The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-08-25
ROADS NEEDED IN
NUUANU DISTRICT
New Improvement Club Organ.
lies and Discusses Future
Campaigns.

completing its organization, clecting
officers and adopting n constitution and
bylaws, the Nuuanu Improvement
Club held an enthusiastic meeting last
evening at the merchants association
rooms in the Young building, during
which the necessity for opening up new
roads in the Nuuanu district was en-
phasized.
Chairman A. f. Judd opened the
meeting and read the form of organi-
cation which the committee, appointed
last week, had drawn up, and this was
adopted as read. These rules had been
drawn up by Sam Walker, after a
study of the way in which the Manoa
and Kaimulxi improvement clubs CON
Quoted their business, and the examples
studied were followed in many in
stances.
objects of Club.
Objects of the association as set
forth are to secure general improve
ments for the Nuuanu district, such as
good roads, trees, sewers, and water
works, and to see that its share of
work is obtained from the government
Club fees are one dollar.
1t was decided that the annual
meeting should be held on the last
Thursday of September and that reg
u1ar meetings are to be held on the
last Thursday of every quarter.
onicers Chosen.
The slate OF officers prepared and
adopted wasi A. f. Judd, president;
George Sherman, vice-president; h. c.
j Carter, secretary, and +. 7. P. Water
house, treasurer The executive COM
mittee consists of these officers and
A. Lewis Jr., IL. H. Walker and L. L.
lMcCandless.
Sub-comnrittees named to carry on
| the work OF the club were: Roads,
George Rodiek, J, l.. Fleming, @, S.
Weight, Harry NJ. Won Holt, l.. M.
Whitehouse.
Water supply, Albert Along, W. L.
Emory, r. A. Cooke.
Fire protection, A. f. Ewart, +. P.
/ Mcintyre, j. o. Young, w. o. Smith.
Sanitation, G. ]. Campbell, w. HI.
Soper G. H. Merriam. s. P. Correa
4 judiciary, Jack Waldron, A. l. Cas-
ltle, William Pfotenhauer.
General Discussion.
4 After the adoption Of the slate as
A presented, the meeting was open for
4 getferaf discussion and nearly every
4 one Of the twenty-four members pres
enf took chance to express their
1ideas on the subjects under discussion
r. lit was mentioned that the Kaiinuki
. club had one member at least present
At each meeting of the board of super.
! Wilson's to watch out for the interests
Il of that section. and it was decided
that the members of the executive com
! mittee of this club should take that
duty upon themselves.
Il The matter of opening up new streets
in Nuuanu section came up for much
discussion and the members mad much
to say as to whether such opening ex
!, pense should be borne by the AUDITING
owners or not. ), The sentiment was in
favor of such expense, but there were
several on the other side, the most per
, sistent of whom was w. o. Smith, who
held that part of the expenses should
be on the property owners and part
on the. general public,
Statutes Anticipated.
President Judd stated that in hi.
opinion the statutes of Hawaii in re
gard to road building were Anticipated
: and out of date, and that new law,
} must be passed, and called special at
' tention to senate bill No. 1877, of tn,
| last legislature, which was very prop
| erly killed in the house, although thu
senate did not appear to think so. Thi,
) bin provided for the opening of new
streets and the assessment of the cos
on the property owners in the district
affected, this district to be determined
|, by the board of supervisors.
) More Streets Needed.
1t was the sense OF the members
present that something must be don,
i to open up Nuuanu, drain tn,
taro patches and put through new
streets, which would put valuable prop
! Ierty on the market, though as to hov
( this was to be accomplished no deci
t sion could be arrived at.
The members win talk over this mat
ter before the meeting next month, an,
nit is likely that some action will b,
8 taken in regard to more streets befor,