Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-14
AUGUST IA, 1914
THE BUSINESSMAN AND HIS CITY

Suggesting five subjects for detailed study by
the public health committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, Senator A. +. Judd, who by reason
Of intelligent and energetic work is the leading
exponent of better sanitation for Honolulu,
urges the following:
THE mater ial now available for the coming
board Of supe ryisors does not to that
quality OF lea dershp which the municipality needs
II is reasona BILE to believe however, that the new
board of sup ervsors will prove to be receptive of
all practical ideas for the betterment of the city.
II these ideas can be formulated in program for
-,rniciDal eff lrt by the chamber of and
have behind them the wholehearted support of the
business community, they can, with an awakened
public conscience the subject, be put into force
II respectfully urge that your committee under
take study OF these five subjects by observation
the ground, feeling certain that such study will
convince the committee OF the reality OF the prob
lem at once. Armed with knowledge obtained at
first hand AMI convinced of the necessity, the
mittee can spsak with authority. The supervisors
Will welcome the plans matured by the committee,
for such plans win be worked out by business men
In practical form
The five subjects he suggests for study are
l. New roads, some especially to cut up vet
agricultural areas in the city.
?. Clean and cheap water.
3. Sewage disposal and storm water disposal
4 Waste disposal
D Municipal ways and means
Such study as Senator Judd suggests would
be extremely valuable if only for its education
Of the businessmen Of Honolulu to better
realization of some Of Honolulu's needs
The press Of business life inevitably sep
arates the busy man from civic affairs. He may
be member Of several public committees but
he gives comparatively little time to "feld-
work rof the kind in which Senator Judd speci-
allies personal inspection of physical condi
TONS in every nook and corner Of the city.
But even such study sin the field will lose
half OF its value unless it results in action
definite. driving action to remedy evil eondi
|icns Three years ago Governor Frear named
4 sanitary commission, of which George X. Car
ter Was chairman. This commission, made up
81 experts III sanitation, medicine, engineering
and allied branches, spent many months IN pre-
pairing one Of the most comprehensive and con-
.|Iocfife reports ever lnade on conditions IN
Honolulu The report was presented to the
governor and so far as has been heard since,
hat was the end OF it. A great opportunity for
'.fotine the people of the city was lost Some
'.I should have been evolved, as this paper
'| at the time to place before the citizens In a
.|Ielul and systematic way the results of the
...nissiol''s admirable work
<cnafor Judd is right in urging study for the
|1mber Of Commerce If the Chamber fol-
.1s this With campaign for putting the re-
suits Of that study before the residents of the
.'|f. Honolulu will move much faster toward
.1nitaly Improvements and a realization that a
progressive American city should be not only
sanitary but beautiful.