Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-30
SEATTLE VISITOR
PRAISES CITY'S
SCENIC ADVANCE
George Mex. Mcclellan Says
Country Club Surroundings
Especially Attractive


81 have played golf all the way from
the west coast of America to the an
Gent and royal course OF ST. An
drews: | have tramped the links in
France and lost myself in the ounkers
of the fairways in Switzerland, but
nowhere else have | seen a course
with sucb attractive surroundings as
the golf links of the Honolulu Coun.
try Club"
Such is the expressed opinion OF
George Nick. Mcclellan, lawyer, golfer,
landscape gardener, and representa-.
tive OF the Seattle Commercial Club
who is on. visit to the Islands after
an absence Of six years.
Mr.. Mcclellan has made several in.
formal talks before various bodies
while here. Thursday, he addressed
the Commercial club. Friday the
Chamber of Commerce, and next
tomorrow he is scheduled to speak
at. the AID Club luncheon. or
course he has something to say about
that steamship line between Honolulu
and Seattle. which he would like to
see materialize, but he finds time to
mention a lot Of other things. For in
stance, speaking before the Chamber
of Commerce, and afterward conhrm'
ing II in a private interview, he paid,
ali nnconsciously. pretty compliment
TO the ladies OF the Outdoor Circle in
his commendation Of the extensive
tree.planting that has been going on
IN Honolulu during the last few years.
Its great pleasure, as well as
q surprise to me, to see so many
young trees growing along the water
front, on Harbor island, and up and
down Kaiakaua avenue, as we'll as In
many other formerly barren spots Of
the city. Nothing adds more to the
beauty of a place than trees rightly
planted and properly cared for. 1
hone that the plans which Charles NJ.
Cooke had in mind for the identifying
OF the harbor will still be carried out,
Mr.. Cooke wanted the island planted
with coconut palms. With this done,
the waterfront here would have one
OF the most distinctive harbors in the
world
Mr.. Mcclellan is pleased with the
new architectural features he has no.
ticed, and considers the introduction
Of the California bungalow for small
houses q decided improvement over
the old style Of building.
Another thing am pleased to see. !"
said Mr.. Mcclellan, Is the beginning
made on frontage tax methods OF
maintenance. The experience of main,
land cities has shown that it is i'm.
possible to make the proper amount
Of city improvements without the
frontage tax plan. Honolulu ought to
60 ahead and urge upon the city gov
eminent to order local Improvements
and charge them TO property owners
TO be covered by frontage tax, with
the consent OF the property owners,
H II should be given. and without it,
II Il should be withheld. In this con-
nection II might be advisable for Ho-
inolulu to take a leaf out of the book
experience has written for many main
land cities. and pay large part OF
It's roadbuiIding out Of current taxa
ton instead of covering all such costs
with bond issues. to be paid by fu-
ture generations.v
Mr.. Mcclellan does not think Homo
lulu as city is taxing itself any too
heavily for municipal Improvements.
He says the per capita taxation is not
so large here as IL is in many main.
land cities not nearly as rich as Ho-
nolulu.
Speaking of shipping. Mr.. Mcclellan
referred again to the FIVE trans-contin-
entail railways that have their termin-
ais In Seattle. ut is known, Of course.
but IL is not generally realized that
Seattle is q great port. Seattle, for
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