Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-13


condition of our streets is such that
we naturally want prompt action in
whatever direction the decision be
made.
Il will briefly review the matter as
things have gone so far. The per.
sonnet of the Puunui improvement
Club consists Of residents OF the Pun
nui Tract, all but one Of whom own
their own homes. No nonresident
landowners are members, although Of
course they are eligible for member
ship.
Movement Unanimous.
The movement to make the i'm
provement under discussion, and 9TH
ers, under the fiontage tax law was
launched at a very large meeting of
the Improvement club members and
nonresident landowners on December
s, 1915, when our executive committee
received full Instructions to proceed
with the matter The resolution au-
thcrizing the procedure passed unani-
mously.
This movement was initiated by
the Improvement club, whose mem
bers as have said happen to be resi-
dents. We residents have felt for
years that the greatest bar to the de-
velopment of the district has been the
lack OF road from the upper end.
The district Is now series of blind
alleys, and 1t is unnecessary to en-
large on what that means to district.
when talking to intelligent men.
Our situation and the claims we
have for consideration on the part Of
the Country Club have. already been
explained to you in our private letter
Of February 14th to the Individual
members of the Country Club, and
copies were undoubtedly received by
every one of you present. 1t will be
sufficient here to>yefer to that letter,
as we presume you have read the
same
Other Routes Proposed.
In December. 1915. following our
petition for a frontage to- to the SUI
peryisors, Mr.. Sutton, acting for Mr..
Sherman and representing that the
latter objected to Laimi Road extern
sion and Circle Drive, proposed that
we adopt q third route. AS outlined,
ii was to run along the boundary of
the Country Club, avoiding the six
teenth hole and joining Nuuanu ave-
nue. at Mr.. Holmes and Mr.. Alexan-
der's boundaries. We will refer to
this as route No. 3. Mr.. Sutton at
the time offered to do all the work
necessary to put this road through
without opposition. We refused to
adopt route No. 3, as 1t was neither
the best for the city nor for Puun1i.
However, Mr.. Sutton went ahead and
had the road surveyed. and submitted
the survey to the city planning COM
mission on February Z. After consid-
ering route No. 3 and Laimi Road ex-
tension, the commission indorsed the
route of Laimi Road extension at that
meeting. At Mr.. Sutton's request the
Endorsement was not Immediately
transmitted to the supervisors, and
the transmittal has been held up
pending the consideration of other
views. This is the present situation
In regard to Laimi road extension.
AT the planning commission meet
ing of April 5, the Country Club pro-
posed that Hawaii street should be ex-
tended as an outlet for Puunui. We
have carefully examined end consid-
cred this route and the variations sug-
gested and are convinced that they
will be totally unsuitable, because they
will not open the district at the top.
compronise Proposed,
Gentlemen, we win now put the mat
ter up to you with the utmost candor.
You have succeeded In indefinitely
holding up Circle drive, proposed by
the Outdoor Circle, which would have
cost neither you nor the city cent
in money. You have succeeded in
holding up the present proposed Inn
proyenents under frontage tax for