The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-18

Pauoa Parks. He also mentioned the
progress made in securing rights of way
and lands for the Hawaiian National
Park. 49,.
He said that the water rights Of East
Kauai should be handled by an organi,
zation entirely distinct from the plan
tation interests. He expects to issue
proclamation shortly setting aside the
Napah forest reserve on Kauai as a
forest reserve park.
If the present Kuhio Wharf at Hilo
had been constructed as a pier instead
of bulkhead wharf there would be no
present difficulty with it, he stated. 1t
is the intention of the Governor per
sOnally to investigate the situation
shortly.
Road Maintenance
As there was time left before the
lunch hour, Charles n. Arnold present
; ed a paper on "Road Maintenance. "
He said that there were three phases
of road building, location, construction,
and maintenance, and of these the last
was most important.
A combination of the patrol system
and the road gang system would be the
most effective, he declared, in the care
Of roads.
Additional taxes from the legislature
of 1917 had provided funds for such a
system, he said. He outlined the i'm,
pOrtant points in road maintenance to
obtain the best results.
! The tearing up of roads already laid
to put down new mains was touched
upon by the speaker, who suggested
that notices to lay new mains should
be served on the utilities corporations
before street Improvement was un,
dertaken.
Afternoon Session
! The afternoon session of the ronNrn.
ton was devoted to the subject Of
roads. Each speaker took some feature
Of road making as his subject, making
a symposium which covered every step
in road construction, from the raising
of funds to the maintenance of the road
after building.
w. X. harrington, the first speaker,
/ told of good roads and bad roads, com
| pairing the bad road which spoIs the
pleasure or business of the traveller to
the bad egg which spoils the breakfast
and the rest of the day. The badness Of
the egg, he said, might be due to age
{ or natural causes, but bad roads were
entirely the fault of the community
either for not building good roaIs at
the beginning or for not keeping them
in condition after they were built.
A resolution was introduced 10y |. A
ThurstOn, speaking for the holdover
F committee of the 1916 convention, rec,
ommending the adoption of the canto
Dier system, that the Territory share
in the expense of building roads of
! general use, and that committee of
{ five be appointed to use their cndcavOrs
toward the carrying out of the reSolu
ton, which follows IN fun:
Resolved by the Civic Couven.
tion of the Territory Of Hawaii, at
its sixth annual meeting held in
Honolulu, September, 1917:
That we earnestly recommend
the adoption by all road authori
ties in this Territory of the system
of sectional upkeep of roads, or the
so called 'cantonier system, as he,
ing essential to the maintenance of
good roads.
"That we approve of the policy
under which the Territory shall
share in the cost of constituting
rOals of general use and interest
TO the people of the Territory as
a whole; but believe that terrific
rial funds should be expended un
der territorial supervision, and
with adequate assurance that roads
so built shall be properly maintain
ed