The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-09-28
COMMITTEE
Plan Is Called Wrong
By L. A. Thurston, |
the Chairman 4

! The present road system of Hawaii
wrong and to right it the good roads
: bill which failed of passage at the last
legislature should be adopted by the
next general assembly ). ''.' ~
This In substance is the report of
the committee on ways and means for
occurring better construction and up.
keep Of roads in Hawaii, presented at
he Lihue civic convention yesterday
~ the chairman; Lorrin A, Thurston.
Recommendations Of Committee "
"he recommendations of the com
littee follow: o., - = f;9r 81
'sAfter careful consideration of the
ubjeet, your committee is Of the opin-
on that the bill drafted and presented
q the, legislature by the preceding
Committee, covers the desired ground,
and accordingly recommend that this
committee be continued, or another ap,
pointed in its place, to present the said
bill to the next legislature, and urge
its enactment. j-,r Cd ~ -, ..e .Isf
t'They also recommend that instrue,
lions be given to the committee to
bring the said report and bill to the at
tention Of the several boards of county
supervisors, with view to securing
their adoption of the principles therein
set forth, so far. as they are applicable
to county roads, more particularly the
portion thereof relating to division Of
roads into sections, and the appoint
ment of section men, who shah each
have charge and control Of given sec
ton. ~ ~, ...- = g.
Belt Roads In Ddnepair 49, .y,.
"Your committee considers this last
recommendation Of the utmost import.
lnee, In view of the fact that belt
Dads which have recently been built
N the Territory at a cost Of over a
million dollars, are, many of them,
apidly getting out Of repair, and, II
ection upkeep Is not speedily adopted,
hey will have gone to ruin long be.
ore the bonds issued to pay for them
become due. IS ,,.... .'-
"The Good Roads Association OF the
| United States makes the statement
hat the average life of macadam
Dad which is not continuously kept up,
loes not exceed Ave years, whereas a
properly kept up one, under section
| ystem, will last minimum Of twenty
years. " ,t,. E...E.a + " ..y T.. . % Z
RESOLUTIONS Of Committee .@..t
The following resolutions were sub
nitted by the committees: #
9Your committee herewith submits
aor consideration by the convention a
lraft of resolutions relating to roads,
md recommends the adoption Of the
,ape by the convention.
Resolved, That in the opinion of
this convention, the present system Of
road administration in Hawaii, with
ZONE exceptions, is unsatisfactory and
inefficient, for two main reasons, viz:
"First-That politics and not eff.
,ieney control both the personnel and
he work; aud Second-That no sys.
,ematic upkeep work is done on the
Dads after they are put in repair.
'Resolyed, That this convention
lrges the several boards of county su.
lervisors TO take road building and
are out of politics; to lay out the
work so that the road money may he
/ pent at the times and places where
nd when it will accomplish most eff.
lent and lasting work; instead Of the
expenditure being punched and spent
where and when it will do the most
God, just before elections, az is now
frequently done. y f. -"
''To put into operation the section
ystem of road upkeep as soon and as
Nplly as possible. s'.
Supervisors Urged To Act
Resolved, that the committee on
-oads be requested TO present and urge
upon the several boards of supervis-
ora tho adontion NJ tha nrineinlas and