Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-09-17
governor ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR
CROSS.CITY ROAD loft. SHAFTER
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velop and refine the Ala Moana road
and waterfront.
Thus the broad improvement Of
Honolulu is connected up in a prac-
tical and comprehensive scheme until
its component parts make one great
and inseparable unit.
Territorial Parks
THE Round Top forest reserve park.
although not yet embellished, now
shows it's possibilities and quite Won
der If citizens generally realize with
/ what ease, over an excellent road, they
may enjoy quite a wonderful land
scape, as well as much cooler tenn
perature. There was little opposition
to this scheme, but your executive de-
termined to save this park for the pub
| lie. l wish to have you realize how
unusual it is to have such public reser-
vations right within a city, as are the
forest reserve park and Punchbowl
military reservation.
Although bond sales are a little
slow, the cash is on hand to pay for
Kaimuki park and will in a few days
be available for both Atkinson and
Pauoa parks.
Mr.. A. Lewis, Jr., on turn of the
Nuuanu road has shown what can be
done privately to make our highways
+, attractive. We hope for additional
spots of beauty by private aid.
When Waimanalo returns to the
possession of the territory, the great
est opportunity will be at hand to
serve the community at large, but it
will require firmness and wisdom to
deal with grasping persons already
disclosing their dispositions.
Unitarian Opportunities
In discussing with the United States
engineers the proposed Kalihi basin,
the proposition was made that if the
territorial government would secure
the mauka side by purchase of the
then Dowsett, Standard Oil, and Oahu
! Railway frontage, the federal govern
ment would give the territory the ma.
kal frontage and the land created by
olsposlng OF the nearby dredging.
The prospective imperative factor
was the bulkheads to retain the fill.
l VIII not bore you with the details of
our efforts to find the money for this
purpose. We still seek it. We also
seek a public determination that this
opportunity be not lost to the public.
and 1t is the duty of you citizens to
see that 1t is not. 1t cannot be done
by resolution or sentiment, but by in
d1Vldual determination and work
The experimental road at the Col
lege of Hawaii in its various features
has proven that the one reliable con
struction is reinforced concrete. A
drive over the road with its variety OF
types will convince you of this fact.
l believe, however, the laying of con.
crete road surfaces needs more care
and that with attention and good ergi.
neering the surface can be made per.
| feet.
The County Of Kauai
In its county officials and in it's
county spirit. Kauai seems particular
~ fortunate. Its progress in its coun.
~ improvements has reached a point
| where normal attention will soon com
/ plete the projects.
] Above all things Kauai needs a
port wherein passengers and freight
= can be d1sembarked or embarked at
wharf in still water. It has an am
bilious scheme for a harbor at Ma:
wiiiwili, dependent on the good will
OF tne congress OF the United States.
Pendlng their action and accomplish.
ment this territorial administration
has for nearly three years hoped the
! capitalists of East Kauai could unite
for a common carrier railway which
might, for the present, make use of
Hananaula harbor and its sheltered
waters.
This administration has granted
such rights of way for bitches tun-
nels, ETC., as have been found neces-
sary to bring out and utilize private
waters.
The administration believes the
waters belonging to the territory on
the east side of Kauai should be de.
reloped, conserved and distributed BY
one organization wholly disconnected