Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-05
ALBERT WAREHOUSE TALKS TO HONOLULU AID CLUB
BOOSTS FOR ONE LARGE AND UNITED COMMUNITY

have been undertaken only after the
privisions Of the law had been carried
! Cut.
"If the city is going to pay 80 per
cent of the cost of work in the bust
ness district where property values
range from 800 to $500 and $4,000
per square foot and the entire cost
CT such improvements, if assessed di,
! rectly to the abutting property. would
be an inappreciable percent of its tax,
ation value or earning capacity, what
! proportion does the city intend to
stand for in the residence districts
where property values are from 10
cents to Is cents per square foot and
where the cost Of the improvements
| becomes considerable proportion OF
the tax value and perhaps a burden.
some charge on the earning capacity
In the city proper and here ]
would include such accfetions there
to- as Manoa, Kaimuki, Mokaueo and
the like, If the entire cost of paving
is not to be borne by the 'abutting
property interests, then it seems to
me two classes should be distinguish
ed. first class, where the property
could afford to pay the entire cost,
and a second class, where the per.
| Centage to be borne by the city
should be definitely known.
Question of Favor
! What is going to happen if Manoa
and Kaimuki be put. in the second
class and acting together or separate
ly petition at the same time to have
water pipes, sanitary sewers, storm
semers and permanent paving laid?
Where can the city find money to fl
rance her end of it providing the SUI
! perxisors elect to bear a part of the
cost? Who, if some must be put off
to some indefinite time in the future,
is to be the favored one and get the
limprovem asked for Immediately?
+ II think these are some of the
| problems which bother the present
| city government, and solution of
theirs which will be satisfactory to
all is an impossibility. s-t =
| Many people with whom have
talked do not agree with me, but,
| believe the proper course to pursue
! is to put the entire cost on the i'm
proved section Leave it up to the
| property owners themselves. If a
majority, of these desire the mud
street and cesspool let them keep
them as long as they do not endanger
| the rest of the community. If they
want better conditions, they lean be
| had for the asking. What difference
does it make whether you stand treat
when. your turn comes in the crowd
or whether it is Dutch treat, unless
| you hope to let the other fellow do all
| the buying =. !;
! .'''The law gives the 60 per cent ma
| jority a chance by petition, to state
! their preference as to the type of
pavement desired. 49, -
''The problem Of the engineer is to
pave the streets with the material
best adapted to them. 1t is not a
simple one He will find that differ.
Ont interests want different mater
ials.
Boosting Necessary
THE people residing or doing bust
ness on street wish a>smooth, quiet
| pavement and one that is easily
cleaned, and care nothing about how
it affects traffic; the team owners,
on the other hand; wish a pavement
| that offers slight resistance to traf-
fie and is not slippery and have no
regard whatever for the noise caused
| by the vehicle. The determination Of
the supervisors may differ from that
of either of the above interested par
! ties. To harmonic these different
demands, even, after a careful stud1
| has been made is not a simple mat,
ter.
1T requires more than passing
interest in those who desire tosboost
the good work along.
The law gives the city and y y
the right to lay paveme11
hitting of competition wv
Using for tenders VIII =
be all right, the opportu o.
is present and will som
lied. Many of these p d pave
ments are good articles re nee
ed in our future son tion .oI
streets, but | believe it be Vel
for the board of supervil folloV'
the example of the state ay de-
partment of New York IL
with regard to the use &c
tpavement.
Upon the commissid
ways determining that
in any city or village
or state highway in the
York shall be construct6
pavement the owners d
within five days thereaf
with the state highway
their office in the city of
price at which they vii
material to the contractor
tiCn with said work to be-
or improved. Said price tosDoe
able for any contractor desiring old
upon said work, and the proVisionS
of the offer Of said company to be a.
proved by the state department OF
highways.
Any consideration of the pave
ment problem when brought down to
definite deternlination must end with
the adoption OF some paving material.
| | have no brief for any particular
pavement, but desire to call to your