Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-31
FRONTAGE TAX QUESnONDISCUSSfD
BEFORE OAHU CENTRAL COMMITTEE

of obtaining such legislation as may
be required and viii stand constitu,
tional tests"
Officers for the ensuing year ex.
eepting the secretary were elected as
follows. G. G. Guild, who has served
three years, conserving to continue
as secretary until next meeting: G.
W. Ashford, president; r. r. Reidford,
Hce-president: :. F. Clark. treasurer:
Ed Towse and II. ]. Aud, directors;
these all forming the executive com.
mittee
| Before the transaction Of the spe-
cial business of the evening the re-
firing president read the following re-
port of the past term:
| " Honolulu, March 80, 1914.
Your present executive has been in
office but 10 months, last annual
meeting having been he'd two months
behind time. For some ;:ma previous,
however, your president had acted
as head Of the organization. in the
absence OF his predecessor. Since the
4 annual meeting two S7aeral meetings
Of Oahu Central Committee have been
held, which is somewhat better than
the record made prior 20 reorganiza-
ton about five years ago. of two
years without any mee..ng. Several
meetings of the executive committee
have been held at which important
business was transacted, tending to
lpromote interest in the main purpose
of making Honolulu clean and beauti-
| full.
cIean.up oay.
/ At one of the executive committee
meetings the question of holding
another, which would have been the
third, cleanup day, was considered.
Owing to division of opinion in the
committee, instead Of recommending
the project to the general body, it
was arranged to put the matter up to
the constituent bodies. This was done
by means of circular, in which the
arguments for and against cleanup
day were impartially stated Answers
received showed majority of the
clubs in favor of the observance, the
Merchants Association opposed to II
and the Chamber of Commerce silent
With regard to the Chamber of Com.
fmerce, it may be said that its direc-
tors in meeting favored the PROPOSE
/ ton, but referred IL to their sanitary
committee, which was the last heard
Of it. The president OF the board OF
health had cordially assured the exec.
utive that the board would, heartily
cooperate with the citizens in clean
tpp day, saying that many cities on
the mainland were keeping up the OBJ
servance. Owing to the lack of unan.
unity in the community, however, the
executive took no further action.
Hog Ranches.
At the instance of the Kapahulu I'M
provement Club, the question of abol.
fishing hog ranches in residence sec
tons was considered, and commit!
tee consisting of C. w. Ashford, Percy
NJ. Pond and Willis T. Pope was APP
pointed To- prepare an ordinance, for
submission to the board of supervi.
sors, for abating the nuisance in ques-
tion. Mr. Ashford kindly consented
| to do the drafting, but before he had
made progress beyond preliminary
study. one of the Kapahulu movers
asked that the matter De left in abey-
ance for while, as there appeared
to be some hope Of relief through the
regulations of the board of health,
which requires hog ranches to be san
itary IN all respects. Owing to the
constitutional rights OF property, the
movers were advised, the question
was delicate one A high legal au.
thority was reported as stating that
similar laws had been declared void
by courts elsewhere. Moreover, the
principal hog raisers of the complain
ing district had formed an organize
ton, which was resisting not only in
reference with this industry but op-
posing public improvements for which
the club was working AS an exam.
pie, largely signed counter petition
was presented to the supervisors
against certain road construction for
which the club had petitioned. Late
iy, however, the club has come to the
conclusion that the sanitary regula.
tons are not adequate for the pur-
i pose desired Therefore, it has In
structed its delegation to this body
to resume efforts for having an ordi.
nance passed on the subject, and con-
sequently this has been placed on the
special order of business for this
meeting.
The Garbage Question.
At one of the most representative
general meetings held in the past two
years, seven Improvement clubs being
/ represented. the question of a free
garbage system for Honolulu was con-
sidered. After the subject was intro
duced by the president-wh recalled
the fact that this body had urged up.
on the previous board of supervisors.
about Is months before, the desir.
ability of free garbage collection, a
result of which had been a beginning
made of free service in certain sub.
Hrbs with an auto-truck, which had
since been abandoned as to its gratu.
itous nature but continued on a pay
basis-a able addresses were delivered
by Hon. George r. Carter, Hon. A. f..
Judd, Vice-president Ashford, Dr..
/ Pratt. president of the board OF
health, and Gen. J. II. Soper, with
added remarks by others. The result
was the following resolution, moved
| by B. Won Damn and seconded by Mr..