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

der which the work will have TO be ca
soon point with pride 10 their road sy
On July 2, o new board Of superYi-
sofs comes into office, pledged to sup
port the frontage tax law. For the
first six months Of their two years
term they WIN have very little money
with which to carry On the work in
the city as the new appropriations
given the county by the legislature
will not become effective until Janu'
AIRY /, 1918. During the following
year and, a half. however. they will
have approximately. $1,000 900 for
frontage tax work
. Il 10 estimated that from July /, to
December 81, 1917, the board will
have $4,000 in the permanent i'm
provement fund and $4,000 donated
by the legislature. The latter 10 for
the construction Of Befetania street
from AlapaI to Punahou. Hotel street
widening, Pail road and retaining
wall and Lilfha street, This work
can proceed at once as can also work
on the belt road from the Pail for
which the legislature appropriated
100000.
and county engineer, the first six
months, what with the work for which
money IL already appropriated, can
Z well be utilized in preparing the plans
for future improvements and bring
Ing them up to the point where bids
may be asked for thus saving con.
siderable time when the money Is
available. @
S525,0oo In Two Years
During the two years $523, 520.63
has been appropriated for permanent
street construction, including the Ma
uoa Improvement district, Lusitana
Walk improvement district, Sea View
Improvement district, KslakaIa ave-
nue., Beretania, king to Euuanu,
Smith street and Hotel street widen.
ing. On some OF these. work is stili
under way. s.
To finish permanently paving al
the main arteries IN the city has been
estimated by the engineering office
fiiet the cost will be SI.627.7S9 and
includes 13 separate operations.
Several months ago the board Of
supervisors passed resolution Of In
tention for the paving Of the Puunui
district TO cost $4,000. and OF the
Alewa Heights district at $4,000, but
because Of lack Of funds nothing was
done.
The. others are: Beretania street,
from Puanhou TO King street oxten-.
sion, SIS, 900; Nuuanu street, from the
waterfront to the Country Club, $780,
600; King street, Richards TO McCul-l
II, $3.50, 900; waialae road, Manoal
bridge TO Koko Head avenue, $4,000
and the business district between
River and PunchboEl and Beretania
and Merchant. 100000, all Of which
have already been proposed by the
board, and Kalihi road. King to wal
iele, S70,400; Liliba street, King To-
WyIIief 3122,000: KING street. LiIiha
70 KdhanilIi, Sl40boo; School street..
Quarry street, Alapai % Lunalilo. ;2o.-
D00.
Lsber important Factor
With all this work In sight labor
becomes an important factor and one
which should be given careful con-
sheraton on this point Engineer
Collins says:
The supply OF citizen or eligible
labor on this island Is limited. This
q shown by the present scarcity and
the poor quality of some Of the labor
employed on Improvements now un-
der way. The maximum limit Of the
cost Of public work which may be car
rled out In one year VIII not exceed
$1,000. 900 without the importation OF
labor. With work going on along
other lines, such as additions to the
water and sewer system. harbor Inn
proyements. etc, the limit for road
work win hardly exceed 100000 per
year. Il would be unwise IN my opin-
ion TO consider the importation OF Ia