The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-02
AID CLUB HEARS
OF BOND ISSUE
MAYOR FOSTERS
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Mr.. Lane and Others Speak OF
improvements Municipality
Need In Future
WATER AND SEWER WORKS
SHOULD HAVE EXTENSION
Only Way To Get Good, Perma-
nent Streets Is BY Means Of
Frontage Tax Law

Mayor Lane spoke TO the members OF
the Ad Club yesterday on the subject
OF the issuance of bonds by the city.
He was backed up by Supervisor Rob.
,ert Horncr, the only other member of
the board present at the luncheon meet
ing although all were expected to APP
pear and give their ideas on the matter.
The mayor, after stating the neCcs
sity for the issuance of bonds, II the
city was to progress, told that one of
his reasons for the campaign of educa
ton that he had started was to inter.
cst the several civic bodies in the mat
ter, that they might appoint delegates
TO meet with the city authorities and
decide what the proceeds of the bond
sale should he used for, and how the
money should be controlled in expend
Sture.
Mayors Scheme Outlined
~. His idea was that the proceeds of the
sale should go to the building Of roads
outside OF the city and for the purchase
If site and erection of city hall.
He explained the lack of the necessary
money for the maintenance of the city
departments, which had grown larger
and more expensive to keep up az time
wont on, and also the building of roads
81 the kind necessary for the new traf
fc, which had developed here in the
past three or four years.
~ As to the necessity for the bond is
sue, that was up TO the voters of the
city. They would have the last say in
the matter, as the proposition to issue
would be put up to plebicite the OBJ
iects of the bond issue, if it was deter
mined On, would be voted on
also. There was considerable
legal work to be done in con
neetion with getting out the proper
proclamation and other things in con
nection with the issue, and the city at
torney's Office force was now busily en-
gagged IN the matter.
- Supervisor HOrner followed the may
or in. his talk, saying that he favored
the issue and that the city must have
good roads to keep pace with other
cities Of the same Importance as Homo
lulu on the mainland. He figured that
the proceeds of the bond issue could
Z be used in part to pay the citys por
tion of the work under the frontage
tax, which was becoming more and
more of drain on the treasury.
Wants Water Before Roads
Raymond G. Brown said that he was
in favor of a bond issue, but that the
issue should be big enough to do all
the work that was needed. He seemed
to strike q sympathetic vein in his aud
TORS when he gave it as his opinion
oiat the money from bonds should be
used for the extension of the water
works and sewers first before the city
hall was attempted or roads begun
Honolulu was growing city. TO make
il success, he said, there must be
water sufficient for the needs of all
The sewers came second in Importance
and then the roads and city hall. He
was glad to announce that he felt sure
the federal government would help pro
vide a fine military road around this
island
\ Ed Towse thought it a good plan to
60 slowly before mortgaging the city
for q long time. Maybe some way
could be found in the coming legisla-
fure 50 the income of the municipality
could be increased to take care Of the
greater needs of the city As to the
bonds, ii was not question Of when
or how to issue them, but how the
money received from the sale of the Sc
eff the Delegate to Congress- would
give the matter a little absent treat
Ihent, do not think that it would be
hard to get the federal government to
back up the scheme for fine military
road around the island" said Towse.
HFhe supervisors should try to get
more money for the city through the
legislature before the bond issue is de,
eided OF"
Half Million Only Drop
George NJ. Collins, city engineer, said
that the money to be raised for the re-
bdilding of the streets from bond sale
would at the outside in one year
amount to less than half a million dol
lars This would just about begin to
touch what was needed and would not
chine anywhere near doing the work.
TIE frontage tax must be depended on
70, do the greatest share of the work in
TIC city, while the country districts
could be looked after with the money
from bond sale. King, Liliha, Fort
and Nuuanu streets were main thor
opghfares and should be rebuilt to car
~ tho traffic of the present day, where
they had not modern pavements. They
had been built to carry horse drawn
tyaffic and were worthless at the pres.
eat time. To make them permanent
roads would cost great deal of
money.
"Talkine of raising money for the
city needs" said Collins, Eat the su-
porvisOr meeting the other night the
manager Of the water and sewer works
handed in conservative statement of
what the present needs of his depart
ments were, to take care of the city
10 IL is at present, He wanted close
10. o million dollars. The city may he
bonded for but two aud half millions
on its present valuation and but less
than half million year may be
raised by loans ia each year. Care
must be taken in the sci, ctiun VI tho