The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-12-24
WILL MAKE ONE
MORE ATTEMPT
Central Committee Will Extend
Olive Branch-TO Beautify
Capitol Grounds.

kaimuki and Kalihi improvement
clubs will not be permitted to withdraw
from the Oahu central improvement
committee without one more effort on
the part of the central body to prevent
the secession. This was the decision ar
rived at during meeting of the cen
trail committee last night, when let
ter was read announcing the withdrawal
of the Kalihi club and another from the
Kaimuki organization, in which it stat
ed that it had refused to reconsider its
secession.
A. Lewis, Jr., protested against the
central body permitting these with
drawals without making further effort
TO retain them as members, and on his
motion a committee was named to visit
the two clubs which would withdraw
and endeavor to get them to reconsider.
| The suggestion of Mr.. Lewis was adopt
ed and the committee which is to ex-
tend the olive branch was named, and
consists of Messrs. Lewis, Ashford,
Super, Wilson and Mrs. +. j. Lowrey.
The fence around the executive build
ing must go. This was the substance
of resolution adopted by the Oahu
central committee at the request of Mrs.
| r. j. Lowrey, representing the Outdoor
Circle of the Kilohana Club.
The resolution further endorses the
general scope Of a plan for making a
tropical park around the executive
building, as proposed by David Haughs.
The latter made suggestions as to drive
ways under the new arrangement of the
grounds, so that the library and the ju-
dietary building will be included in the
general scheme. His suggestion that
the main approach to the executive
building from King street be narrowed
was the only feature of his plan which
was not approved.
Beautifying Surroundings.
Mrs. Lowrey presented HaugRs' sug-
gestions and said, that the women she
represented wanted to begin the cam
paign for the removal of the fence
around the grounds and for identifying
the surroundings of the executive build
ing, and that they wanted the sanction
of the central IMPROVEMENT committee
before proceeding
Haughs suggests the removal of q
number of trees, which have outlived
their usefulness. from the grounds and
the planting of Others of various trop-
zeal varieties, together with Towering
shrubs and plants.
The committee endorsed the plans
proposed and a subcommittee, com
posed of William Wolters and G. w
Ashford, was named by Acting Presi
dent Daniel Logan to confer with the
women as to the general plans for the
improvement of the grounds and give
them such other aid as might be nee
essary.
The destruction of trees and shrubs
by the telephone and electric light
companies in stringing wires, is to bt
combated by securing the passage Of
n bill by the legislature to the effeet
that property owners have some rights
which public utility corporations are
bound to respect.
Wholesale Destruction.
Mrs. Lowrey reported that one of thu
companies had committed wholesale de
struction of trees and shrubs in vari
Gus sections of the city, without re
gard to private property. She sait
that in Kaimuki this vandalism ha'
: resulted in the destruction of lint
e of trees planted by the women Their
g and that as a result people were begin
y ming to feel that it was useless to at
I tempt such improvements as long as tn
!. public utility corporations assumed tn
d right to do as they pleased in regart
to cutting down trees and looping oil
j branches.
B. Mrs. Lowrey said Supervisor Ebe
!. Low had told her that the Outdoor Cir
$ cle should not have arranged to plan
cocoanut trees on Kalakaua avenue, a
e the trees might interfere with tn
d stringing of wires at some future tim
IS and would then have to be cut dowI
l. ave are getting tired of this d.
o struction," said Mrs. Lowrey, and
there is any more of it there is gon
to be trouble"
On the suggestion of G. w. ASHORE
the legislative committee was asked I
consider the matter with view OF tai
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