The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-04-10
RAP system.
OF GARBAGE
COLLECTION
Research Club Also Suggests sys-
tenn Of Public Dance Pavilions
in Parks and Adjustment Of
Private Dance Halls ~ Claim
Extravagant Waste in Conduct
Of Health and Inspection Bu-
reaus.

OF Health and Inspection Bu-
reaus. Z
Scorching arraignment of the existing
garbage collection system; plans for a
city beautiful and civic center and
dancing payilions in the city parks to
replace the private dance hall were
among the incidents aud discussions at
the meeting last night Of the Municipal
Research Club.
4 At the session also, Albert Water.
house, president, announced that he had
been appointed acting president Of the
board Of agriculture and forestry and
was granted a vacation of four months.
A. +. Judd announced that the city
plan committee has engaged Professor
Keller TO study the city with a view
to laying out comprehensive improve
ment plan. Serving without pay the
club will pay his expenses Two maps
are IN preparation, one OF the necessary
new streets aud one Of the central part
Of the city. Nj
On motion of q. +. Bush the regular
meetings OF the club were changed to
month.
Rev. A. A. .Ebersole and w. S. Bowen
Tere appointed a dance hall and re-
llfeation resort committee TO carry out
she suggestions contNhed in Ebersole's
sePort as ehairnhn OF the parks and
play grounds committee He recommend
"a that public dancing pavilions be
Jnilt in Ahla Park, Kakaako, Atkinson
Park and one IA Kalihi, and that the
hawaiian band play at each regulafly
svefy Aedis. ssef.hen closg. All the nj.
gate dance balls and You win rid fbe
ity OF one Of the worst evils now ex-
sting in this city, lie said.
Wants More Play Grounds.
''It is a fundamental principle in an
social reforms that when YOU abolish
my Kind Of social recreation becahse
lf the evil it fosters you should Fat
he same time see TO IL that some other
torn Of recreation shull be substituted
or II in which the objectionable fea-
.nres are eliminated. / can conceive
II no more practical aid that this club
ould give to the Juvenile Court In its
fort TO suppress wrong-doing among
he youth Of the city than TO devise
some means or suggest some plan by
which more play grounds. should be
opened in our city and the right kind
Jf supervision should be secured 70 have
barge of these Fairgrounds.
FWe are working on the wrong end
Jf the problem when we spend money
@ conduct the Juvenile Court and keep
Il work probation officers to catch the
ulprits when they have gotten into
mischief, bring them into court, andsat
he expense OF time aud money try TO
set them TO mend their ways. We owe
: to the boys and girls growing up
in the poorer sections Of our city to
make it Just as easy for them to be
sngaged in wholesome recreation as IL
now natural for them to gather in
5angs on street corners or in and about
deserted buildings and connive some
levilry. The city Of Honolulu is very
much behind the times in this respect
and for one should like to take an
tctiye part in seeing what can be done
Ind that right soon 70 remedy this cry
ing need
w. s. Bowen read the report Of the
special committee on public health and
as follows
''This report has been prepared via
the way Of personal relationships,
finance being secondary in considera-
tion. We felt that points OF personal
contact would reveal efficiency or the
reverse more rapidly, and time was
necessary item for consideration.
At the end Of this report we have
submitted the annual reports Of the
Garbage Department and the Indigent
Sick, and also a copy OF the recently
amended City and County Budget
In comparing the years 1919 and
1913, we find that there was greater
unexpended balance at the end OF 1918
than 1912, but this is not really to the
credit Of the department, ms the appfo-
priation was larger for 1918. II Is 10
their credit, however, that they actu-
ally spent less money by slG9. 80 than
last year, aud also increased their col.
leetions by $3Gss .s5. These facts are
decidedly praiscworthy. On the other
hand, i seems TO as plainly ridiculous
to furnish a department with a budget
Item $l349 02 more than IL needs and
thus remove the incentive TO become
eflieient IN the matter Of collect ons.
For 1913 the figures are: Appropria.
tion, $25,4s9.75; Disbursements, sea.
l4Q. 49, $l3i9.3 unexpended balance.
Disbursements, S2l, LAO. 43; receipts,
Sl7,OSA 90; $7054. So deficit, or. an ay.
erage Of $l9.32 pcr day.
Changes Are Suggested.
''lf the appropriation had been $4,000
instead of $25,4s9,75, IL seems to us
reasonable TO suppose that there might
have been an additional increase in
collections for this year of say $4,000.
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