Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-06
Cites Cities on Mainland Where
Rate is Much Greater and
Bond Issues are Huge

| 81 think 1t Is absurd to expect the
city government to carry out the i'm
mense contract Of building permanent
streets and roads on this island with
the small revenues available" said
Hon. F. NJ. Hatch, former Hawaiian
cabinet minister, minister to Washing
ton and supreme court justice, to the
Star-Bulletin.
Some plan whereby money should
be borrowed to pay, say, 40 per cent
Of the cost, and special road tax
levied for the balance, ought to be
adopted. .'"..
Il have been looking over some sta
tistics of cities on the mainland" con-
tinued Mr. Hatch, "and / find that
most Of them pay two or three times
as heavy taxes as Honolulu, and they
have to pay state taxes on top of mu-
nicipal rates. You will find the fig
ures in the World Almanac. / refer
especially to commission government
cities. One city pays as high as s
per cent.
"Nc Use sIamnino.s
There is no use in slamming the
supervisors, when they have not the
money for Q fraction of road require
Iments. i think the supervisors are
doing very well with the funds e their
disposal. The roads leading out Of
town into the country are In very good
c0ndition-the Pail road Cor instance
At Mr.. Hatch's suggestion the rs,
ures below are presented, Those Civ
ing receipts fpr one year al refer to
the year 1912 and are from United
States eelsus reports. For purHoses
Of comparison, some data Of Honolulu
are here given. The estimated popu,
lation of the city and county snf Hp-
nolulu for the year 1915 was los. 500,
and the municipal area Is SOS square
miles.
Receipts of the municipality for hast
year amounted to s., 1858, 1853, including
$I95, 542 for water, SCI ,665 for sewers
and SIS, 494 for schools. There was
STA, $50 In tbs general fund, and
$159.ei5 in the permanent improve
ment fund. Thus the available funds
for current expenses and permanent
improvements outside Of schools and
water and seHers--was trifie over
q round million dollars. The tax rate
was LIT on 100 per cent valuation, but
un,s -, liz, - % a JIG asn n .nd
permanent improvements combined.
Use sLoMsIl and Lynn.
In population the cities Of Lowell
and Lynn, Mass, are the nearest on a
par with Honolulu of any mainland
cities, end in both assessments are on
full value Of property, yet 1t will be
80 -. . s,a fa,,r times - m,,oh e
shoss - Hcuosnin N 1a1E HonoIuln
$500 an srSa mora than a. time
= $50 80. - as In~zsii End 50 tirnsa e
s-aet 80 VIM
Ss.,,..,,,..,t .s.Iti..
r,,.S,,,,;,,., - 4 .,'r.s - coy,,n,.s,or
-, .,-,v ,, ,s.s, .,tsass 80 =
ct sy Z, Msss sssas.n,srt . N On
,oa ~, aant ess r.., uo ,on MAJ
1 ~ ~. - 80 NJ sc,,sre. mir. net
-, No dsht g OH n :. rsceirts .1aI2
tI2a5 1ls
r.vnn Mas o1s ON I'M nor cant.
,,,,1uist;on a. ,,aI,. araa ~ 10 snnare
nil. ret sn., ,lI dent a sos ee7. re-
reinfs $3.50 eS6
Tincoin Neb.. q 7s on 100 per cent:
rfon,llofion 20 600. area square
miles: debt. ss67.O00: receipts.
si; Sex Rrunsv,ok II rs a.sD on 90
par cent. nonn,afion 10000: area. IL
sonara miles. debt $3.50 600
New orleans. IA. 312 on 75 per
cant. ncnnlatinn 275 nm. area 198
scns,a rn;Iea .Ieht sa7 .a44 900: re-
cs;rts sIe 20 no
Hsrrish,,rr pa 21k an 521.2 per
cent. Scn,,iation. 20 600. ares. 71.2l
so, ,, miles. debt. 81 III .7fe: re-
ceiSfe 20 o61 7Ss
~. ~. Mnines M.nsaes.
ms Moiness Iowa B f5 ON 80 per
c.rt. 80 nonnIat;on los cr,. area a
SQUARE miles: debt s1.ss6, 224; re-
ceints e 400 ,ss2
49, - vo,re 81 II 225 on 100 per
cent. 7, ,rnnuIafion az 900: area. Al
so,,sra niles. debt ss.s65 sal: re-
csirts Sse77 'lsb.
psssaic n r. 3 az ON 100 pe- cent:
,,,,,,, ,i sa5o0. area. 3a.4 SQUARE
miles. debt s2.ss2474: receipts, 81.
eoe ess.