Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-19

precedent to obtaining a license To
marry. and other statutes have been
passed providing for !. the steriliza-
tien OF persons Who b. reason OF COZ
firmsd criminaiity. insanity or other
reasons ought not 70 be permitted to
beget childTen Although some OF
these matters are still novel 70 many
and public sentiment may not Yet De
fqlly prepared for. some Of them. they
may rtheless Web be given care
full eonsldeTation- 81. .f
~ -. PUBLIC WORKS.
During tbs earlier years of my adj
mipistration pending financial read
justmeats, eomparatively little was
done in, public works. although these
included during that, period the great
er part Of the large NuuanN dam and
reservoir under q new contract, the
Kula pipe line, the Wailukp and Kai-
/ lua circuit court houses. the Mckinley
high SCHOOL many minor scaooi build
! ings, the large Alakea wharf she'd anG
other works. The present pienniai
period. however, is :, characterized by
nothing more than the extensive con-
strRctien of public works. Eor this,
purpose: there was made available
about Sk,5QQ. 600, approximately two
thirds. from loan moneys and one-third
from current revenues, nearly equally
divided between what might be deem
| cd tsrritqrial and What might be
deemed COUNTY public improvement
the latter being CONSTRUCTED in large
par, under the direction Of commits
siOps appointed by the governor, but
representative ,of both the territory
and the several counties. s,l,,,s
4 AT nc, point do the territory and
| the counties come Into. closer touch
with each other than N connection
with functions that were formerly and
/ are still to some extent exercised by
THE. department of public works. The
proper adjusting Of these relations
has been going on ever since the es-
Enlistment of county governments
and the task is not yet completed.
There are still many matters in regard
to which the respective powers and
duties should be more clearly defined.
Nkharxes and Harhors
Harbor lines have been fixed at
Hilo,- Kahulni and Pearl Harbor, as
they had been fixed previously at Ho-
nolulu. Much progress has. been.
made in the improvement of Honolulu
harbor by dredging; the Improvement
fof the harbors at Hilo and Kahului
| by dredging and the construction OF
fbreakwaters is well along; a project
has been made and recommended for
THE improvement of Nawiliwili har-
Dor Thus there are practically as
fsured at an early date well developed
terminal harbors for ocean steamers
on all of the principal islands, Salts
factory arrangements have been made
with private owners for the control of.
the water front at Kahului and Ma
lnukona. Many important wharves
have been constructed or are under
iconstruction at Honolulu, Hilo, Ka-
hului, Mahukona, Honuapo. Kihei. Ha-
nalei Waikane and less important
wharyes or landings have been con-
Istrueted or improved at many other
PLACES,
| The increase in erans-Pacifie COM
Emerce and its anticipated more rapid
increase upon the completion of the
Panama Canal makes imperative an
immediate increase in wharves at the
principal ports capable Of accommo-
dating large steamers and giving them
Fquick dispatch. : The last legislature
created harbor commission and gave
lit charge of wharf and harbor i'm
Iprevements. the regulation of their
fuse, superintendent of pilots and to
some extent the fixing of fees. This
has proved to be a wise piece of
Ilooiclation The ooy,oyo;co;ororc hove
taken hold of the work with energy
Iand enthusiasm. They have now laid
Tout. a comprehensive scheme for i'm
fproyements at Honolulu, Hilo and Ka,
hufui, which will require about ST.
SOC, 900. This, however, in connection
with amounts required for other pur-
poses. would involve too large an is,
Isuance of bonds at the present time
and probably could not all be expend-
Led satisfactorily during the coming
period therefore recommend that
the amount to be provided for at this
session be limited to approximately
81 100000. say, s750.000 for Honolulu.
100000 for Kahului and $250,090 for
HilO, the amount for Honolulu to in
elude the purchase of the marine rail
way property under condemnation
proceedings. This should be govern
ment property in any event but there
lis an additional reason for acquiring
ut now because it is under lease to
THE government at a small rental for
q long term but not sufficiently long
to justify the government in making
Expensive improvements upon it, I'm
der these circumstances it cannot be
put to Its best use. by either the
owner of the lessee and it probably
can be obtained at less cost now than
at any time hereafter. 1t is proposed
to construct wharEes hereafter more
largely of reinforced concrete, in order
to reduce the cost of maintenance,
which has been found to be extraordi-
nary in the case of wooden structures.
The entire wharf system should be
put on an independent self-sustain-
ing basis. somewhat as has been done
| in the case of the Honolulu water
and sewer work. At present. the
wharyes are financed in haphazard
way with no definite policy as to the