tenda6 short time ago, by invitation
of the Governor, a meeting at his Of
fee, at which were explained eompre-
hen5ive plans for Improving the sani-
tary eondItions of the low lands adjoin-
ing the Ala Moana beach road, (Ka-
kaalo, Kukuluaeo, Kewalo and Kalia)
by filling in with material to be taken
from the harbor or hills. / had prev
liously been one of IA party conducted
ihy the board of hgalth through other
parts of the city where health condi-
ttions are particularly bad and where
wet farming covers large tracts In
sstill another direetnon serious prob
lem exists in the Waikiki marshes,
and altogether the necessity of improv-
ing health conditions on a relatively
huge scale confronhs this city in the
natural course of its development, with
out reference to tine requirements of
tine other islands.
st'This situation demands the expen-
lditnre OF large sums of money and di-
reefs attention to the financial condi-
tion of the Territory to meet not only
irts urgent responsibilities in the health
line bnt also those for education and
the other numerous public requirements.
The income of this Territory has in
creased during the past few years
during a period of exceptional prosper
ity for its principal industries, it must
be recommendation scme four mill
lion to six million dollars for the bien-
NAL period.
ION the other hand the bonded debt,
which was wiped out at the time Of an
nezation, has now run up 10 So 800, 900,
with 81 100000 more authorized by the
last legislature, for which payday
mnst como both for principal and in
terest; we are sailiag Eong az a glori.
ous rate in running into debt with
margin Of only 100000 left Of, say,
the s10O00,000 limit fixed under the
Organic Act, or seven per cent Of say
el5,000l000, the assessed real property
valuations aud With all this expendi.
tnre Of money what have va to show
Tor It throughout the Territory
Paved WITH Gold,
"onr roads. Notwithstanding that
they hage been paved with gold ~
beeomta the pafadlae u the raeide arc
- a deplorable ftafei oar pollee and
aTe departments are crippled pfasnm
ahlg for want - funds Ana the former
seeds g complete reorganization. ffos
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