The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-06-20
Representative Men OF
Army, Navy, Territory
and City.
CONSIDERING PLANS
To Send Maps Proposed
Ala MOana Park to
Washington.
Trom eaturday.s Advertlser.l

What the ideas of United Honolulu
are concerning the selection of site
for the proposed city barracks for the
Honolulu garrison will shortly be for
warded to the war department, for the
consideration of the departmental
heads. The first step towards present
ing the waterfront site suggestion to
the proper authorities was taken at
meeting yesterday, attended by repre-
sentative men of the territorial gov.
ernment, of the army, the navy and
the business organizations A sketch
plan of the suggested barracK site, with
the proposed new Ala MOana esplanade
and the Kewalo park, accompanied with
data available, will go forward to
Washington very shortly.
"The people of Honolulu should show
their interest in this question and lay
their suggestions before the depart
ment," explained General Maeomb to
the meeting, and his advice is to be
followed.
Yesterday IS meeting, called by the
Public Service Association and held at
the University Club, after a luncheon
was attended by Governor Frear, who
presided; General Macomb, Admiral
Cowles, Secretary of the Territory
Mott-Smith, George R. Carter, w. r.
Castle, Professor Gilmore, Professor
Bryan, Percy NJ. Pond, Territorial Sur
veyor Wall, Territorial Forester Hos
mer, Gerrit p. Wilder james A. Wilder,
A. II. Ford, l.. Tenney Peck and r. o.
Matheson. A general discussion of the
~.
cial Club by General Macomb was gone
into, after the general, with the aid
of large map of KewalO, had further
explained what his suggestion was.
Favored Fort Kamehameha.
Governor Frear surprised many of
those present by stating that he had
carried on correspondence with the war
department some time ago regarding
this very idea of the utilization of the
waterfront as site for building for
military headquarters and that the plan
had been gone into by a Joint board
of army and naval officers, and ap-
proved of. A difficulty had arisen re.
garding the use by the army of the
naval reservation and there had alsu
been an objection to the site because
of the lack of railroad connections II
had then been suggested that rail
road right-of-way from the present
terminus to the channel wharf could
be arranged, thus affording railroad
facilities for all the wharves.
The army had turned its attention t.
Pearl Harbor, however, and for a time
the war department stood in favor OF
establishing the headquarters for the
district at Fort Kamehameha, where il
would be in the center of the variou.
posts and would have railroad eonnec
tions with SchOfeld Barracks.
NOW that the plans for Leilehuf
have changed, it is probable that the
Fort Kamehameha idea has been give1
up" said the Governor.
Identification and Sanitation.
With the map before him, Genera
Maeomb showed what could be done tC
make beautiful what is now one of tn,
worst appearing sections of the city
one of the most insanitary and at pres
ent the least useful. From the presen
military reservation on the harbor, t
Kalia, seawall is proposed, approx
mately thousand feet distant from
the present Ala Moana road Between
the present road and the wall, fill i
10 be made and the road relocated alOnl
the new shore line.
The military reservation would tax
IN the section between the present roa
and the seawall as far Waikiki as War
street. Waikiki of Sheridan street, an
taking in one of the worst swamp sec
tions of the district is planned grea
park. Between this and the militar
reserve and mauka of the proposed ne,
Ala Moana road would be larg
acreage of made land, suitable for res
licences.
General Macomb S idea is that tn
federal government could be induce
TO pay for part of the seawall an
that the territorial government shoul
finance the rest and the fill. The parl
IN his opinion, should be financed
the city.
"The people should do this work i
order that they may have the benef
of the improvement, he said.
Discussed, and Endorsed.
A general discussion, in which Al
Governor, Mr.. Carter, Secretary Mo.
Smith, Admiral Cowles, l.. Tenney
Peck, w r. Castle and others partic
pated, followed General Macomb's 5 e,
plantations, the various matters of wa,
and means, possibilities and practici
blities being gone into. General Nj
comb emphasized the necessity of III
people here getting busy in preparatio
Tor the opening Of the Panama Cana
the coming of the troops. the eompletio
Of work at Pearl Harbor ANA the d.
velopment in the city that could an
should come
" Most places would be fghtiBg
bury up the coming OF the troops
Be said