Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-01-10
Board of Supervisors Discards
Project of Planning Commits
sion for Alternative Proposal

II
4 Hawaii street is to be the mauka
i outlet for the Puunui district. ...@~
After many months of wrangling,
filled with plans and counter plans,
the board Of supervisors Tuesday
4 evening by sudden change of heart
turned down Circle drive, objected to
by the Country Club and George
i Sherman. and, making Hawaii street
the eastern boundary OF the Puunui
district, thus cutting out any chance
of Circle drive again entering into the
discussion, chose Hawaii street extern
4 SIGN the outlet. Charles N. Arnold
and B. F. Hollinger were the only
members who stood by the former de-
cision of the board. They fought
hard for Circle drive. but were un-
able to stem the tide. -.
Arnold, chairman of the road com.
/ mittee, began the argument by NOV
ing that the board reiterate it's former
stand and adopt Circle drive as rec
commended by the city planning COM
/ mission. III
Haten Moves Reconsideration
| Whatever chance Circle. drive had
Of winning, however, was killed by
F. NJ. Hatch, the next speaker, who
moved that the decision of the board
be reconsidered and Hawaii street
made the mauka boundary of the dis.
trict because the district is too large
The board has done good work"
Hatch said, "but has played fast and
loose with the law. Inc legislature
has not given Us definite law, espe-
cially as to what is a main thorough
fare, and also believe that the
amount the city Is to pay towards an
improvement should be fixed accord
ing to the district. The law does not
give the beard power to buy land as
our share of the Improvement" he
declared. He then inconsistency sug-
gested that the entire district be made
an Improvement district as proposed
by the planning commission, which
would naturally include Circle drive.
Arnold denied that the board has
played fast and loose with the law,
declaring that every step was taken
on advice of the city attorneys office
and called on William Garden. deputy
city attorney, to explain the legal
steps. II
Puunui District "pifferentn -
The steps taken by the board are
legal" Garden said, although Just in
side. Puunui is different from all
other districts. II resembles a
Ratchet, with Puunuf the blade and
Circle drive the handle, and-the lat
ter is to be self-supporting, although
only benefiting the blade. If the city
did not buy the land over which the
read is 20 run It WOu... be illegal to
assess the property yh0lders,7 he said.
logan Reyerses Position
Logan then pdt the finishing
t9uchest 81 me @ aihS Of Circle driys
vote a FOR Har7a A. s0 ssbl sSa,S
his change Of opinion by saying that.
he had voted before for Circle drive
against his own b&ief He claimed
that Huunhi in, taking in. the drive
was going from "a residence district
into a non-residence district and that
a large number Of Puunuites really
desired Hawaii There is no reason
to open up anotliei1 residenee district, "
he said attTake Kaimuki,s for ! in
Otance. There Is plenty of room there
tor everybody IL the roads were only
REPAIRED Logan ended by declaring
be didn't care what the people thought
OF his vote.
Although Mrs.fF. ]. Lowrey, Mrs
j. M. Dowsett and A. #. Wall, mem-
befs of the city planning commission,
we're present, none spoke.N John F. g.
Stokes and George Mckinley, how
ever, called on the board to consider
he future and adopt Circle drive.
Votes Are Taken
A vote was then taken TO reconsider
the FORMER decision and 1t prevailed
and Hatch moved again to make Ha-
waii the eastern boundary. 81
Logan moved that the boundary run
to the end Of the residence district
to take advantage sof the 5000 offer
OF the Country Club and George Sher-
man. and Hatch agreed.
Larsen then stood out for some out
let, declaring that II straight road
was impossible, lets have crooked
enc.
Horner announced that he didn't
agree with any of the propositions
and tried to enter plan Of his own.
but got no following.
Arnold Makes Last Effort
Arnold then made last appeal for
Circle drive Previously a movement
had started toNagain postpone the de
cision to q future meeting. but Arm
old declared It should be settled
now. The decision of the best out
let was turned. over to the city plan
ming commission because It is dis.
Interested body, he said. This
| board is naturally political and likely
to be influenced and for that reason
the commission was formed to settle
just such questions as this. This
seems to be the time when the fool
and not the wise man changed his