The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-07-14
Governor Insists That Traction
and Gas Franchises Protect
Waving Of Crescent City
THIS rs WHY HE HELD ,
UP RAILWAY CHARTER
Executive issues Statement Of
HisPosition and Suggests
Double-Main System

/ Inn formal statement to the public,
yesterday, Governor PinkhHm an.
nounced his position in regard to the
hilo traction and gas franchise, and
explained why he had asked Senator
shafroth of Colorado to have the an.
proval of, the measure pending in the
senate held up until Charles R. Forbes.
superintendent of public works, could
reach Washington and still further ex.
plain to the senator the nature of~tbe
opJeeuons or the territorial govern.
nent TO certain features Of the bill.
|, Inc Governor pointed out in this
statement that the measure gave the
company the right to lay it's mains
Gown the center of the streets of Hilo.
These streets, he added, are Of con.
crete, and the laying of mains would
mean that they would be torn up and
would be ruined if cut through"
Would Preserve Paved Streets
He urged in his telegram to the sen.
ator that the double main method he
adopted to preserve the streets. This
would mean that smaller mains would
be run down either side of the thor.
oughfares, inside the curb. and feed
directly to the house pipes. The state.
ment follows:
In 1905 was puzzled in my search
of some method for substantial streets
IN the proposed Waikiki Reclamation.
to which i had devoted much study, in
Hestigation and planning, as the pam.
phlet published records.
Macadam on soft FIJI would not
hold up, as q three-inch tire had but
about a nine square inch bearing.
T'lt occurred to me that as rein.
forced concrete was used successfully
in carrying enormous loads on three.
and fourfoot spans in warehouses, it
would be; O, good scheme to use rein.
forced concrete on the filed road areas,
giving nine to sixteen square feet bear.
ing, thus distributing the load SO it
would be slight on. any one point, and
so advised in my plans.
He Tries to Get Action
~ tried to get action on other roads
for the same method of street construc-
ton; i. e., reinforced concrete
"When / reached here as Governor
the Auwaiolmu streets were laid out
and we're too wide for general concret-
ing. When the Kuhio wharf road, in
Hilo, was to be planned, required it
to be made of reinforced concrete. On
Punchbowl l objected to even those
macadam streets being torn up by our
Honolulu Gas Company, and they were
induced to run smallerPgas pipes in the
sidewalk area, on each side of the
street, thus preserving the streets and,
l believe making a saving in installa.
tion.
1.-THE Hilo authorities are putting
down concrete and reinforced concrete
streets and roads. The Hilo gas fran.
Chise, as proposed, gave them the right
to lay their mains in the middle of the
street and connect from the curb to
the mains on both sides. This is sense,
less and destructive, and under it good
roads can not be maintained, no mat
ter what conditions Of replacement be
provided.
Text Of Governor Message
"Senat0r Sha ffroth inquired if ap.
proved of the BILL and the following
eablegram discloses the fact that 1 did
not - -
"'Hilo is building many reinforced
concrete streets, and concrete streets
that will be ruined if cut through. Gas
mains should not be laid in streets, but
inside curb. While requiring a main
each side of street, reduction of size
pipe and saving of piping to street cen
ter, expense and damage, makes small,
double mains the more economical.
Double main method to preserve streets
being used Honolulu. Forbes on way
to Washington; he can explain details.
"If the people and their representa-
tiVes do not coordinate in, departments
80 one will not be destructive of the
other, neither good roads nor other ade.
auate good civic improvements can be
inaugurated or maintained"