Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-23
Work Together Is Keynote of
Mastery Addresses, Well
Delivered

nc luttI-ibidHu OitiC OOutcDltons put
that part of the conventions program
through last night with honors. Five
engineers, himself included In the
number probably the best informed
men In the territory on the subject
of road onstruction-held the atten-
ton of the delegates last evening and
gave them an impressive lesson In
highway building.
Let us work together to make the
roads Of the territory the best in the
country. But LET us not build new
roads until we are sure to have sufii-
cient money to maintain them"
That seemed to be the poiBtcenter
of the addresses last night and
brought applause whenever REQUIRED
TO. Guy II. Gere, II. X. Bishop. l.. M.
Whitehouse. ]. H. Moragne and Hugh
NJ, Howell, the speakers on the pro-
gram FOR the evening. al devoted
some time to discussing the two
points. and quite often their speeches
were brought to a stop for few sec
onds while the large gathering APP
plauded.
The delegates convened last night
IN their quarters, the makai pavilion
OF the roof garden Of the Young hotel.
A large crowd was present. Many
persons who have hitherto taken no
pcrt in the convention appeared at
the meeting last evening to listen to
the addresses on roads. The subject
Is one of the largest, and by many re-
garded as the most important to come
before the convention. II is some
lnlns winch eirec.,y eneses ssery
person. az one speaker salo.
ASKS pig sono issue.
In adoirion 20 the speakers named
former governor Georee X carter
spoke Drleny he rose 70 thank tne
engineers for their papers ana hoD-
er Sninsie onereo 2 resoIu.lon ASK =.
ing kne LEGISLATURE 70 appIopliass, ~
means Of q bond issue. $1,000 1000 for
terrikorlai roao construction. Inc en-
tire session TINS morning was taken
up win the same SUBJECT .nat is,
eooo roaos, the chairman caiilns lVI
general discussion. =. y Wrisne
Of HllQ also spoke,
MT. 1ere opened tne meeuns win
ms paper on the approved metnoo q
laying OUT city ROADS 70 suit the
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er ana hnoIe-slss.eu v"leIs,
ooh &c saIu, sns ll'', s's,s SUI
oIsislo 2, = con consi.ual.y pelns .o.sssu
ono TINS city cur up Dy eaiey "ays
- 70 ~ ieet ~ Niosn ane ,ei 80 ~.
Win ansoiueeis NO -ese.1 W &C. s,sr.l
the present strecs system OF .i1s eA-
tension ana Crown.
Mr. hoWen gave pre- nissoIy oL
the ROADS ~ sne tsII,sols. sno ws.s
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1 ~ a. the county engineer of
Es,,S5 Snf n him 4 9ond deal az the
c~o-iif a ,civen FOR the success Of the
hi s, ~ fhaf islend
Wr Risbop's speech was on state
AID ~ road construction. He named
the seven methods or raising money
for mad building: the direct tax, abut-
ting properly tax. private subscrip-
tio1s' bond issues. statute labor, Il
cense tax and state aid. The majority
Of these. he pointed out, were no
longer considered advisable methods
Of road building.
q II wright. manager Of the Vol
cano Stables at Hilo. delivered very
GOOD PAPER on bad roads. He paid q
very warm tribute to Kauai for the
manner IN which that island has han
died the highway problem.
Road Matters pjscussed.
without preliminary discussion fol-
lowing the calling to order by the
chairman. the papers dealing With
road matters In an their differen;
phases were read. The opening adj
dress was delivered, by Guy II, Gere
civil engineer for the Bishop Estate.