The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-11
Declares In Report That AIDE
quate Waterworks and Sewer
System, Are First Essential
WOULD ASK LEGISLATURE
TO PROVIDE MORE FUNDS
Good Roads Are important But
Underground ImprOyemeuts
Should Not Be- ReIegated

The Ad club committee on roads will
oppose the plan to issue bonds for tho
building of roads, at the hearing 70 be
held by the supervisors tomorrow
night. 1t will, however, support the
proposal to issue bonds for the nav.
ment of water and sewer improvement
This stand of the club was made ap.
parent at a dinner given by the
organization in the Alexander Youno
Hotel last night, at which the formal
report OF the committee on roads was
read and discussed. The chairman Of
the committee, A. F. Clark, asked the
CLUB to endorse the report and instruct
the committee on the attitude to be
adopted at tomorrow nights meeting.
AFTER some debate it was decided to
instruct the committee "to use its own
best Judgement
The members of the committee. =. O
Cannon, W. l.. Emory and A. F.. Clark.
all signed the report
subterranean Work FIRST
1.-THE members of the committee feel
that the water and sewerage improve.
ments have the first call - said Mr.
clark, because if the roads are built
hrst 1t will then become necessary to
tear them up again when the time
comes to put in the sewer and water
pipes.
The plan as outlined in the report of
the committee is to have the club mn.
point strong committee with power TO
take up with the next legislature the
question of increasing the allotment of
taxes from three-quarters of one Der
cent, as at present, to one per cent.
Tins increase, it was argued. would pro-
VIDE funds for the work of constructive
roads.
Emphasis was laid upon the fact that
n the taxes now collected the CITY
OF Honolulu is allotted but three quar-.
tiers of one per cent The report sub
mittPd by the committee follows in
part
"After going very carefully into the
question of the proposed bond issue
FOR public improvements. within Hon.
hulu city and county, and examining
the several reports on the subject, your
committee is of the opinion that no
ponds should be issued bv the city
other than for the enlargement and i'm.
2rovement Of the waterworks and sewer
system of the city.
Legislative Committee Urged
As to the question of permanent
roads for the city and the county. your
committee would recommend that this
AID club appoint q strong committee to
lake up with the next legislature, which
meets in February, the. question Of
qlloting to the city and county a great.
er percentage of the taxes collected
within the city and county, than is he.
ng allotted at the present time The
mount of money derived from increase
should be devoted to the construction
T permanent roads only. Under the
present allotment Of taxes the city and
county gets but twU-thirds Of Onp per
cent of all taxes collected on real and
personal property within its limits. If
the allotment can be increased to one
per cent of the tax values, there viii
be no need for bond issue for roads. -
Mass OF Figures Submitted
In connection with the rcpor, thr
committee submitted II mass Of figures
to back up its contention. 1t showed
that the total requirements are $qI7,.
100000, and that the present bonded
tebt on the sewer and water systems is
81 ,+94 81 1873. Taking the estimates Of
ne city engineer AZ basis the rrrn,It
figures that the cost Of the roads pro-
'osed would be in the neighborhDud #
800 500, and that the total Of the est
mated requirements of the city for
permanent road construction under tine
proposed bond issue would be $l,l5G,.
800.
Al.