Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-10
4RTLEAGUE RAPS
FOR
! Street DELAYS

AZ meeting of the Central I'm
pavement Committee held in the
0Oms Of the Merchants Association
Yesterday afternoon, Mrs. F. ]. Low
ey, attending with Mrs. Henry Wat
rlsouse to represent the Kilohana
glub, expressed herself strongly I'm
eIiticism OF the supervisors for the
way they are handling the parking o:
IakaiIa avenue. @
She said they had been dismaye1
10 ind that three inches of soil had
BEEN laid over solid maeadam, so that
I.would be impossible for trees to
8IQw in the park strip. Mr.. Haughs
II forest nurseryman. had informed
LE that four feet OF soil would be
Necessary within the curbing. The
trees he was holding for the purpose
Ntte now three leet high and ought
N Ne planted now. Chairman Dwight
cI The road committee had told her he
Nte greatly surprised at the was the
work OF parking was being done, while
Supervisor Murray said there was
no money to do the work as II
'fhould be done. The Kilohana mem
1Ere had planted 5000 oleanders
'o.onK the avenue property lines. Mrs.
LlRNrey stated that the macadam had
also been left within the parking
efIce on the Alapai street plaza. max
ing II impossible TO carry out that
DcItme In due manner.
The matter was referred to spec
IA committee appointed at the incep-
tor of the Kalakaua avenue parking
1. .eme to see what could be done to-
ward having the work finished in an
II|Hlligent manner.
beyond routine business. the onlv
otter matter that engaged the meet
'|'k was the Withdrawal of the Kai-
n|Iki club from the committee. One
Of the Kaimuki delegates entered an
oII protest against the resolution Of
IA. club. on the ground that II was
Misleading In that II made II appear
that all the delegates had resigned,
when In fact several of them had de-
c||hed to Join in the insurgency. He
had objected at the meeting In CUES
ton to the introduction of politics into
c|nb affairs, and had heard many ex
passions of dissapproyal, from mem.
hers that were absent from that meet
inf Of the club, of the course taken.
Even one OF the delegates who had
r6signed. for different reatons from
. others, had stated that he wss
edIfgusted" with the introduction Of
1.'kics BY few disappointed aspir-
ants to ONCE. The resolution Of with
1IaNal was a snap judgment at
meeting attended by about twenty out
Of the 200 members enrolled.
president b. Won Damn said he I'M
dfrstood the reason given by the Kali
I.I'ki delegates resigning was that he
had said something that offeGjed
them, but he hoped the political feel
iEg had cooled down so that the CLUB
would rescind its action. He hoped
nobody thought of using the improve-
nent organization as springboard
from which to vault into public Office.
Secretary George G. Guild was in
favor of accepting the clubs resigna-
ton and letting II apply for readmis-
sion at its future pleasure. He made
a motion to this effect which was not
Seconded.
On motion of Paul Super. seconded
81 Treasurer w. r. Wilson. II was vot-
ell to refer the communication back to
the Kaimuki club with a request that
III be reconsidered.
The president stated that he was
leaving the city for an absence OF a
month and half. and suggested that
ne vice president call special meet
inr before his return to transact pend
i1E business. The annual meeting
would be due in January.