Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-24
BISHOP STREET
CONTINUATION
nov ASSURED
Enthusiastic Mass Meetin
Gives Endorsement to Bio
Improvement

Gives Endorsement to Big
! Improvement
With the strong majority boost
every inch OF the way, ready to j
their part or do their share forAt
Improvement OF Honolulu, the piit
meeting held by the supervisorshsl
night on the extension OF Bishop feel
was rewarded with success.
At the next meeting of the servi.
sors q resolution Will be introdfd by
Lester Petrieachairman OF threads
committees TO whom credit given
for starting the project, rec1g that
Bishop street Is to be openef through
to Beretaria, and setting I'll assess
ment district therefor.
The district which will blr the ex-
pense Of this work will gin at
point 100 feet mauka ofBeretania,
thence at right angles tohe Waikiki
side Of Fort street, thencAt right an
giles. to the waterfront. tJnce at right
angles to Alakea street. q point 100
feet nnauka of Berefan and to the
point of beg
This wa "a reached by
the massm ght. assembled
in the sur Jmbers. munich
pal buildil rising vote It
was decided a.. extension should
be made and thatSe district should
be bounded as give above.
BHt Two Objection Heard
Only two objecpns to the project
we're heard. one hme from VIM. H,
McInerny, who CLEARED that he saw
40 reason FOR undertaking at this
ime; the otherfrom Judge Monsar-
at, who endoTfd the statement Of
dcInerny. 10 Z sure there were 9th
rs not in fav Of the project If the
assessment aprict for the work only
the he block Father VAL
Min, speakig for the Catholic mis-
ion, which Ens 80 per cent of the
In he block. stated that the
mission VOID oppose the undertaking
Mess the Assessment district were
anger fhaIa block: If larger, it would
E in faRp of it.
AS sgthst McInerny and s,al,ssfy
Ions efnnFas slllssss ifa throughout theli
eetfne Ed. Towse, Guy Gere, James
Iakefild, r. r. Reidford, who sec-
,ded me enthusiasnls for the work /
a ~ w. Chamberlain. A numberi
oter persons spoke offering sug
,stjns,, mostly relating to the lines
I he district. They were Super.
IL Wolter J q Steiner, Mayor
ia and Albert Waterhouse.
Mayor Fern presided at the meet
and Supervisor Petrie called up
the speakers and argued his view,
the different points which arose.
the opening OF the meeting he was
ongly in favor Of fhaving the dis
ct only comprise the block Of Bere
Tia, Fort, Hotel and Emma, but
en- Father Valentin game notice
the missions objection to such a /
all district, heSabandoned his dis
Ct idea and called for suggestions.
reement Is Reached.
Soon an agreement was reached,
ich was reduced to the form of a
solution as given below.
Resolved, that, it is the sense Of
s meeting that the extension of I
shop street be made forthwith by
J supervisors, and that the assess
mt district for such extension be
follows From 100 feet mauka of |
retania to Fort and the waterfront,
.Alakea and thence to a point 100 /
i nauka Of Beretania to the point
commencement,
The suggestion of opening Pauahi |
tn Bishop street and putting the /
o in one district was given up on !
: advice of P. j. Weaver, first
putty city and county attorney. Ini
ice of that it was agreed to open
shop street for the block, and ex-
I'd it makaiward later. In this con-
elton, Campbell stated that the
operty needed to run the street to
3 waterfront was owned by the goY-i
nment and leased out, but that the
Use would soon expire. He stated
at he was reasonably sure that the
rritory would turn this property
er to the city without charge when
e lease expired. 81. .f.s's.
The value of the meeting last night
not only estimated by the value to
onoluIu of the opening of Bishop
rect, but It brought forth many val
d suggestions on street opening in
neral. AS an instance, the ques-
IN, applied generally, of what shall
institute q district was agreed upon.
lmpbell laid down the rule as to q
strict in the following way:
IAN assessment district for street
,ening should be made to cover all
e property benefited by the OPEN
g Of the street. ~ y. ~.
This rule, he says, should apply uni
srsally. >.
Under Act 81, being proceeded I'm.