Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-04
IN OTHER
DEPARTMENTS MAY SOLVE
PROBLEM OF GOOD ROADS
Question of Highways Discuss
ed From Every Angle by
Board of Supervisors
Large Sum Needed for the
Work-WoIter Would Do
nate Salary:

Roads--how to build them, where
20 get the money, what can be done
with them under the direct frontage
tax, what policy can be established by
the board In improving roads under
The ststute--were points discussed at
length last night at the meeting OF the
supervisors.
Suggestions for the radical. over
hauling OF the different departments,
in the spirit OF economy, were made
and agreed to, and Supervisor. Wolter
even Suggested that the city fathers
pay over their official salaries 20 the
municipality for the benefit OF the
Ioad-improying fund. .....,
IL was the BURNING problem OF
roads that occupied the supervisors
from the beginning to the end of the
meeting. Time and again, prompted
by one cause and another, the subject
arose to be discussed from a new
angle
City Engineer Whitehouse submit
ted a report on the road-work done
for the month in the outer districts, q
report showing q great deal OF work
done but a great deal more remaining
TO be done, and crying for attention.
Representatives from the Kaimuki I'm.
provement Club, A. F. Clark and 7. M.
Church. appeared and urged the SUI
peryisors TO agree on fixed, equit
able and workable policy to be car
ried out IN road improving under the
direct frontage tax.
Launch Desirable in kaimukl.
They pleaded for their roads at Kai.
muki. They dared the city fathers to
risk life or limb by riding over them,
end intimated that launch was q
more suitable conveyance at some
places on the roads than vehicle.
They said that until such a policy as
they ask for is adopted. citizens will
not come forward, under the priyision
OF the act, and ask for improvements
with the county short OF funds, and,
with the probability to face that there
viii be less tax receipts than esti-8
mated. and with the roads in the city
IN an admittedly bad condition, Su
nervlsof Peirie declared that the only
way the situation can be successfully
met Is BY the different departments
cooperating with the road committee.
and giving over to 1t appropriations
made in their favor In this way, he
said between $40 600 and $4,000 could
De realized. This money, set aside for
different purposes to different depart
ments is out Of reach of the committee
at present.
Following up this suggestion. Super
visor Pacheco made a motion that all
denartment heads be instructed tt
submit at once list Of their employees
their salaries, and the list with.
amounts OF all appropriations made.
81 thing il is time for this board to
get together on some money-sayine
nIan for the benefit of the roads,
eaid Pacheco. "This is really a very
serious matter. II is probable that
the figures considered in making up
the new budget win be short Treas,
crer Conkling has informed us thai
the rate of taxes may not be as high
as expected. It is high time for a
general retrenchment policy. I there
Tore move that every department be
ordered TO submit a list of salaries OF
all employees, the appropriations made
for the departments, etc"
Need More Revenue for Roads.
1--WE must work 70 have more reVe-
nue. for the roads" declared Supervi-
sor Petrie. 1--WE all know their, condi-
ton; know the howl being made. We
need more money. If we could get
the department heads together per
haps they would try and help us out
IL is economy on their part that we
need. If we could induce them to CO
operate with us, they would be. will
ing perhaps to give US some OF their
appropriations.
Ii was here that Supervisor Wolter
jumped up, kokua-ing everything said,
and recommending that the supervis-
ors give their six months salary to
the road department as earnest for
their determination to make Honolu-
LUIS thoroughfares better, His sug-
gestion was not endorsed, though
they left 1t open to him to pay over
his own salary to the cause.
The representatives of the Kaimu
Ri Improvement Club spoke near the
close of the meeting. They pointed
out the absolute necessity for defin-
lite and uniform policy to be adopted
10y ChS OoaIu III IO1N WIN
THE roads at Kaimuh are in an
extremely bad condition. But it is
safe to say that the residents there
Gor anywhere else in the city for that
matter) are not willing to have this
work done under the direct frontage
tax unless the board adopts a policy,
such as the one We have sugs ested.
If you are going to pave one street
entirely at the expense of the munich
pality, and another at the expense of
the property owners, you may rest as
sured that the property owners will
not support you in the work" said
Mr.. Church.
They expect you to treat all alike
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