Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-30


Five years ID brief period in the life Of an indiv
dual, briefer In the life OF city, but in Ave years
Honolulu has had period Of remarkable growth.
II ID growth not readily realized by the casual
observer scarcely more by the old resident than by
the comparative newcomer for all OF Us tend to gel
into channels Of daily activity largely eliminating
contact with most sections Of the city. The man
with an auto motors along the main streets and
few Of the best.payed- side streets and highways
He seldom II ever gets into the more isolated por
tons Of the city. The without an auto travels
along the route Of the car-line.
Thus It happens that few realize how the city has
expanded In Ave years. 1t has passed through most
Of the stages Of country town and in many res
poets now fairly deserves to be called modern city
It has the banks and trust companies the downtown
retail center, the beginnings of a wholesale and
marketing district; 1t has the harbor, wharves and
sea.trac; 1t has the schools, churches and benevo
lent institutions; 1t has the parks and Fairgrounds
II has the handsome residential districts; it has the
public utilities-all factors in real city.
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Another sign Of attainment to city stature@ 1t
has totally outgrown its street improvements and
methods Of I'VE years ago, and Is outgrowing some
Of its utilities 1t has stretched its finances to the
breakingpoint In an effort to do only part Of what
should be done in public administration and i'm
provement.
Most Of rs have known In q general way that
Honolulu has gone ahead In the last half decade.
Yet no one, no matter how familiar with the city
from daily observation, could fully realize how
rapidly Honolulu Is stretching out in all directions
except by the collection and intelligent analysis of
the facts and figures along many lines which is pre-
cisely what this edition Of Honolulu aims to fur
nish.
Just as the Good Roads Edition Of few weeks
ago was presentation Of facts centering attention
on the need for definite road legislation and for
additional funds SO this Progress Edition is pre-
aentation of facts to center attention the need
Of careful active and pubIicspiited city planning
insn,ediateIy and consistently, that Honolulu's
growth may be rightly directed All the latent
energy, all the possibilities in this vigorous,
healthy, opportunity blessed young city demand
outlet and Development in the right directions. 3
There is no need now to cry down all the splendid
work for Honolulu which brainy, talented men and
women have done in the past Yet 50 rapidly is the
city growing that most calculations Of the past have
gone wrong because they based on city in size
already o1tstripped by this. Honoulus bursting
at the seams Streets are reaching out in every
direction, feelers Of traffic and commerce. With
new streets and roads steadily radiating from the
central section our present streets are badly kept
Nothing could speak more emphaticaliy Of a city
bursting at the seams than dusty, Weedy main
thoronghfares Water and sewer systems are ad.
nittedly inadequate. Public buildings are ridicu.
iously so. q
These things are facts Just as much as the pros
perty in business; just much as the Increase In
bank deposits; just much as the increase in In
comes; just as much a. the increased tonnage in.