The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-12-31

"Down in Los Angeles the tout
business means millions of dollar,l
month extra, and those millions A
turned over four times. Why, wher
new man comes to my place of busiui
in Edmonton and spends dollar, / 1
heve it is worth while to spend d
dollars just to be sure he stays wi
me and does his business at my pal
when you come to a hotel here al
you like it, and then go to cafe a|
pick ont nice seat and il suits VI
and the waiter looks after you, it S d
lars to doughnuts you will come BID
TO the same hotel, take the same chi
and want the same waiter. If the rod
are good, you viii want to travel on
them. But if things don t suit Vi
then you II knock, sure.
Get Rid of Mud.
ut s rotten to have to 90 to n
wharves down in one end of the tod
to get on steamer, or leave it to COD
uptown. The tourists will dislike I'll
hrst impression and even when he ed
to a fine hotel, he II be disguised. ii
prove all those roads down there al
get rid of the mud. Pave the sired
leading to the wharves, and improI
things generally. The tourists will III
1T and so will you.
Now as to street paving In Il
monitor, we have tried all kinds. prd
ably twenty different varities of paj
ments, but we have got down to BIZ;
llthic at last; but we lay it on a q
inch concrete base. If you lay it
an embarrassing of loose rock. youl
waste your money. We pay So. SIS
yard for our pavement, and we are h
ing to lay a few miles more this vel
50 is Calgary and Vancouver and VI
toria.
Don't have such roads as you hal
leading to Kapiolani Park. They
rotten. Lay good roads, and do it SOD
Money for improvements.
Mr.. Mercer said the money for 4
municipality and for improvements w
raised by dcbenture. For instance d
cording to the Edmonton method.
King street were being paved, one-thf
would be paid by the municipality al
two-thirds by the adjoining proper
owners. Sidewalks are laid by issuii
bonds and selling them, giving d
property owner a seven-year term
payment, his property being lien 4
the payment.
This is the plan which Supervis
Murray proposed recently for Hoi
lulu. The sidewalks make increas
values for property.
Mr. Mercer said taxation values hid
We're too low. They ought to be high,
The city would be the better for It.
lie praised the wonderful scenery
Hawaii and said the Pail could not
beat anywhere in the world, al
therefore, to show it off, good roa
were absolutely necessary.
Widen Streets Now.
He said that Honolulu must immet
ately take into consideration the wi
ening of some of the downtown bu'
ness streets, which if allowed to 90
they are would only increase the cd
of their widening when it became
physical necessity for trade. He aul
ed Montreal as city where one sire
widening process cost $27,0O0OO0. F
teen feet We're shaved off of proper
on each side of street which W
lined with lofty business blocks.
said that Hotel street should be wide
ed now.
Edmonton was controlled by the 4
gle tax idea, an idea which has b(
copied by thirty American cities. \
Mercer said that at first people thong
Edmonton IS administration was era;
but they adopted perfectly sane prl
osition for taxation.
Rromotion work should be trebled q
quadrupled. 1t was money in 4
pockets of the residents, and busin,
was developed. Merchants here mi
admit that their business is better a
/ that the tourists have had lot to
with it.
Mr.. Mercer was asked many questic
by those present.