The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-06-22
Supervisors Getting Into a Posi-
nj ton To Enforce Modern condi-
tons In Large Portion Of Gen.
trail and Downtown Honolulu
SIDEWALK MAPS ARE
a. TAKING TANGIBLE SHAPE
Board Meets In Caucus Today
TO Discuss Ways and Means
And Whip Into Shape Budget
For the Next Six Months Period
(From Sunday Advertiscr.)


The demand for sidewalks IN lGonO.
lulu, to give the place the Ripea, anee
ora real city. seems about to .; Irati.
ted, In part. The street grace lhafs,
without which SO many rouln not tI'n..
of putting n sidewalk Lctore their
premises, are being worked on, and Tor
some districts x they have beoa com
pleted. In these districts it only 70.
mains for the city to show its good
intention by sidewalking ali city prop.
erty and then taking the proper ickm
steps against other laggardS In the
sidewalk line. L.HtH 4lH5sa
City Engineer Reports ,r.,sas- eNy$g
City Engineer Whitehouse stated yes.
terday that his field and office forres
will complete work this week, on pre-
pairing n sidewalk grade map on Bore
tania street IRON the P2lama junction
at King and Beretania streets to tho
Moiliili junction with King street. The
city engineer forces are also engaged
in making grade maps Of the entlre
district bounded by the area beginning
| at Thomas square on Kapiolan street
to Lunalilo street, along Lunaliio to
| Alapai and Lusitania streets, thence to
Emma and School streets, along School
street to Liliha street and along Lii.
ha street TO King street. Y M 1f...'7.
These maps win show where there
are no sidewalks and curbings, the ara
to be sidewalked and the name of the
property owner. As soon as this map
is completed Engineer Whitehouse says
he will put his forces at work on 9TH
er districts. He has four men at work
in the field and one in the Office on
this job. The crew has been ut work
about six weeks and 1t will take sew.
eral months for them to prepare tile
! other maps. ~ +. g.. -
Grade maps have already been made
! for Bethel street from Merchant to
Hotel streets; Pauahi street from Fort
street to the Nuuanu stream; King
street from the Palma IRE station u
the federal reservation at Shafter; Wa
ilae road from Kapahulu. road to Elf.
teenths avenue and Kalakaua avenue
from king street TO the Beckley prop.
ertytat Diamond Head. -.
Engineer Whitehonse stated yesteI-
day that his Office had first been noti-
| fed TO lay, out the outlying tracts, but
that the supervisors have since changed
their minds and that now the demand
is for grade maps of districts down
town and connecting up main arteries.
As soon as maps are prepared the city
engineer says tho supervisors will pe
able to 60 ahead and order sidewalks
laid by the property owners tn tie
various districts.
Mayor Lane, the board of supervis-
I ors and various city officials will NEE,
| in caucus this morning at nine o'cIot :;
} in city hall. The big discussion will
, be over the financial budget for the
coming year. Something or an argu
ment is expected. OF course, Office
salaries and other fixed expenses viii
be allowed. But il is apparent that
many items will come under the prun
ing knife. It is certain that the road
committee win attempt to cut all ap
preparations to the very bone that the>
): may have all available funds for roa,
I work.
. At the present time the roai depar;
a ment is only doing patch work. NJ
/, funds for permanent work are avail
9 able. Lunalilo street has been re
3 paired with asphalt macadum fro.
n Alapai to Pensacola street. This wor;
r will be continued to Makiki. Patca
ing work is being done, on Manoa roa'
= from Kamehameha street to Hasting
street On Watamilo road repair worl
= will be done from the upper track I,
the lower track, n distance o. ahou
two thousand feet North King stree
is being repaired from tho Ka"ehs mo
ha schools to Pnkaki hilh Ire cit
boundary line. Nuuanu street from -,
Country C1nh TO Hotel street is eom'ui
in for repairs also.
= It is certain that at the caucus o
. the supervisors today that the roa
| committee win demand the es;ablhc
> ment of frontage tax districts an
J their improvement Of Msroa Valley
o Kalakaua avenue in one district fror
q the Ena road to Makee Island and i
8 another district from Makee Island I
y tho Becklev, place; Beretania st-ee
I from Palama junction with King stree
e 10 Nuporn street. ana Be~e'"nia stree
n from Alanai street to Moiliili inn'
o. ton of KING. Permanent pavement
ID now laid on Reretania street -~om MN
II -" 70 Alnpai streets. Another an
II trict il Lusitanin street from Al""i
= to the Pauoa bridge. -, .
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