Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-17

tect the army Of the United States OF
America and the national guard OF
Hawaii in the location and areas neces'
sary for their maintenance, training
and efficiency.
Through the pert of Honolulu
passes the main travel and traffic OF
the Pacific and the impressions here
made on world travellers give US our
world rating. Our governmental es.
adjustments are the first factor, IL
we SO will 1t. Natures setting and
private refinements add to the general
conception of our place among Cap
itals. " rs-s H..
Preparing for the Future
at will be profitable for this con.
vention to know what has been &C
complished, what Is actively in prog
ress of accomplishment, and the ad.
ditional acquisitions necessary TO com.
plete fundamental projects for per.
feet civic equipment, appealing to the
highest artistic conceptions and per-
feet utility" -.
Here the governor reviewed the his.
tory of the civic center project and
what has been accomplished, and de-
clared that Collector of the Port M.
A. Franklin will today reach Washing.
ton to confer as to the details Of the
new federal building. Collector Frank
lin, he said, is supplied with maps, not
only Of the details of the civic center,
but OF the whole broad scheme Of i'm
WAIKIKI reclamation, Ala
Moana waterfront boulevard, the sGg.
gested relief of the dangerous and in.
creasingly dangerous congestion on
King street, by use Of a widened
Punchbowl street, Vineyard street, one
block of Fort street and thence, by
school street, to Fort Shafter and be-
yond II desired. ..-@> -...
Assistant Secretary Newton" said
the governor, already takes an in
terest in our civic center and will en-.
deavor to so harmonic federal build
ing projects that the center may be a
most notable one. ...... ..,.. -.
THE entire judiciary building square
viii soon become the property of the
territorial government.
"We hope that really architectural
gem the Judiciary building, will be-
Come Honolulu's city hall.
1--WE hope to balance the federal
building with q combined territorial
department and circuit and supreme
courts building, that in size, architec.
tural character and material, may rel
atiyely harmonic with the federal
building, and to erect 1t on the Punch.
bowl side of the judiciary lot.
"The Hawaiian department needs an
administration building of magnitude.
We are in conference with the United
States depot quartermaster ais to site
therefor and other essentials.
1--WE hope to induce him to so locate
that we can secure balancing lot on
which our citizens may erect a much
needed opera house or q municipal
auditorium, fulfilling the same pur.
pose and similar to San Francisco anC
OakIand's example.
Suggestions for New Thoroughfare
1T is obvious King street is ire.
auently very dangerously congested by
high-speed traffic and when the street
railway is double.tracked it will be
increasingly so. Some relief is needed
J for the present and future in the
length OF this street, from Kalakaua
avenue to and beyond the Kamehame.
ha schools. Neither Beretania nor
Hotel streets carry past the most pro-
nounced congestion, nor can they.
In surveying the situation, School
street affords the only practical solu-
ton and avenue.
TO the west it is now very wide
and can be easily extended to Fort
Shafter and beyond. and moreover it
avoids the taro patches and will not
cut through the premises of the Ka-
mehameha schools. Toward the east
il can be easily widened where neces-
sary. The connection by one block
on Fort street would bring the thor
oughfare tn Vineyard street, through
which a widened Punchbowl street
would be reached, leading thereon to
Second street, which should be opened
to Ala Moana. 1t is the duty of the
board of harbor commissioners to de-