Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-09
TAKES UP
IMPROVEMENT OF
FOUR STREETS
Resolutions to Pave BeretanIa.
Smith and Bishop Pass and
Hotel to Be WiGened

a proposal that the EWa-nlakai cor
uer OF Hotel and Fort streets be
widened was approved and resolutions
! approving the engineers plans and
establishing Smith, Beretania ard
| Bishop streets Improvement districts
/. with public hearings called for Deem
her >. were passed by the board of
supervisors Tuesday evening
According to plans worked out by
George Collins, city engineer, on the
Hotel street project, the Campbell
estate and John Detor are willing to
sell TO the city their property for $780,
t0p each, with the prOyiSO that in fII-
tlre they be exempt from all street
Improvement assessments. The assess
ment district. as proposed by Collins,
would be from King TO Pauahi streets
on Fort street and from Nuuanu TO
Alakea streets on Hotel street. the
assessments TO be worked out on a
graduated scale" The specific work
OF widening is the cutting off of the
projection at the Ewa-makai corner Of
Fort and Hotel streets The CITY will
pay one-third Of the cost and the
pronerty holders in the asseSsmt mt
district two-thirds. r. ... ..-... g.. g..
Exemption Clause eothers ..:>. III
Supervisor Arnold said the work
should be done. as the board had com
mitted itself. The question then arose
as to whether the board should bind
the county 10 exempt the Campbell
estate and John Detor from future
assessments and after considerable
argument it was decided to have the
city engineer ascertain what the price
of the property would be without
exemption. A comparison could then
be drawn and future plans decided
upon. .#.. :"..=. -. T..
According to the engineers modi-
fled plan for Smith street extension,
the assessment per front foot for Zone
l, Queen street to point half way
between King and Hotel streets. is
s6527; Zone 2, from the latter point
to half way between Hotel and
Pauahi street, S5127, and Zone 3, from
the last named point to Beretania
street, S3.03 The entire cost of the
land for the extension is s19,935.75.
of which the CITY pays $6645.25. The
cost of paving the entire street, from
Queen to Beretania streets, is S24,-
053 80, the assessment per front foot.
paid by the property holders. being
S844, with an added tax of A. cents
for curbing. as -. :. .-... II
Discuss Paving Types K. =.
When the plans for the paving of
Beretania street came up for approval
consider be argument resulted. Hol.
linger raised the first question when
he asked why asphalt macadm was
to be used in the center instead Of
concrete Arnold explained that the
Rapid Transit planned some time to
double-track Beretania street and as
it would have to pay for the paving
then, the cheaper pavement now was
to save money. Hollinger objected,
but it was overruled. Larsen then
protested against putting down a SIX:
inch concrete base, as he believes
four inches sufficient Arnold pointed
out that these specifications could
later be amended The Improvement
is to run from Alapai to Punahou
streets. and Hollinger said he be-
lieved it should be extended to the
iunction with King street. Arnold
said the city did not have enough
money to carry the work further, out
motion carried to have the ROAD com
mittee bring in an estimate LOT Ihe
extra work. The cost of paving Bere-
tania street will be $1O4,16S, with the
city paying one-third and assessment
per front foot of s5.46. The paving
will be hitulithic on a concrete base.
The kind of paving for Bishop
street is the same as Beretanla
street, but the property holders will
paw all at $3.50 front foot. 49,.