The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-09-08
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
CITY BOND issue
IS made PUBLIC
Mayor Lane Loses No Time In
.@.. Taxing First Step 70
i. Secure Cash u
he PROPOSES TO HURRY
ALI FUTURE MOVEMENTS
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II Citizens Vote Securities Work
On Filtration Plant viii ~
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ton yesterday announcing a municipal
bond issue for s4so, 900 it was made
certain that the matter will 70 before
the voters at plebiscite at the general
election on Novembefa7s =. ~. y.
No time WA lost yesterday by Mayor
Lane, Supervisor Daniel Logan and
City Clerk d. Kalauokalani in signing
the proclamation and all other business
Of the city government Offices was in
allegiance until the proclamation had
been prepared for publication. With its
announcement yesterday, just sixty
days before election, no obstacle can
prevent II going before the electorate
, in November.
The most significant fact in coIinec.
ton with the proclamation and one
that meets the approval Of practically
oil the city officials, Is the diVerting OF
$4,000 for the completion of the Nnu.
anu filtration plant. When. the first
allotment of the new municipal bonds
was made only 100000 was allotted for
the entire water department. Manager
Murray Of the water department nc
that time stated that the amount was
not sufficient and that anything less
than $l50n00 to complete the filtration
plant would be so much money wasted.
City VIII Move Rapidly 49, ~.
If the proposed bond issue secures
sixty per cent of the registered voters
of the city at. the plebiscite in NoveHl.
Der no time will be lost In issuing
the bonds and going ahead with atLe
construction of the Nnuanu filtration
! plant. - w. 49,
Another item in the bond issue Is
the sum of 100000 to be used for the
installation and equipment of pump.
ing unit sewer system throughout che
residence section of Waikiki, betweah
Diamond Head and King street and IL.
cluding the low lying section naaaka
from the sea-. "a -.
One of the items that will meet with
the approval Of practically every Ho-
nolulan is the proposed extension Of
the concrete Toadway Of the highway
| commonly known as the Belt Rosd,
from the Nuuanu Pail toward Kual6a
Point. For this work S100, 900 is TO be
set aside from the bond issue. ~
Want once Building I
81 hope that when we make another
issue next year that there WILDE
enough money to construct q, building
for the city Offices. Honolulu sofely
needs a city hall. I am keeping my
eye on several sites and when the mon
ey is available I do not believe 1t will
be difficult to secure q suitable lOca-
tion," said the mayor. g., =
In signing the proclamation Mayor
Lane used pen which he has had in
his possession for fourteen years.
/ 81 hope that shall be able TO keep
this pen for long time, he said, "as
a souvenir of the first municipal bonds
ever issued by the City Of Honolulu"
Other items in the proposed bond
| issue are $34 1920 for the purchase Of
| the land known at Atkinson Park
which will be converted into O park
and playground; $4,000 for the pnr.
! chase of Pauoa Park to be used as
public park and playground; $l5,0Oo
for improvements of the public baths
at Kapiolani Park, and $3.50 for the
construction Of a recreation building
in connection with the public baths at
Kapiolam Park.
Ad Club Favors Bonds
The variety Of ideas as to how the
proposed municipal bond issue should
be spent appears to be limited only to
the number of persons who are con.
suited regarding the subject. At least
that seems to be the result of the postal
card vote that has been taken by the
Ad Club.
OF the members of the club who have
expressed themselves in regard to the
bond issue, sixty-one have voted in
favor of. the issue and only nineteen
registered disapproval. At a luncheon
nv ha oil a. h.
Young Hotel, Albion Clark, chairman
result of the votes received.
There are still many returns expect,
ed, he stated, but those already receiv.
ed show a wide range Of opinion.
One vote stated "Roads are wanted
rates will be sufficient in the future to
avenue must be fixed first" "Levy
a duty of $40 ton on outgoing sug,
ar. These are some of the views eX.
, pressed.
AS Castle Sees It
Possibly the most interesting com.
munication was in a letter from George
p. Castle in which he favored the bond
issue with some restrictions The com
munieation follows:
~ believe in bonds for extensions,
but think that water and sewer users,
and no one else, should pay for their
priyilele Therefore the rates for
both should be high enough to cover
running expenses, repairs, upkeep and
enough to build up a reserve sufficient
for the eventual payment of bonds. II
this is not done then IL becomes a tax
on parties not benefited. / do not
think that man living in the city
suburbs, and not having the benefit
of city water or sewer, should help
TO paw the cost of same for the bene.
fit of city users, any more than he
should pay for their gas or electricity.