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

PROVIDED TOT permanent employIu6n
of caretakers, each having charge of
section of a. road.
The ideal system, he declared,
would be a combination of the two
mentioned, the patrols to look after
sections of improved roads, and the
gang workers to improve roads so that
they can be placed under the care
of the patrols.
While the problem has been to OBJ
tain money for road maintenance the
problem from now on would be that
of devising efficient means to apply
these methods to obtain the best eff
feet. .-"..
by the first of the year the board
of supervisors will be in position to
provide a cantonnier and gang system
which will properly maintain, if not
all our roads at least our permanent
streets and roads around the island
added the speaker,
This, Mr. Arnold explained, was
because the legislature Of 1917 had
provided additional taxes for road
maintenance purposes.
The speaker then outlined ten rules
to be followed by road gangs to main
tain a road, which included keeping
bitches free from distractions, clear.
ing away deposits at inlets OF storm
drains, fixing culverts and bridges.
thoroughly inspecting bridges, never
mailing a new plank over an old, see
ing that hand rails of bridges are Sc
cure, reporting all accidents, removing
debris, following instructions in all
details and remembering that ability
is not measured by visible results
alone but the results with what they
cost the taxpayer.
The constant street reopening for
the purposes of laying mains of vari-
GUS kinds was also remarked upon by
the speaker, who suggested a plan OF
serving notices upon public utilities
companies to lay new mains before a
street improvement is undertaken.
This is already being done with some
success. The speaker touched on the
desirability of sidewalks being kept
clear of vaults and other accessories
of buildings so that the space under
sidewalks could be reserved for future
installation of pipe systems which
would relieve the present congestion
of subsurfaee structures in the carri-
age way, and thus reduce the number
of openings made in the pavement.
Resolutions introduced
Following the speeches, resolutions
we're introduced. E. NJ. Cheatham OF
Kauai placed three before the meet
ing, the first calling for federal and
territorial assistance in building a
breakwater at Nawiliwili, Kauai; the
second commencing Governor Lucius
E. Pinkham for the way he has put
the territory on a war basis and par.
ticularly his efforts in aiding the Ha-
waiian national guard and, third, a res
olution asking the citizens of the isl.
ands to help the registration boards
to perform their work. The fourth
resolution introduced was In regard to
obtaining a steamer landing for Maui.
There was no discussion, the resolu-
tions being referred to the committee
which will examine them and report
to the meeting this afternoon.
The successful and enduring road
nowadays is the one designed and built
to withstand the pressure Of heavy
automobile and truck traffic. To this
end particular attention must be given
to the foundation, declared George NJ.
Collins, city engineer of Honolulu, in
his address to the convention this af-
ternoon on preliminary Investigation
as a Factor in Road Construction"
He declared that HonolulHs road
system will also be weak until ar.
rangement is made whereby capable
men will not feel the disturbance and
shake-up in office accompanying every
election, and made plea for the engi.
neering department to be placed in
civil service.
His address in part follows:
Preliminary Investigation
Under the head of preliminary in
vestigation comes all the work of an
engineering nature which should be
done before the preparation of final
plans for the improvement Of any
street or highway. Such work is OF
the greatest economic importance in
road building and cannot be too great
~ emphasized. There are numerous
examples of roads and streets on this
island today which plainly show the
effect of insufficient preliminary work
Had more time been spent in thor
ough study of conditions before work
was commenced, the public would un-
doubtedly have saved many thousands
of dollars.
Matter of Location
"One of the first things to be con
sioered under the head of preliminary
investigation is the matter of location
This includes, principally, a thorough
study of grade and alignment Il is to
be remembered that the only features
Of road or street which may be con-
sidered truly permapent are those o!
lin. AN. and Grade 5sstpre p cost of do,
ing this work6S"tort the only on
which need at cred.
The matatlo> ist be given
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