Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-27
AID CLUB HEARS
WAYS TO RAISE
ROAD Monies
Committee Reports Two Meth
DDS to Secure Funds for
Roads After Years Study

Pointing out two feasible ways by
which money. may be raised to meet
the requirements of the traffic of the
city and county of Honolulu, one by
an issuance of bonds and the other by
Possessing the property benefited, the
roads committee of the AID Club, of
which A F. Clark is chairman, has
submitted its annual report after a
year Of observation regarding Homo
lulu's needs in the way of roads AMI
highways and their improvements.
The report points out that probably
every state in the Union Is having the
same experience as Honolulu as re-
CARDS road conditions and traffic re-
quirements. But, says the report.
these states have an advantage over
the local situation in that they have
had at hand funds with which to meet
changing conditions, and have there
fore been able to construct roads to
meet the demands of increased and
modernized transportation.
Continuing, the report says, in part:
Zone of two methods must be adopt
ed toNmeet the present requirements
of the traffic of this city and county,
either by a large bond issue to build
permanent roads, or by assessing the
property benefited for the cost of the
roads. Both of these methods have
been, and are being adopted on the
mainland to meet the changed condi-
lions there. and will have to be adopt.
ed here, if we want good roads. =
This brings US to the much dis
cussed and abused so-called frontage
tax law as passed by the last legis-
lature to help out road conditions.
The main drawback to the law as
it stands so far as the city and coun-
ty are concerned, is that under the
law the city and county are compelled
to pay the entire cost of all roads built
in front of territorial and federal prop
erty, and all property exempt from
taxation, which does not appear to be
just and equitable, as the city and
county does not derive direct benefit
from this class of property.
"Your committee would recommend
that the AID Club get behind PROPOSE
ton to have this phase of the law
changed at the next session OF the
legislature, so that the city and coun-
ty can have the money so saved to ap-
ply in paying a proportion of the cost
of other roads. --:s
Wants Standard Roads.
"Your committee has been endeav-
oring to have the board of supervisors
adopt definite policy as to road
construction, and to standardize the
foundation construction for same, and
we are pleased to report that the pres
ent city and county engineer, Mr.. Col
Inns, is doing everything in his power
to carry the idea to perfection, and
the road committee of the board is
backing him up, so that when new
roads are built under the road i'm
provement laws they will be roads
that will carry the modern traffic and
have foundations built to last, con,
structed with cement concrete.
I'm conclusion your committee
would recommend that the AID Club
get behind the road improvements
law, commonly called the frontage
tax law. and boost for good perman-
ent roads. so that in a short time our
city will have roads second to none in
the United States, %. j.. L.. .s..>.