Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-12

ever getting glasses. Eye troubles of
Immediately wrote to parties in Homo
lulu and then ordered the work doae.
Upon my recent return to Honolulu, to
my Amusement, found whole stretches
of sidewalk in the same mud-trodden
condition of past years. Who failed
to carry out the notification?
Recently there has been dumped
in the chuck hole in front of my
neighbor a lot of irregular mixed
stuff. In an area about % feet square
| Just counted so loose rocks, varying.
in size from. an inch to duck egg,
and these do not include he stones
thrown by boys in the adjoining yards.
IT looks as if with a little care what
has stuck in the holes might remain.
and the experiment, If such. prove sue
cessful, but the place Just now is
worse than before from the stones and
the lack of care in placing the stuff.
Since l have lived on Reretania
street ii has been torn up and newly
made SO many times that, like Tenny-
downhill forever.
do not question the estimates ty
Mr.. Logan of the amounts spent in
these years, but it docs seem to me
that ordinary care D. the investment
in this street would have kept it in
good order, in which it ought TO be
today, but for lack OF care.
An ex-superintendent of public
works told me that If the money had
been spent in proper care of old roads
no new roads could have been built
for lack of funds. 1t is Mr.. Logan's
estimate that the amount spent OIL
this street from certain time to date
would amount to our taxes, our pres.
ent valuations, for a period of 30
years. am no engineer but 1t seems
reasonable to me that if ordinary care
had been taken of our street gcodly
proportion of this "30-year" money
spent could have been used elsewhere
and that any slur in this spending
| "3O-year'' taxes is unjust and unfair, II
applied to rs who paid this money in
such large amounts. Rather, one
| should say we are the most public
spirited ones in the matter and have
paid our frontage taxes in this man.
ner 49,
Beretania street is the first thor
oughfare or main artery street TO
come under the new frontage tax. This
| will result in all heavy traffic being
at once directed again upon us with
all its nuisance of noise and dust and
wearing out of the pavement. No won
der a six.inch concrete base and
two-inch finish are required. | would
like to see such pavement and gladiy
will pay my other taxes on the ~
YEAR, basis, and also my equltaoie
proportion of the new street.
Regarding Chinese shacks on this
| and other streets, these are results OF
our own stubbornness and inheritance
and we are about as proud of our
selves as the Chinese are Of their an
cestral worship, for these result from
the old aristocratic idea that an Eng
lishman's home is his castle. When
we repeal laws of this private nature
| and Mace in the hands of the people
| their rights under the law Of Christian
| duty. then the people will have a say
about high fences and hedges, DIFF
| boards. location and size of buildings
on a lot and many other things affect
! ing our pleasure and happiness. Many
! Of our wise ones and lawyers also
! have tried to get around, this castle
home" idea by every devious way ex'
| cept the one obvious one, which mucn
of Continental Europe has, and par
/ ticularly German cities, resulting IN
! the most beautiful cities in the world
in France and Germany.
Our street is an old one, with old
water mains, etc, and provisions
should be made for these before one
dollar is spent in putting down a pave
ment to be directly torn up again Tor
connections, leaky pipes, etc.
Over half the expense OF our street
is caused by the heavy traffic and dc
not see why should pay for damages
ETC., done by heavy drays and traction
engines any more than should pay
for the Rapid Transit car track. 1t is
4 high time such traffic was regulated
and If allowed to continue on our one
i wide boulevard avenue in the city
i which, think, ought to be set apart
4 largely for pleasure and local dis
tributiye traffic, then let the money
i making traffickers pay the price fol
i disturbing our pavement and oul
= peace.
i II has been suggested that the
4 growth of our city will soon require
i a double car track on Beretania
streets and that the street be now
paved in six-inch concrete and two
inch finish, less the double track area
Another suggestion is that the inter
est OF $4,000 on the proposed $lO0. 0ot
would, If spent in repairs now being
tried out, put the street in good con
dition, and later when materials ar
lower and the double track laid, the
cost of a six-inch concrete base would
rot be excessive.
The entire matter should be consid
cred in. calm, business manner AMI