The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-22
MEASUREMENTS
ARE CORRECTED

1t would be hard to pack more In.
ac"uracies into the upward OF hair
column taken by the Sunday Adycr.
tiser with a story about a proposed
rest house for car ssengers M Wal q.
lac road and Eighth avenue.
First example:
The principle thing one faction OF
the Ksimukites wish to do is Harry
T. Mills, the president OF the club.
New members are being rustled to
swamp the Mills faction at the next
election of officers. On the other hand
w. II. NJ. Ayres and other allies Of
Harry T. are just as busy taking ad.
vantage of their innings"
Whether a thing" of principle
or the principal thing" is meant may
be allowed to pass, but Harry T. Mills
is not president of the club; Mr.
Ayres said this morning he was sur
prised to see his name in the matter,
as it was the first he knew of there
being a row, and, as next election of
officers will not be due until Decem.
Der, there is no "rustling' of either
new or old members for any purpose
connected with that occasion.
Second example: After relating
that Mills had initiated the rest house
scheme, with some fairly accurate de.
tails, the article says "Kaimuki
thought the depot business had been
forgotten" and proceeds thus:
Much to its surprise, however, they
found out at noon Friday that there
was resolution coming up before
the supervisors that evening making
an appropriation for that particular
depot Mr.. Shaw got busy and the
supervisors killed the resolution in
the evening, having believed all the
time that it was with Mr.. Shaw's ex.
press consent that the depot was go.
ing up by his property. 1t now seems
that the resolution was given to the
supervisors several weeks ago and
Kaimuki blames Mills"
The improvement club backed pc.
titiOn to the board of supervisors, no
opposition being heard, for permission
to erect a rest house at the point in.
dicated. No appropriation was asked
of the board of supervisors, as the
expense money has been provided by
voluntary subscription of residents of
the section interested. At a meeting
previous to that mentioned the super.
visors, there being no opposition
heard up to then, granted the permits.
sion.
AS now It appears none of the cor
ner lot owners at the place is willing
to have the rest house on his side
walk, the probability is that the i'm.
provement club will not support any
policy of coercion in the matter.
Third example; The res of the ar
ticle makes Mills out as the origina,
tor of the opposition of the club to
the parking of Kalakaua avenue. AS
matter of fact the first member of
| the club to object to the scheme was
not Mr.. Mills, but another delegate to
the Central Improvement Committee,
who thought at the time it was mat
/ ter involving thousands of dollars and
stated to the club he did not believe
| the supervisors could afford to touch
/ il this year. Before the matter came
up in the central body, however he
and other delegates had learned that
the supervisors in favor of the scheme
/ intended only planting trees down the
middle of the avenue, leaving curbs,
etc, for the future, the work to cost
but $500 or $500. Accordingly they
took 1t that the opposition of their
club, being to a larger proposition,
did not apply Mr. Mills, however,
was still opposed to anything being
done. At the next meeting of the club
he Joined in the criticism of his fell
low-delegates-thre of whom were
on the Kalakaua avenue parking com
mittee of the central body-but the
matter had not been introduced
by Mr. Mills. 1t was another member
who started the criticism OF the othel
delegates