The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-09-16
THOUSANDS FOR
ROAD REPAIRS
Supervisors in Long Session Make
Appropriations for Maintenance
and New Work i Private Citi-
Gems volunteer Financial Aid TO
City in Improving Pail High
way.

Road matters took up the greater
portion of an unusually long and busy
session Of the supervisors yesterday,
which opened with fireworks at half
past twelve and died in glory at half
past three, everybody hot under the
collar and vast amount of work per
formed
One Of the most important decisions
of the meeting was contract with
!. A. Gilman to pave one block of
Queen street. Waikiki of Fort, with
bitulithic. The decision was reached
when it was discove ed that ohia block
paving, the alternate under considera.
tion by the board, cost $3.50 yard
to 1925 a yard for the bitulithic.
Ii was learned that the road derart-
ment had already commenced work on
that street to repair it, yesterday morn
| ing, and had one side of it torn up.
The plans were changed hurredly, and
the road department will continue and
complete the excavation, leaving the
contractor to do the paving.
Considerable new road work was de-
cided upon, and the board was gen
erous with the road committee, low
ing it several slices from the perma
nent improvement fund, amounting to
$4,000 each. This sum was nppropri-
Ited for the Kalihi Valley road, which
will be repaved and made into some
semblance of decent thoroughfare.
The Pauoa road, (which is also dis.
gracefully out of repair, also benefits,
for the board allowed the committee
$1,000 for it. Out. of this sum certain
property will he purchased and a TWEEN
ty-six-foot road will be constructed of
asphalt-macadam, the paving which has
"proved up' so well in other pats OF
the city.
| Contributions on Tap.
Another report of the road COMM. ties
confirmed the announcement by Mayor
Fern in The Advertiser that private
interests would help rebuild the Pail
road.
"Your committee has received sew
aral offers from private citizens TO con
tribute financially so as to asst in
this most needed improvement re
ported Chairman Petrie, "and will en-
deavor to raise sufficient amount
above the appropriation TO make the
Improvement permanent.
The committee asked for $4,000 fol
this road, which was allowed. Accord
ing to the committee report, the grea. 81
part of it will be spent in the koolau
poke district, which means the descend
ing section of the great elf road.
The road committee also reported tina
4 he loan fund commission had ordere
the contractor on the Heeia section VI
the belt road contract to substitut,
: asphalt for oil in the paving, aud Lhi
was accompl shing by reducing thu
macadam 500 feet over the first re
duction The committee recommends
that the city grade the balance at it
own expense.
Another item from the loan funt
commission stated that section o
the helt road, from Kipapa Gulch t.
the Waialua slope, had been accepte,
by the commission and that to get III
longest possible fe out of it it woul
he necessary for the supervisors +
keep it in constant repair.
Road Notes.
General Funston, commanding thi
department, addressed the board in
letter requesting permission to plac
a line of poles on the city streets cor
= Meeting Fort Armstrong with depart
8 mental headquarters.
The road committee asked for $40
6 to purchase a right of way at Kin
: street and Waikamilo road, and $25
{ TO widen Nuuanu avenue between Der,
tan'a and Kukui, both items being a
lowed.
John Marcallno informed, the boar
that some one hailSbuilt fence acros
. the sidewalk Of Fort street betwee
School and Vineyard streets. 1t wa
!. referred to committee
A resolution calling for $1,000 fo
maintenance Of roads, Honolulu, wa
y passed. sg-.5. ~ ,..,. 7.