Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-16
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urer preceded the installation OF new
officers at the meeting of Waialae,
KaImuld and Palolo improvement
Club. Treasurer Melanphy gave a
complete exhibit OF the finances.
showing. after liberal expenditures
for the good of the district-such as
for q piano for Liliuokalani school,
benches for band concerts, float in
Floral Parade, eta balance in the
bank Of sl0746. -, -
President Church read an exhaus-
tive report of the years work, telling
OF public improvements completed
and Initiated. II mentioned the in
staliation of the Lincoln tablet and
the, piano In the schoolhouse, the
float in the Floral Parade, the in
crease of street lights. the addition
al water supply from the installation
OF an electric pump in the Pahoa sta
ton and the construction of the Pa
Iolo reservoir, with it's pipe supply
from the mountain springs, and the
grading OF LiIiuokalani school
grounds. Efforts made TO induce the
Kings Daughters to build their home
on the site they had obtained on
Waialae road were mentioned, as was
also the issuance of handsome
boosting pamphlet through the cour-
tesy OF the Hawaiian Gazette Com.
pany, In his concluding remarks,
along with a reference to the pros.
pect Of rapid transit extension upon
the expected approval Of the com
pany,s new franchise by Congress,
Mr. Church delivered the following
vigorous sentiments on the road
question:
Unlike my predecessor / cannot
say that thousands of dollars have
been spent during the past year by
the government in improving the dis
trict. While during the past year the
fire station has been completed, mo
large work has been started and, as
the district is well taken care OF so
far as water and lights are concerned,
il is not probable that any great
amount OF money will be needed or
asked for along this line. Il is an old
saying that community cannot
stand still, IL must progress or go
backwards. To my mind, the all i'm
portant. subject requiring our united
efforts in the near future is that Of
roads and sidewalks. During the
past year our road committee has
done splendid work and secured from
The board OF supervisors all that
could reasonably. have been expected
under our present system of govern
mept The time, in my Judgment, is
past. however, for theorizing and liv.
ing contentedly with the hope that
a paternal government can and will
build splendid streets and sidewalks
without direct expense to the prop
erty owner. We are facing a situa-,
tion that must be met and at the rate
we are travelling we will have a less
number OF miles of good streets one
year hence than at present, unless the
so-called frontage tax and sidewalk
laws, as wisely enacted by the last
legislature, are put into force
throughout the district. Formerly
this club would at frequent intervals
discuss what particular streets we
would ask the board of supervisors, to
build for us next. The question now
seems to be, IL we want results, what
streets will we build next? In my
Judgment when the day arrives that
the residents Of some section Of this
district appear before the board of
supervisors and petition that the
frontage tax be put into effect cover
ing said section, the most important
event in the progress and upbuilding
of the district will have occurred,
With some agreeable ceremony Of
his own deyising, Mr.. Church in
stalled the OFFICERS for the current
year as follows, the new president
on taking his place making an elo-
quent speech in which he solicited
the cooperation of his brother OIL
GERS, the new COMMITTEES and the
membership for the good of the dis
trict: President, j. H. Fiddes; vice
president, G. s. Crane; secretary,
Daniel Logan; treasurer, Edmund f.
Melanphy;; directors, Thomas M.
Church, g. II. Tuttle, Walter A. Broni.
ley, Emil A. Berndt and William r,
Poster
IN the course OF routine business
reports of progress were made by
various committees, and the presi-
dent named standing committees for