Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-31
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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, consenting to continue
as secretary until next meeting: c.
w. Ashford. president; r. r. Reidford,
vice-president; - F. Clark. treasurer;
Ed Towse and H. ]. 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 time previous,
however, your president had acted
as head Of the Organization. In the
absence of his predecessor. Since the
annual meeting two general meetings
Of Oahu Central Comm..see have been
held, which Is somewhat better than
THE record made prior TO reorganiza-
ton about five years ago, Of two
years without any messing. Several
meetings of the executive committee
have been held at which important
business was transacted, tending to
promote interest in the main purpose
iof making Honolulu clean and beaIti-
lful.
Cleanup Day.
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
lcOmmittee, instead of recommending
| the project to the general body, 1t
was arranged to put the matter up to
the constituent bodies This was done
lby means Of a circular, in which the
arguments for and against q cleanup
/ day were irnpaTtially stated Answers
received showed majority OF the
clubs in favor of the observance, the
Merchants Association opposed to il
and the Chamber Of Commerce silent.
With regard to the Chamber Of Com.
merce. 1t may be said that its direc-
tors in meeting favored the PROPOSE
ton, but referred it to their sanitary
committee, which was the last heard
Of it The president OF the board of
health had cordially assured the exec
ntive that the board would heartily
cooperate with the citizens I'M clean
tup day, saying that many cities on
the mainland were keeping up the OBJ
servance Owing to the lack of inan.
Unity In the community, however, the
executive took no further action.
Hog Ranches.
At the instance Of the Kapahum I'm.
provement Club. the question of abDl-
ishing hog ranches in residence sec.
tions was considered, and a commit.
ltee consisting Of C. w. Ashford, Percy
NJ Pond and Willis T. Pope was ap.
pointed to prepare an ordinance, for
submission to the board Of supervi.
sors, for abating the nuisance in ques-
lion. Mr.. Ashford kindly consented
to do the drafting, but before he had
made progress beyond preliminary
study one of the Kapahuln movers
asked that the matter pc 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 a delicate one. A high legal au.
thorfty was reported as stating that
similar laws had been declared void
by courts elsewhere Moreover. the
principal hog Taisers of the complain.
ing district had formed an organiza-
fion, which was resisting not only in.
reference with this industry but OBJ
posing public improvements for which
pie. a largely signed counter petition
was presented to the supervisors
against certain road construction for
which the club had petitioned. Late
~, however, the club has come to the
conclusion that the sanitary regula-
tions are not adequate for the pur.
pose desired. Therefore, it has ia.
structed its delegation to this body
to resume efforts for having an orri-
nance passed on the subject. and con-
seQuently this has been placed on the
special sorder sof 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 free
garbage system for Honolulu was con-
sidered. After the. subject was intro
duced by the president -who 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 whichs had been beginning
made Of free service in certain sub
urbs with an auto-tFnck, which had
since been abandoned as to its gratu.
itous nature but continued on a pay
hasis able addresses were delivered
by Hon. George r. Carter. Hon. A. f.,
Judd, Yice-president Ashford. DR.
! Pratt president of the board OF
health, and Gen. ]. H. Soper. with
added remarks by others. The result
was the following resolution. moved