The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-09-08
Robert Rorner Alone Votes
Against Election Proclamation
On This Question
PUNCHB0WL STATESMAN
EXPLAINS HIS ATTITUDE
Objections To Proposed Appor-
tionment Raised and Then
Voted Down BY Board

win hODCrt hOrnel OUtl g. the
only active opposition, the supervisors
last evening authorized issu~urr of an
election proclamation which WA put
The question Of municipal bond issue
before the voters in q plcbisritc at the
general election, November !.
The form of the proclamation was
completed by Acting City Attorney
Cristy yesterday. 1t must be diver
tised for sixty days bcfor" election,
which means that the board has only
until tomorrow to begin advertisement.
Whether the bond issue viii have
the official approval of the chamber Of
commerce appears, at the present time.
to be doubtful. When n copy ,f the
finance committed report recommend
ing the plebiscite and the Apportion.
ment of the $3.50, 900 was sent to the
chamber the other day it carried re-
quest from the supervisors that the
merchants organization give the
scheme its endorsement.
In reply letter from Secretary r.
G. Brown was read last night yaying
that the chamber on August rs had APP
proved a plan of increased direct tax
'tion for public improvements, and
hat "nO occasion had since presented
Tor changing its position.
corner Explains Disapproval
Supervisor Horner in two or three
IL ngthy talks assaulted the bond Issue
proposition in its present form be
cause ne disapproves the nNpcrtiOn.
ment of the $4S0,000 which the issue
of bonds would raise. A hundred and
fifty thousand dollars of it would go
toward the purchase and installation
of a filtration plant at Nuuanu rescr-
voir. A hundred and thirty thousand
dollars would go for permanent i'm
provement in the sewers, chiefly those
in the Waikiki district.
Horner frankly declared he behsved
",a "S case or "hOgg,ng it, by
the water and sewer departments to
ne uc,.,ment OF the rOaus and other
public improvements. 'Bhe proposition
would give only 100000 20 roads aPd
would put. all of this amount in cob
crete pavement on windward Oahu,
starting at the foot of the Pail.
owe are using perhaps 3,0OOO 900
Horner argued. "NOt more than a
million gallons 60 for cooking or drink
ing purposes. Yet by this scheme we
would spend $l50,000 for Il filter for
the water which we are using on our
lawns and small gardens.
Wants Artosian Water
81 contend we could save money
by acquiring the great flow Of pure
artcsifn water which the plants of the
Honolulu Rapid Transit Land Com
pany and the Hawaiian Electric Com
puny are dumping into the bay. This
artesian water is ours to have. The
companies have told US We can have
it and the only cost would be that
Of pumping it from their pipes to our
reservoirs.
"This surely would hr more reason
able than spending $l50OOO to purify
the Nuuanu water.
Would Improve Streets
GAS to roads, / think we should con
fine our permanent Improvement just
now to some of our own thOroughfares
in the city, such rs Nuuunu and Bere-
tania streets, which certainly need
good aNement at present.
Horner later added that he did not
object to the two items of $54, 600 and
SAG 900 for public parks, which are to
he included in the bond issue question
coming before the electorate. He
agreed that parks are one of the best
forms of permanent Improvement.
Logan declared the expense of TAX
ing the art"sian water which the two
big utility corporations are turning to
waste now, would be too great; the
Nuuanu water is used constantly by the
people and the municipality could not
act any too quickly in insuring its
purity.
Amount For Year Only
However," he said, "the amount
which we usk row is for this one year
only. We have outlined the projects
mediate attention. We can come back
and ask the voters to authorize issue
Of another $4,000 of bonds next year,
aud can u.s. that for other affairs not
quite 80 urgent but just Ms worthy as
these which We have proposed.
'Wc cannot rebuild all our roads
in year. 1t took Los angeles TWEEN.
ty-fvc years to get the big system Of
bUuleNards she has today, and she still
has few poor stretches Of highway.
Our idea is to get start on the belt
road around Oahu, hoping that our
successors may be able to take up this
work here We leave off and complete