Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-09
WRITES
|. Of some NEEDED
Supervisor ELECT Scores Anti.
Mosquito Campaign, kewaIo
Project and Other Things


administration must be m sde in future
Supervisorelect William Larsen has
made the first detailed statement at
tffbuted TO any of the, city fathers
chosen, last month to run the munich
! pa1ity forathe next two years.
Supervisor Larsen's ideas are SET
! forth in the following letter to the
: star Bulletin:
] Mr.. Editor:
| I'm all communities 1t is customary
! for bodies Of men to get together for
the purpose of remedying and sug'
costing remedies for the infirmities of
all public utilities. In many cases,
however, they aim not to benefit all
the people but to further the interests,
! comfor and pleasures of a few.
81 have lived a long time and have
seen many queer things, ana. being of
a studious deposition, / have prOtited
| b. the faults and mistakes OF others.
am therefore never overawed by the
appareat superior knowledge of some
| would-be, dictators of public policies,
nor have ever been surprised at the
accomplishments o. some OF our bet
ter citizens who would also pose as
the expohents of better result, s by bet.
., ter servants In many of the latter
class are to be found individuals ut.
fterly lacking in practical experience
and a concise knowledge of our local
affairs. Others are to be found who
are unable to suggest any sort Of a
remedy for the wanton extravaganza
of our. public officials in the disburs-
ing of the peoples money, but the
greater number can be found on The
fside Of absolute ignorance of the wants
and hopes of the poor excepting per.
haps the few that have been actually
appealed to for charity.
LET me explain:
s"As the result of the idea of an
obscure medical man at that time re-
siding In our midst, our idle rich were
told how things were done in Panama,
but instead of standing pat and hiring
81 few more competent health inspec-
tors properly instructed and qualified
to impsrt Information for the eradica-
ton OF the troublesome mosquito, what
did they do? They entered, the prem
lists OF every resident of the city and
By force destroyed their trees and
plants, scattering poison at random
carrying destruction to fowls; etc. This
little trick cost the government a
lot Of money and endless odinm
upon the officials of the board Of
health has been the result. but the
joker is the mosquito himself, he is
right here with speckled legs and all.
The kewaIo Reclamation. -:
THE curtain next rises upon the
KkwalO reclamation farce comedy. Be.
fore making too much noise about this
] freely admit that several places,
plague spots, as the Advertiser calls
theme needed filing in, but the hoIus
bolns reclamation stunt had its incep-
ton In the brain of a. high official who
saw a big job ahead for dredging
company that he felt fayorablys to-
wards. The company fell down when
the bids were opened, however, and Of |
course; that lets the official out of it !,
but the very audacity exer- ,
cised and allowed in changing and set
ting arbitrary grades, and the process
Of destruction to homes and fences in !,
the carrying out of the scheme is 4,
standing disgrace to the public Off
Gals of the territory, even though
by the legislature and the
of the people concerned
speaks volumes for that section of our
population when 1t TRANSFERRED that by /
The nature and character OF the work
done they had practically lost their
Ill -beautiful gardens, fowls, fences
and fruit trees. All the more, so when
Fou stop to consider that on rainy 1
lays the streets that were have been
into quagmires of white,
slippery, greasy mud Take a ride
Town that way some Of these rainy
lays and see the results OF the work
If some of our much praised public J,
officials. -.
That Self Road. ;. ...... T
The next inning finds the govern
nent much engaged with the belt road s
section 1--Koolaupoko ,distrfct-that
beautiful nothing that cost $4,000 per
nile. No one has as yet been able
o place the responsibility for this
lasco, but the fact remains that 1t
vas either the engineer, the commits
ion, the contractor, but perhaps It was
he whole. combination that Numbered.
Know this, that I'VE inches Of macad.
m ION q clay fill will not hold up
nything, SO / blame the engineer fort
'rDposfng It and then the commission
It, presuming of course
hat they were practical enough to
tiowathat soft red mud Is not the
tuff to lay anything on that costs
is 900 q mile. n ~
Now / am going to tell you why
ave written this harangue. The IA !
ofite target for the newspapers has
lways been the board of supervisors,
o just wanted to show that other
igher ups were just as bad, and worse
s matter of fact for the reason that
hey are paid salaries big enough to
ct men that should not be making !
UGH costly blunders, and am going
} give you some more later on. II
tactical Roadwork.
"As- / have just been elected to I
erye the people as a servant and per- !
APPS the newspapers as target, and
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