Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-02
GENERAL TRIAL
Of FR0lTAGE.TA
Plan not LIKELY
Supervisors Talk of Applying
/ Local Improvement System
inside Fire District
lNSlST on Pc TITIONS
FROM OTHER SECTIONS
mot Satisfied With EXPRESSIONS
/ So Far Voiced n Favor OF
New avs

Planning the city budget Tor the
first six months Of 1914. the board OF
supervisors are now discussing Iayor-
ably plan to apply the new front.
agetax system Tor street improvement
within the limited area Of the fire
district.
This flredistfict, as 1t = known,
includes the main business section Of
the city, beiTg so DESIGNATED because
OF the buiIdlng-laHs operative within
the area. It II q very small part Of
the city OF Hobciulu.
Outside this district it is reported
on good anthd ity the supervisors
will take the altitude that the prop
erty owners NIT come forward With
their petitions IS secure he establish
ment OF q distEcE In the first case,
the supervisors NIll take what may
be called an active attitude and In the
second passive attitude
The board held & prolonged caucus
last Sunday. goibs over tlie budget
for the next six.iIionths period Local
Improvement matters came - Tor 9
good deal of discussion. Il d stated
that the board has practically no
funds in sight foE ne'F street Improve
ments. so that most d It's appropria.
tion from the general fund Tor roads
and streets VIII be expended on main
tenance. The appr0pria ation Tor this
is now estimated Il approxImately
$4,000 month, q 81. 600 Tor the
period. II Is likely that the county
viii have to register Warrants during
several months N The early part ref
1914. and as Il iii have no road-tax
moneys the prospect = not bright,
II was stated this ulofning. for the
opening Of neE streets unless the
IlrQperfy ysQNner lie me- inikiati
with 1heir fornhtion Of Improvement
The TIRE district within which the
supervisors expect to apply the front
age-tax system, Is q sort or semi.
circle Including the business district
and bounded By the waterfront on the
lower side. It Is as follows:
Beginning at the foot Of Richards
street 100 feet waikiki, running
thence upt to Beretanias street and 100
feet manifa of Berefania: thence
straight west to River street and 100
feet beyond River: thence down to
the waterfront.
Several OF the supervisors take the
position that the majority Of property.
owners Of Honolulu have not shown
themselves In favor Of the IocaLim.
proyement laws passed by the last
legislature. They say that the att.
tude Of the Improvement clubs and
the Central Improvement Committee,
which Endorsed the laws and urged
the supervisors to apply them to all
of the city, is not q representative ex.
preston OF opinion
No salary raises are likely to be
made by the supervisors for the com.
ing period The protests at the. raises
of the board six months ago have
hardly died down to echoes yet.
There Is talk of abollshing the posi-
ton Of inspector or weights and meas.
lires, which was held by Officer Man
uel Abreu, of the police department,
when he was killed q few weeks ago.
1t is now held by Officer Swaden.
The supervisors say that the inspect,
or has collected practically nothing
in the way of fees and some suggest
that the supervisors authorize three
months inspection each year and ask
the sheriff to detail an officer during
the remaining nine months to check
up. on the weights and measures In
the city. s. Z