The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-02-02
OFF|C|ALS MAKE
inspection OF
Highway NEEDS
$780,
Mayor, Supervisors, City Engineer
and 0vetseer Visit Various
Portions Of City
WORK IS BEGUN ON .s +
PAIL ROAD REPAIRS
Waialae-Waiamea and 0luso
Buns Show Names Of NUM-
cipal Job Holders 5g,

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That the new city administration Is
sincere in its promises to begin street
and road Improvement without any un-I
necessary delay Il attested BY the fact
that the municipal officials directly IA
charge Of this work are willing to work
Sundays 10 get as early start as pos
sible. "
Early yesterday morning Mayor
Lane, Chairman Quinn and supervisor
AHA Of the road committee, u. NJ.
Wliitehouse, who becomes city engineer
today, and Charles clark, who Is Mayor
Lanes and Engineer whitehouse s
selection for road oyerseer for the HO-
nolnlu district, started out on an auto;
mobile whirl throughout practically the
entire Honolulu road district, visiting
among other places the Pah, Kakaako
district Kaimnki, Waikiki and Din-
mond Head.
Quinn Promises Results
On their return supervisor Quinn
mid.
s'Before this board Of supervisors re-
tires the people of Honolulu will have
no cause for complaint In regard 10
road and street improvements during
the next two years. We will establish
record in this regard In proportion
10 money available that will be hard 10
excel And win leave 1t to the pep
pie Of Honolulu 70 decide two years
from now whether this is an idle boast
Since taking Office and being namcd
as chairman OF the road committee, l
have visited practically every nook and
Granny Of the city and county and
made study Of the road and street
needs aud in what localities improve
mfpts We're the most urgent. The In
spection this morning was planned SO
that the other officials might have the
Beheft of my Investigations.
pan Road Being Repaired
Our first move will be to repair
the road 70 the Pail 50 as to make
Il perfect boulevard Work has al
ready been begun on this Improvement
and with eight or nine men working
ON the Job will reqnire about ten days
to complete. The crews are working
from the Pail toward the city and the
entire road from the Pail to the neigh
borhood Of the Country Club will be
as smooth as 4 floor when finished, The
work Is being done by day labor.
Next we will fulfill our promises
made to construct a permanent road
for the stretch Of four miles between
Waialae and Waimea. We will begin
+. advertising for construction work bids
this week and will award the contract
as soon as possible after the necessary
two weeks has elapsed.
win Be Coral Road
sfThis road will be Of coral eonstruc-
ton and will be one of the finest In
the county. This stretch is now only
dirt road running like spake through
the road right-of.way and in wet
weather becomes q mire difficult for
animal drawn vehicles as well as auto
mobiles TO negotiate. Incidentally this
win be the biggest piece Of road work
done in the county in four years with
the exception of the about five miles
Of belt road on the windward side.
Another big improvement which
will be started as soon as we can get
the wheels into motion win be the inn
proyement of Oluso street for the
stretch of between one-and.a-half and
two miles between Pawaa street and
Alapai street. This street viii be OF
asphalt macadam construction twenty
FIVE feet In width and will cost in tbs
Beighborhood Of $4,000.
geographically all the eurbing has beer
put in and property owners will be re
quired 10 put in seven-foot sidewalks
When this Improvement Is completeS
this locality win be one Of the pref
test in Honolulu This is only star
on the road and street improvement
program which we have In mind ans
when two years elapse we will hay,
no-exenses 10 Offer
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