Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-03

Having already filed my nomination
papers, hereby publicly announce
myself as a candidate for the Repub
liean nomination as supervisor for this
city and county. 49,.
| As has been suggested in the public
! press that each candidate state his
qualifications and express himself or
municipal questions, l respectfully
submit the following, and solicit the
votes of the people at the coming
election.
have been identified with the bust.
ness interests of this city for the past
Is years have taken an active part
in the Republican party since its in
lception in this Territory | am a tax.
payer. l have, for the past 10 years,
been an active worker in local i'm.
proVement clubs, and in the work
have had intimate connection with the
municipal departments and their
workings. | believe from this expert
ence with local conditions, If elected
to serve on the Board of Supervisors,
! would be able to render service to
the taxpayer that would be of some
good, and ! pledge myself to an, eco.
nomical administration of municipal
business.
The municipal business for the next
few years requires that the Board of
Supervisors should be made up of
men familiar with conditions and with
experience in handling business prob.
lens, few of which are as follows:
CONSERVATION n aIa
roads. -:
Placing of the water and sewer sys.
TENS on a self-snstaining basis.
Proper care OF school buildings and
grounds.
Establishing public parks through.
out the city. in the congested sections,
and providing for their maintenance.
Establishing rest and comfort sta.
tons for the convenience of our tour
lists. =.
establishing and equipping an emer-
gency hospital -. - -.
installation Of proper and econom.
zeal system of maintaining the roads
of the city. :, 81. =. -,
believe t6ata good. roads are tf,e
BEST asset of the city-by good roads
mean roads that are built to stay and
constructed of such material as will
stand the traffic to which they NAV he
be subjected, and constructed along
scientlflc lines, SO that the under.
ground utilities can be taken care Of
without tearing up the main surface.
l believe in the just and equitable
application of the two-road improve.
ment acts, now on the statute books
ana If elected as supervisor will, to
the pest of my. ability, endeayor to
put the same into operation. "
believe in scientific anG eco
nomical system of road repair work
ana maintenance, and if elected To
serve on the board, shall do every
thing in my power to see that a pro.
per system of road maintenance is
adopted. id: ~. : - = 4
4 believe in clean city and that
every effort should be made by tbe|
Board of Supervisors to stamp out in.
sanitary conditions, and adopt sucb
rules and ordinances that will comneI
cleanliness and sanitation.
! l believe in an adequate noliee do.
partment to insure the safety of the
people of the city. @@s -,
! believe in an up-to-date fire de.
partment, and that the supervisors
should extend fire protection to ont.
side districts as soon as the finances
of the city will permit.
believe in maintaining nublic
parks for the benefit of the people
and that such places for rest and re.
creation should be opened up in con.
gested parts of our city. ..
A crying need OF. this city. from a
tourist resort point of view. is for
places of rest recreation and also
comfort stations. believe that com.
fort stations should be erected
throughout the city and that every
effort should be made at once by the
city and county government to estab.
lish these places. - |
Lack of space prevents me from
going further into municipal reouire. |
ments. -
Respectfully soliciting the votes OF |
the people, / stand for the efficient
and economical administration of mu.
n1cipal government business
Very truly yours.