The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-05-19

t always lhs possihiHiy. hat t,hfeei,
tho Likelihood of nhfthouet on n
commanding spot iin ihr foothills Isn't
that % q roodlv portion ~ n century
ahead. Dust how FAR ahead va should
plan no man can sny That va should
commence planning now and working
uow and working all time Tor the
Greater Honolulu, j. SELF evident.
Science Of city Planning.
"Ciiy planning is new science with
/ the trinity OF beauty, convenience and
comfort ~ the foundation II hnds its
FIRST expression In the establishment Of
a center or hub. In Honolulu the nh.
senee OF the transportation problem
greatly reduces the necessary effort.
Robinson, vino actually planned for Ho-
nolulu and Burnham who planned for
Manila and San Francisco, are the great
. city builders Of the day In the United
States We must accept the Judgment
, Of Robinson that Palace Square should
be the civic center Of Honolulu. This
( should be plain TO the eye Of every man.
However, these specialists do not al
ways have their own way. Many of the
ideas of Durham for San Francisco were
disregarded because they 'interfered
with business The same thing hap
pened to Robinson in Cincinnati.
Robinson s advice to Honolulu may
be rejected and It may be for the best
that IL should meet with temporary
setback. but it will be accepted in
time There is the possibility of ex-
tending Palace Square buildings to the
/, federal building site The county must
have building soon; also the police
department Great changes are in
! store, for Honolulu must advance. Ma
7, ture has done nearly all it could for
the place. Man will do his share.
"Regardless of anything that may
happen, let us, with the unanimity that
should characterize the builders of
Greater Honolulu hold fast to the idea,
!. so concretely in evidence, that there is
I civic center already, and that from
it there shall surely radiate tropical
: avenues and stately buildings that shall
say to all the would How incompatible
: is Honolulu. -
e Delegate Kuhio Explains.
Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole,
Delegate to congress, got right down to
brass tacks. He was given an enthusi-
astie welcome by the Mahuka site peo-
= pie because it was understood that he
: was opposed to change.
5 81 am not in a position to state
Z whether / am for the civic center or
: for the Mahuka site, - he stated. 81
p ann simply here to represent the peo-
r pie TO the best of my ability" Zap
o plause.) 81 will just explain how 1
e put through what you wanted.
Z cat first | was in favor of the Irwin
4 site. But you don t know what hard
a time there was in getting that matter
n through the treasury department
q which also wanted the Irwin site But
+ l was there to represent the people
}, and you wanted the Mahuka site, and
e I told Mr.. Winthrop, assistant secre
h tary of the treasury, he might have
lot of power in the treasury depart
e ment, but he could not override me il
d congress and l would get what the
people wanted.
Ii ''Everybody cried for the Mahuka sit,
r. and, although I was an Irwin site man
10, worked for what you wanted ant
Al got it. And here now you get III
rs petitions working against the Delegat
e. to congress, and what a position yol
s. are placing your Delegate in. VIVA
are YOU going to do with those petit
C. tions7
he Slices of Pork.
"Congress don't care han;
whether we have federal building
or not. You'v all heard of the porl
as barrel. Well, congress is distributing
ne slices of that pork and now we've go
id the slice we don't want it and W
in kick because we get $350,000. 70,
IS don u appreciate my position.
ne "Now, for Gods sake, if you wan
lg to change, whatever you do, worl
lg through your Delegate. I'll follow tn
wishes of the people. This petitioi
ee is big one. When I was fighting 70
g. the Mahuka site I received cables fror
r. the chamber of commerce and fror
"a the merchants association, but tn
Mt people now seem to want a change
Why the devil didn It you get up sue
petition before7
f'But whatever you do, don It max
20, done wonders in getting that none
IN for this city" (Applause.)
to First and Last.
on Fred C. Smith was the last speake
Vi and advocated the retention of the Nj
huka site.
seI am still for the Mahuka site,
IN, declared Mr.. Smith, "beeause from
he business standpoint I believe that
res the best place for the federal buildin
he and because the postoffiee will occur
nd the federal building. Our shipping j
nd terests require our getting mail at Il
ZEN earliest possible moment. The Poop
go TO the federal building to transa
Ter business and on the Mahuka site il W
ore be better even than now.
tie. t'I am also in favor Of the civic &C
vic ter idea, but particularly a Hawaiii
ed. one, and the federal building is not
on the Hawaiian Government. This ne
in. plan has cope up and is mostly ms
cal ter of sentiment. It Simply shows
nts can not get together in Honolu
est Can not we say we we settled the N
huka site and stand patti Can't
the get togetherl
lin 'tT6e merchants of this city tod
the are suffering from loss of trade. Eve
Ind man who could get away has gone a
lew the tonrists have been driven avn
GUS all hava oaua WIN can l,pt