Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-28
HILO CONFERENCE
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To bring the subject before the con
ventiOn an abstract motion was put
endorsing the idea OF a central body
This was put TO the meeting and car
ried by u to 10
G.. r. Wears, Hilo, stated after the
result was announced that none OF the
Honolulu delegates had voted for the
formation and that it was no good
going on with it unless Honolulu was
agreeable.
W. Mckay. Hilo. stated that the
matter could be put through without
Honolulu and that this convention
could get along without the bodies
from that city.
1t appeared for a few moments as
though there would be something do
ing and a hard kick coming from the
Honolulu men. Matters quoted down.
ehowever, and eventually it was
decided that two men be appointed
by each organization represented and
that they draft up proposed charter.
This is to be referred to each organi'
cation and the final recommendations
will be brought up for final discussion
at the next convention to be held in
honolulu next year.
This ended the session. Interesting
addresses were made by President FL
lot. Hilo Board of Trade. H. GCoding
Field. Honolulu and H. K Bishop of
the Hawaii Loan Fund Commission.
Bishop Talks on Roads.
Declaring that in the present me-
thodso handling highway work there
= the lack ofNinteligent supervision
and scientific Investigation, that the
counties do not have sufficient funds
or facilities to enable them to build
and maintain roads scientifically. En-
gineer H. K. Bishop of the Hawaii
Loan Fund Commission made strong
talk. According to the best practices
of the time he said, lack Of engineering
skill and knowledge obtained by ex-
perience. and study are responsible
in a large measure for these condl-
tons and the failure to keep pace
with the best systems and methods of
road practice, errors of construction
paid dearly for by other communities,
are often repeated and that there is
a general failure to profit by their eX-
perience. Mr.. Bishop outlined the
SLdlS dlu SySISL 40 IhO bOoN way wi
the islands to procure good roads.
Briefly put the plan for the Terri
tory would be as follows: An act
passed creating a state highway de-
partment or a rlon-partisan commits
sion of highways and providing for
the sale of bonds upon the appropria-
ton of the legislature to provide
funds to carry out the provisions of
the act. The roads would be classed
as Territorial and County. The first
would be the main connecting thor
oughfares and the others would be
those about the towns. The Territory
would maintain it's own highways
and the counties would maintain
theirs by means of their own FUNDS
and by means of aid received from the
Territory under the act.
He outlined what machinery would
be necessary to do the new work and
further suggested that automobile IL
cense and fines should be made avail
able.
Towse's Paper On City Government.
After outlining a perfect organiza-
ton for county government Ed 1oWse
n his Paper scored the present Homo
ulu City Fathers.
But the city and county OF Homo
ulu is so hampered" says Towse, by
partisan poli,-cs and lack of system
hat it actually costs it above seventy
cents to spend a dollar. In other
words, on account of politics and petty
dollar of revenue has
he efficiency of less than thirty cents.
why?
"Jealousies, strife for party record
larrownes5 in improvement policy
Indifference to an Indifferent public
opinion, fear of public service con-
,erns, in Honolulu failure to meet the
military establishment halfway. cater |
liz to locality instead of working on |
definite broad plan for a greater
community, entire absence of thought !
# the future
;aII For Efficiency.
Following the reading of papers by |
elliot, Towse and Field, A. Mason of |
.ohala offered the following resolu-
ion which was unanimously carried.
That this convention Of the Civic
EXAMINATIONS of the Territory Of Ha-
All having heard the papers relating
0 good government presented to the
leeting by DR.. Elliot, Mr.. Towse and
ir. Field, hereby pledges itself by
,eans of it's several organizations to
Sc it's best endeavors- to secure the
omination and election to municipal
f county office of such Candidates only
s shall represent the highest eff
iency regardless of politics.
Iliott Is Empathic.
The present local government sys-
I'M came in for rough handling at
& hands of President H. B. Elliot Of
le Hilo Board of Trade who read a
aper on The abstract problems of
lr Self Government"
The subject of the so-called ieno-
mt vote" stated Elliot which forms
regretably large element in every
round in the electorate is one that can
Of be considered in this discussion.
he mental ignorance of the unlearE-
l and uneducated is almost as dis
,trous in it's effects as the moral
rorance of those who are stepped in