Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-05-16
Citizens ASKED To Estate What
IDENTIFICATION PLANS THEY Wish

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C. Elimination Of introduced vege
! tation fOn street planting tas well as
! introduced architectural that suggests
snow and ice For example, the iron
woods and the conifers.
d. Adequate recognition, particu,
/ IaIiy In p@biIc rarks. school grounds
etc, 81 the distinctive POlynesian
/ plants Some 0! these that may be
enumerated are ri plant, redleaved
iii, breadfrHit, native palms rlouluD
mountain apple, leh0a, noni. native
species of hibiscus. kHkui. giant taro
rapei, kHmani (both inophyllum and
tcrnnalial. tree ferns. coffee bush,
kou. halape!r, wili-wil, had, COCO
palm
Question Three.
.SlI1Lld each district Of the city Ma
nOa, Ka.muki,. NHaand, etc. develop
should the city planting be DEVELOPED
as init?
Replies.
/. n believe that there should he
uniform plan Of development in
which each Of the districts which you
mention would have its park. but it
does not seem that any district should
Develop wholly independent of a unit
plan drawn up by some one or some
committee vino would have the whole
of the city in mind"
> There ar" many things to be
said on both sides Of your third ques
ton: In many ways | think il would
be very interesting To have each dis
fffp t ctr
planting, bat ! think there should be
some general plan carried out SO that
there should not be a great deal OF
duplication i'm the various districts.
should think il would be far more ad
yisable TO have some general scheme
laid out and then have each district
cooperate in developing its own par
ticular parks and street planting, SO
as to harmonic more or less with the
general scheme" ... F.
g. "A general plan for the city as
whole. to be worked out by the sew
eral districts acting as submits
4. City planting developed as a
unit" 49,.
5. AS unit, though each district
should be interested by consultation
and advice" .."
6: There SHOULD be one plan for
the city, but each section should use
the trees and shrubs best suited to
its situation ana climate" r..
Z. Il should think it would be wise
to treat the different parts rather than
TO treat the city as Whole The
latter would be almost impossible as
the parts are so differently situated
and with such differing characterize.
les" ..... a..
The replies suggest a centralized or
ganization or. plan, fully utilizing the
individual characteristics of the vari-
Gus sections or districts of the city.
Communication From Governor Pink
ham. ..* %.-
Il believe in action, not so much
discussion and planning, and the con-
dition of the parks and parking all
over Honolulu lend great force to this
view. H.: /
IF YOU desire an example of what
one man on his own initiative and his
private financial resources can do,
Journey to Kauai and view Kukuiolono
par. the result of Walter D. McBryde'S
mind, taste and effect. Nothing in
the Hawaiian Islands equals it.
MANY months ago urged the Out
park, the result of. w. d. McBryde's
when in Honolulu, advise them what
to do " III: =.
HThe means of the Outdoor Circle /
and of the city do not admit of any
grand scheme or extensive schemes.
| should urge them to get the Queen
Emma park and other parks in exist
ence into permanently well planned
and kept shape and then proceed to
other development within the means to
keep them permanently in order.
Situations in Honolulu vary so as
TO soils, rainfall, winds and climate, all
requiring different treatment, that to
try and fix a,plan to cover the whole
city would be of questionable practi
cability. e:@~. p. f..
II have myself expended from my
means hundreds of dollars |
to persuade the public to make an ar
tistic addition To the city by the re-
clamation of the Waikiki flats, swamps
and ponds The plan had keynote !
the city needs if it is to be a great
city, but | fear the owners will try
TO reduce it to a rectangular town
lot scheme " .-..
Even to bring about a successful
real estate speculation, it is not al
ways necessary TO sacrifice broad |
ines of civic improvement and en-
Enlistment 49,:
Less talk and less writing and more !
doing will. if adopted here, make a |
showing as it has on Kauai ]
Respectfully,
'(Signed) LUCIUS Z. PINKHAM, |
H., -.:.. Governor of Hawaii
Can enumeration of a few of the |
persons who kindly cooperated by re-
plying to the QUESTIONABLE will indi- |
cate the general source of the replies !
quoted above: Mrs. F. ]. Lowrey, Mr. !
F. c. Atherton, Mr.. R. H. Trent, Mr.. |
J. E Higgins, Mr.. F. L. Waldron, Mr. |
and Mrs. W. R. Castle, Mrs. Sanford |
B. Dole, etc.