The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-09-18
Roads, Good, Bad aud Indifferent Are Subject Of In
StructYe Papers and Discussion at Sessions Held Yes
terday; Necessity Of Proper Maintenance Strongly
Urged; Many Important Resolutions introduced
DELEGATES ENTHUSIASTIC

roads, and everything appeftaining
thereunto came up for discussion at
yesterday afternoon Is meeting of the
sixth civic convention. A good proper.
tion Of delegates were present to give
the speakers close attention on sub.
ject of 20 much interest throughout the
Territory. ..r D." 3D.
Constructive suggestions Of seeming
~ great value were made by the vari-
Gus speakers, and several important
resolutions were introduced which were
referred TO the resolutions committee
for report. II was altogether one of
the most valuable sessions of the con
vention ever held, owing to its choice
of roads as its subject, and seemed to
be recognized as such by the members
present. INK. Hf
There was little hurrahing and flag
waving, but much deep interest and
consideration of the statements adj
vanced by the various speakers, all Of
whom had evidently put the best Of
themselves into their study and pre-,
sentation of their chosen subjects.
From all signs yesterday afternoon s
session should produce some results Of
real value in the future road work of
the Territory.
Much Enthusiasm
j. F. C. Hagens, president of the
Honolulu Chamber of Commerce, called
the meeting to order as temporary
chairman at nine O'Clock yesterday
morning at the Laniakea theater. The
first business, selection of officers, was
completed by electing Mr.. Ha9ens as
chairman and Raymond C. Brown as
secretary of the convention.
The credentials committee was then
named by Chairman Hagens as follows:
Lester Petrie, Oahu; l.. D. Timmons,
Kauai; William Field, Maui; H. d.
Corbett, Hilo, and Thornton Hardy,
committeeman at large.
After a short session the credentials
committee reported the number of dele
gates and organizations represented.
These organizations were present:
Oahu board of supervisors, ten; Homo
lulu Automobile Club, ten; Honolulu Ad
Club; ten; Chinese Merchants Associa-
ton, ten; japanese Chamber of Com
merce, ten; Honolulu Commercial Club
ten; Pan.Pacifc Union, ten; Rotary
Club, ten; Honolulu Chamber of Com
merce, ten; Kohala Civic League, four;
KOna Improvement Club, six; Hilo
Board Of Trade, thirty four; Maui
Chamber of Commerce, twenty three;
Kauai Chamber of Commerce, fourteen,
making lS1 delegates in all.
Speech of Welcome
Chairman Hagens made the speech
of welcome to the visitors, which was
responded to by Judge Delbert +. Metz
ger of Hilo for the delegates from out.
sd ,ufr Ia hat oil
outlanders felt a proprietary interest
tropoIis, and could all join in the Ad
Club song Honolulu, Love You.
The resolutions committee appointed
10y Chairman Hagens included G. II.
Wears, Hawaii, W. o. Aiken, Maui, h.
Oahu, and DIR. ii. B. Elliot, as chair
man.
Resolutions
f. NJ. Chcatham offered three resolu.
tions Turing the morning. The first
asked assistance from the federal and
territorial legislatures for the construc-
tion Of breakwater at Nawiliwili, Ka-
uai. The second commended the Gov
ernOr for his efforts in aiding the Ha-
waiian National Guard. and preparing
IIlt LOT Wal, NhO
pledged the members of the convention
to aid the selective draft exemp.
ton boards in carrying out their pro-
grams.
w. o. Aiken of Maui read resOlu.
tion reaffirming the convention S sup
port Of the project to obtain steam
err landing wharf for Maui. All four
resolutions were referred to the reso'
.EAA Il.
them the first thing this morning.
Talks On Boy Scouts
Roger n. Burnham, Boy Scout com
missioner for Hawaii, spoke on the aims
of the Boy Scout movement and the
value of the Boy Scout as a civic asset,
He told in detail how the scout organi.
Zation endeavored to make good citi'
zens of the youths of the nation by
training them while young in the duties
and responsibilities of citizenship. The
child, he said, was raw material for the
development Of the citizen who was a
civic asset.
The Governor was a guest at the
convention during the morning meeting,
giving an address in which public i'm,
provements being contemplated were
the chief feature. He spoke of the
plan now. under consideration to de
NelOp a thOroughfare from the Ala Mo,
ana road to or past Fort Shafter, by
which the present congested condition
of traffic on King Street would be re,
Iicved.
If this were done it is thought that
the harbor board would boulevardi1e
the Ala Moana road and clean up the
waterfront. This plan was originated
and first proposed by General NJ. NJ
Macomb while in command of the Ha.
waiian department several years ago
Purchase Of Parks
The Governor stated that the parks
of the city would soon be added TO by
the purchase of Kaimuki, Atkinson, and