The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-10-16
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On Eve Of Election Mcclellan and
seRacheeo peeIaFeFor Direct i
Frontage Tax
iMaHoa Valley proisci Vehicle For
Prediction That Statute
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(From Wednesday Adyertiser. }

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(From Wednesday Adyertiser)
If newspapers had ears, their ears
would have burnad yesterday noon
along with the ears of residents Of
Manoa Valley, for different members Of
tho board of supervisors at its meet,
ing ripped into the newspapers, the
frontage tax statute, residents Of Ma
noa Valley, and other things and per:
sons that ehaneed 10 cross their yerbal
way.
But az the bottom Of all the roast
ing and ripping, the frontage tax
statute was to be found the cause Of
the trouble, the verbose wrath and
ire of the board,
The supervisors. made a valiant Fl
fort to prove--or at least, to assert
that they were not opposed TO the
frontage tax measure; but that the
people Of the city as a whole were.
Mcclellan CARTS Excitement
Their movement in this direction
came near the close Of the meeting,
when Supervisor w H. Mcclellan rose
and declared that the newspapers had
done the board antiniustice; that both
The Advertiser and Star Bulletin had
misrepresented the attitude Of the
hoard,
This declaration was made lust after
the Introduction of and before tho
vote on an osdihance creating an i'm,
proyemcnt district for Manoa Valley
under the provisions Of the direct
\ frontage tax statute.
81 wish the vote on this ordinance
to be noted, = he said. 81 believe Il
win Be found that we all vote in ia
yor Of IL. We are not opposed TO thss
statute, as the papers represent. The
vote now win show that we are all in
favor Of it.''
A provision Is made in the creation
Of this district, which the Manoa Inn
& provement Club desires, for the fota,
ton of $275,O00 Of bonds to pay for
the new streets and paving in the dis
trirt. VII 81 N
Pacheco Has an Inning
GIVE want to show" declared 81.
pervisor Pacheco, experimenting SUI
pervisor Mcclellan 8 speech, F" that the
campaign .pf The Advertiser, and Star
Bu)lefin 10 seoad this board for not
blahing use otit the frontage tax sta,
tutes IL lnjnst-. We wish TO show be-
fore election that this improvement act
Ii not populaY5 and we wish to show.
itis,ifqt popular in Just the district
where IL should be popular.
q N 81 tea YOU now, this Manoa pro
ieet win be Knocked in the head. The
people won Z, pay for the work. And
IL they wont stand for the act In Ma
Boa, what about the, other districts OF
the cityi In this district the act GER
tainly should be supported, yet ! am
tola On good authority that II viii be
thrown down. aa
ESFBe board has meyer been opposed
to the frontage tax idea, On the
contrary, II has been in favor of il IN
those cases whero the property owners
come in and ask for improvements un-
dpr IL.
Calls Papers Distructionists
t'eBlt The Advertiser and Star. But
letin have made ~ appear in another
light. The local papers viii never
give this board or any board q square
deal, Thcg are destrpctionists.
+ttWhep / came into Office ! was OPP
posed to a municipal paper. But if !
am reelected to Office, ] promise you
l. shall advocate the establishment of
sneh paPor. ~ IA
A vote, was taken on the Manoa i'm
proventent ordinance when he finished
speaking 1t passed without dis
senting vote. g. II
The streets ipcludod in the new dis.
triet ARE Oahu avenue, Jones street,
Vancouver highway, Parker and Arm
strong street, Kaala avenue, Hume.
VOL street and Kamehameha avenue,
Male Nay, Hyde street. Damon street, |
Athertop Toad, Lanihuli drive, Bees
street, Lion rise, Kauhina and Hill, |
side, East Manoa road, Manoa roaG,
Oahu avenue extension, Ferdinand, |
AdOlph aud Terrace streets, Sea View
tract road and Cooper road. t,.f
Psuahi Street Extension
w. Walters addressed eommunica-
tion 10 the board on the proposition o. /
extending Pauahi street through TO
Union He stated that he was con,
templating erecting n two-story build.
ing on his property in Union street,
and was anxions TO know if this street
extension, long talked of, was to be
carried out. ts,f
Z II. r., Wood, as secretary Of the Ha-
waii promotion COMMITTEES, wrote the
board congratulating II on the work
being done at Kapiolani Park and uTg-
ing that II be carried on. ~.
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