The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-08-01
Ways and Means Committee VIII
= Recommend Mayor Lanes;
Plan TO Raise Money r.
PROPOSITION DESIGNED
FOR NOVEMBER ELECTION
Members Say 100000 Is
Needed For improvements But
s75o,ooo Win Be Starter
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The ways and means committee Of
the board Of supervisors, consisting of
Daniel Logan, +. NJ. Hatch and b. f.
Hollinger, yesterday decided upon .
recommendation to the board in favor
Of a bond issue by the city Of Homo
lulu of $750,00O, TO be voted upon by
the people of Honolulu in the election
next November. Action will be take .
when the board meets next week, to
prepare for the submission of the pro-
position TO the voters of the city {
That Honolulu needs q larger loan,
but could not handle the money at
once, and better make a new loap
later, is a proposition put forward by
some of the city officials. Conditions,
as far as the needs of road work and
other improvements are concerned, eau
for a loan of couple of millions, say
some Of the city officials, but it would
not be possible to spend the money
within year or so.
Cannot Spend More Money
'There isn't enough labor here to
enable the municipality to spend more
than the $750,000 II is proposed to ask
for" said member Of the board, yes.
terday afternoon, and it would there,
fore be of no use to ask for a loan Of
two millions, which sum is said to be
really needed to meet the conditions of
road and other improvements called
for by the growth Of the city If we
had the two millions we could not use
it, and it may well be left for future
board to make call for a new loan
if it is so disposed"
Daniel Logan, chairman of the ways
and means committee, said after the
meeting yesterday that he considered
that the loan of $750,000 was all that
should be floated at this time, though
possibly the city needed lnpre. II
would be q matter for future consider,
alton whether more bonds should be is,
sned, to the limit Of two millions or
more which the city is legally able to
issue. -.nz,,
All Departments Clamor
GAN of the departments are asking
for more than we can give them, said
Mr.. Logan, "and it is true that they
need the money. I am inclined to
agree with the remark made by Mr..
Larsen ata recent meeting, that while
we need a good deal more than $780,
900 to do the work that should be done,
that sum is about all we can handle
at present to advantage.
The city will have to do its share
in paying frontage taxes and so forth,
and the road work, water works and
sewer works appropriations which are
necessary, call for money and also there
are park plans which must be handled.
The bond issue Of $4,000 rs pro,
posed is as small as Is consistent with
the actual immediate needs Of the com
munity. 1t leaves II to the future,
for the people TO decide whether there
shall be more bond issues.
How Money win Be Used
The report which the ways 1and
means committee will make to the
board viii recommend that if the bond
issue is approved by the voters, the
sum of 1926, 200 be used for road work
$325,00O for waterworks and sewers
and 100000 for parks and the public
baths.
The matter of the issuance Of bonds
W i'll be submitted to the voters at the
regular election in November, accord
ing to the plans of the committee.