Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-09
Larsen WRITES
/. Of SOME NEEDED
IMPROVEMENTS
Supervisor eIect Scores Anti
Mosquito Campaign, KewaIo
Project and Other Things

| superintendent william Larsen ha!
! made the first detailed statement at
tributed to any OF the city fathers
chosen last month to run the munich
pality for the next two years.
Supervisor I-arsen's ideas are sci
forth in the following letter to the
| Star-Bulletin:
Mr. Editor:
In all communities il is customary
for bodies Of men to get together fol
, the purpose of remedying and sug
costing remedies for the infirmities OF
all public utilities. In many cases
/ however, they aim not to benefit all
the people but to further the interests
comforts and pleasures Of a few.
( Il have lived a long time and have
seen many queer things, ana, being OF
a studious disposition, I have protited
/ by the faults and mistlkes of others
j am therefore never over-awed by the
apparent superior knowledge Of some
| Would-be dictators Of public policies
nor have | ever been surprised at the
accomplishments o. some OF our bet
ter citizens who would also pose as
the opponents of better results by bet
ter servants In many OF the latter
class are to be found individuals ut
. terly lacking in practical experience
and a concise knowledge of our local
affairs. Others are to be found who
/, are unable to suggest any sort or a
remedy for the wanton extravaganza
Of our public officials in the disburs-
ing Of the peoples money, but the
greater number can be found on the
side of absolute ignorance Of the wants
and hopes of the poor excepting per-
haps the few that have been actually
appealed to for charity.
Let ME explain:
70 LAS the result Of the idea Of an
obscure medical man at that time re-
siding in our midst, our idle rich were
told how things were done in Panama,
but instead of standing pat and hiring
a few more competent health inspec-
tors properly instructed and qualified
to impart information for the eradica-
ton of the troublesome mosquito, what
did they do? They entered the prem
lists of every resident of the city and
by force destroyed their trees and
plants, scattering poison at random
carrying destruction to fowls, ETC. This
little trick cost the government a
lot of money and endless odium
upon the officials of the board Of
health has been the result, but the
joker is the mosquito himself, he is
right here with speckled legs and all.
The keWaIo Reclamation.
. 1.-THE curtain next rises upon the
Kewalog reclamation farce comedy. Be-
fore making too much noise about this
I freely admit that several places
plague spots as the Advertiser calls
them needed filling in, but the hoIus
bolus reclamation stunt had its incep-
ton IN the brain OF a high official who
saw ii big. job ahead for a dredging
company that he felt faVorably to-
wards The company fell down when
the bids were opened, however, and of
course that, lets the official out Of 1t
financially; but the very audacity exer-
cised and allowed in changing and set
ting arbitrary grades, and the process
OF destruction to homes and fences in
the carrying out of the scheme is a.
standing disgrace to the public off.
cials Of the territory, even though
by the legislature and the
of the people concerned
speaks volumes for that section of our
population when it TRANSFERRED that by
the nature and character OF the work
done they had practically lost their
gardens, fowls, fences
and fruit trees. All the more so when
you stop to consider that on rainy
days the streets that were have been
into quagmires OF white,
slippery, greasy mud, Take a ride
down that way some Of these rainy
days and see the results of the work
Of some Of our much praised public
That Belt Road.
: aaThe next inning finds the govern !
ment much engaged with the belt road !
section f-Koolaupoko district-that
beautiful nothing that cost $4,000 per i
nile No zone has as yet been able
10 place the responsibility for this
iasco, but the fact remains that it
vas either the engineer, the commits
1tOIl, Tie COHLIdCIOT, Jul pCtuoES IL "oS :
HE whole combination that Numbered.
know this, that five inches of macad-
i'm on clay fill will not hold up
so i blame the engineer for /
II and then the commission
or allowing. it, presuming of course
hat they were practical enough to
rnow that soft red mud is not the
Ituff to lay anything on that costs
10000 mile.
'.Now / am going to tell you why
AYE written this harangue. The IA .
rorite' target for the newspapers has
Ilways been the board of supervisors,
% / just wanted to show that other
Iigher ups were just as bad, and worse
s a matter of fact for the reason that
hey are paid salaries big enough to
ret men that should not be making
uch costly blunders, and am going
D give you some more later on.
Roadwork. !,
..As have just been elected to
erve the people as a servant and per-
APPS the newspapers as a target. and
a + know with nv practical knowl-