The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-15

IEAh IN WAAAAN ~ 49, "
in the civic center Of Honolulu, has
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been selected, and another and more
suitable site obtained for the school.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie has undertaken
to give 100000 for the building.
Agreements have been made by which
the library of the Honolulu Library
and Reading Rooms Association, con-
tanning about $4,000 volumes, and the
valuable library of the Hawaiian His
torical Society, containing about
100 volumes and 1900 pamphlets,
will be incorporated in the territorial
library, and by which, also, the in
come of the Honolulu Library and
Reading Rooms Association, which
will probably amount to $4,000 or
more a year, will be applied towards
its maintenance. The plans of the
building are well under way and it
is hoped that construction can be be-
gun at an early date.
PARKS.
kapiolani and Kaiulani Parks.
Kapiolani park is in the nature
partly of a city and county park.
Mr.. w. G. Irwin has generously con-
veyed to the Park Commission an ar
ca of about twelve and a half acres
to widen the narrow end of the park,
upon condition that it be added to the
park.
The late Governor A. S. Cleghorn
fittingly closed his more than half
century of active interest in such mat
ters in these islands by devising to
trustees in trust to convey to the Ter
ritory his premises known as Alma
hau, containing about twenty-three
acres, famed as tropical garden and
the home of the Princess Kaiulani,
on condition that it be kept as a pub
lie tropical park to be known as "Kai'
ulani Park" and not be open to Wis
itors between sunset and sunrise.
Both of these gifts are subject to
legislative acceptance. l suggest that
if the Kaiulani Park is accepted it De
placed under the control of the Hon
olulu Park Commission
Kilauea National Park.
The proposed creation of this park
to include the worlds two greatest &C
| tive volcanoes, Kilauea and Mokua
weoweo, a strip between the two FOL
connecting road, and sufficient ad'
joining areas to include numerous
, other natural wonders, such as pi
r craters, sulphur banks, lava trees
lava tree moulds, tree-fern forests
forests of large and rare trees ant
haunts of rare Hawaiian birds, ha
been under public discussion for sew
eral years. The time seems ripe 70
] pushing this project.
PANAMA EXPOSITION.
The Territory is to be felicitate
y upon the selection of San Francisc
n as the site of this exposition. A
a though the exposition is four year
off, it is not too soon to begin to pla
c for it. There never has been, and per
s haps never will be, an exposition c
o greater Importance to Hawaii. Thi
Territory made a splendid showing a
p the recent Alaska Yukon Pacific E1
n position under appropriations mad
p by the last Legislature and by Cor
gress, and should make a far bette
showing at the Panama Exposition.
is hoped that Congress will contrib
ute a building for Hawaii's purpose
= for this exposition, as it did for tn
other, and the next Territorial Legi'
!. lature may be expected to provid
adequate funds for the exhibits. Tn
present Legislature, however, shoul
provide for a commission and its e2
penses to make the necessary prelin
n mary plans.
\ VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN.
p The two visits already made at II
10 invitation and expense of the Teri
tory by many members of Congre'
have proved so advantageous as
u call for another such visit in the mel
~ future. The numerous changes abo
20 to occur in the membership of Coz
\. gress furnish an additional reason II
~ providing for such a visit at tn
w time. The frankest and most effeC
~ i've way to secure appropriate actic
or by Congress for local interests Is
&c have members of Congress come al
+. see for themselves. An appropriate
p of the same amount as the last oil
or is recommended, to include other di
#. tinguished persons as we'll as mel
hers of Congress. This should