Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-17
PROTEST AGAINST
KALAKAUA PAVING
ON PRESENT Plan
CONTINUED from page one)

| tHdI ne uHOeESIOOu .IHe thickness o
asphalt-macadam at this figure woult
be seven inches, finished In res
ponse to another question he said tina
personally he considered these est
mates as possibly not quite accurate
He said warrenite might be laid fol
less than was quoted and that the
Figure given for concrete was too low
and referred to the fact that the Dow
sett estate recently had laid some con
crete which cost $3.50 yard.
i j. A. Gilman, head of the bitulithiC
company, was then called on and In
formed the meeting that his estimate
given to the city was s1.s0 per yard
plus the cost of grading and with a
i fiye-year guarantee.
Meeting Generally Favors Warrenite.
/ The discussion for nearly half an
hour then dealt with the merits of
the three types of paving and nearly
all the weight of decided opinion was
emphatically in favor of warrenite or
ibitulithic. Incidentally Mr.. Gilman
said that warrenite and bitulithic as
laid in Honolulu are virtually the same
and that he could make the figures
| he quoted cover either warrenite or
bitulithic, though in the states the lat
| ter is type with which more detail
ed care is taken and the cost is nat
urally few cents yard higher.
Attitude of Bishop Estate.
Attorney C. H. Olson, representing
the Bishop estate, said that the es-
tate favors bitulithic or warrenite as
against concrete. 1t was also made
plain on behalf of the Bishop estate
that it is making no protest on the
matter of cost nor the proportion of
cost. >- ri. T.. .-...,.-...- r.
The third feature-what district
shall be assessed-was given little
discussian, with the result that the
owners probably will not seek to have
the district zone" instead of
frontage-tax plan.
Action Decided On. ...-
c. c.. Won Hamm gathered up the
loose reins of the meeting in COM
prehensive motion that a committee
be named and a protest signed by
property-owners be drawn up at
once, to be used if necessary by the
committee in asking tomorrow night
that action by the supervisors be de-
ferred a week. In this week. it is
hoped to adjust the questions of pro-
Dortionate cost and type of paving.
Only one negative vote was recorded
on this notion Jack Milton urged
that in order to hasten the much.
needed Improvement, there be no pro-
test against the present plan, and on
this principle voted against the mo-
ton. "
Proceeding at once to action, Chair
man Warren announced that the for
NAL communications would be ready
for signature of property owners this
afternoon. In view of the fact that
some present were not willing to go
on record in. favor of or against any
type of paving, two communications
have been prepared. One takes only
the position. that the city should pay
so per cent of the cost, the other that
the city should pay so per cent and
that warrenite should be the material
used.
Chairman Warren said later that the,
protests will be in his Office for sigma
ture all afternoon today and all day
tomorrow, and property-owners not
present or not represented this morn
ing are asked to sign if they wish to
join in the protest.
1t is hoped that the supervisors to-
morrow night will put the matter over
without making a formal protest nec-
essary. In ordsr to block action by
the supervisors definitely, there must
be tomorrow night protests from 55
per cent of the affected property.
Otherwise the improvement, having
been properly advertised, viii proceed
on the present lines.
The general estimate of cost is that
the property will have to pay 1854
per foot frontage, as it is two-thirds
of the total cost. It was explained |
that in agreeing to pay only one-thirds |
the supervisors take the position that
already the city is paying large pro
portion of the cost by its action in 60
ing ahead and improving the parking |
strip down the center, which is well |
curbed.
Among those at the meeting today |
were Chairman Warren, Attorney c. |
H. Olson-the two who signed the call |
to the meeting-Dr Daniel, J. F. Bowl |
er. G. H. Gere. W. H. McInernv. ]. A.
Gilman, P. e. r. Strauch, w. L. |
Stanley. C. C. Won Hamm, A. A. Young,
Lindsay, L. B. Kerr, F. M. |
Swanzy, Jack Milton, l. H. Beadle, G.. /
Bolte, BIZ Marx, James Steiner, w. /
L. Welsh and A. F. Judd.