The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-08

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The track was, cleared yesterday fot
Of Territorial bonds to add to t2S0, 900
already held in the territorial treasury
to build the belt road from the foot
OF the Pail to Koolau Point. The
chamber Of commerce. after q. two.hour
hattie Of figures, sentiment, patriotism
and eofnm1nfty necessity, voted almost
unanimously TO back the hotation, II
the road Is. 10 be built under war de
partmenti specifications, rs q military
road, with supplies purchased through
the war Department '-at government
priees and brought \ TO Honolulu BY
army transporfs free offrsight charges,
and supervised by army. enRineefs in
the actual construction. r y 49,,
The strongest appeal for the cham
bef's backing in this measure was
made by supervisor y. a. Mott.Smith,
who presented a clear and concise state
ment Of, what the supersisprs desired;
the point Of view OF the territorial
gosernmeht In .fsleasing nearly $780,,
00or now in the Treasury liz the re :
niainder Of the half million be raised;
and that Of the; Hawaiian department
Of the army, which he stated had rei
eeived assafanees from the war depart
OF the road If built. under government
specifications, by securing materials Rt
lowrates and giving transportation.
Discussion IL Broad Y ~ ,',ssg ~.
For more than two hours the discus.
sion ranged over contingencies, the
bankers presentihK thefr views as TO
the possible difiealty Of floating the
loan and giving reasons why caution
should be observed, in; view. Of the.
large demands which may be made, Of
the community this year for war and
eommuBity necessitiesy and other bust
ness men arguing that the. COMMUNITY
must keep up its steam and supply the
workers with semployment and making
transportation adequate. ~ , 3
II was explained by Mr.. Mott Smith,
f0k6rd fhs close of the discussion; that
the war departmtnt, IN planning FOR
Rad ;mahinR here; in reality eonsideTed
the Pail project as Its last one.
Mr. Mott Smith ives, given the night
Of fyaysto make his long expected arg,
I anEsnt SfavoEing The bond issue 1ota
ton, particularly that portion relating
to what the war department wanted
aud, whether or not il would cooperate.
wThe legislature, he said, had Euthor.
lied bonds for this road up to $500, 900
for q. sixteencfpot wide road. with a
four inch eoncTete base.S The military
road should be eighteen feet wide and
have IN eight.ineh concrete base.
Road 0reatly Nceded
The .bonds must Arst be disposed Of
glefore the seontraets could be let Was
the road project Necessity, he asked!
There was need for o. new road even
If there were no war conditions. As
me army would build in the same di
reTfipu, II was thought best to tie up
With the army and d conference was
held with, the army ,authoritiek The
latter had suggested that sneh road
Would be welsomed BY the department
at this time. f'15@ -
~ AZ d resbIt Of this conference We
reeeivedS defpite assurance that the
war depaf tiAfht would aid" said Mr..
Mott Smith, ~ can state speei 6eally
that department headquarters, the
Gttxeruor, and the war department win
take every step necessary In the event
shat the ehsmber Of commerce en- cages
III fluN2NVltFHStf huu 'VAil PufVnhao ha
teriAlsfor US at war department prices
aid the materials win be landed here
81 transports. =,
it'.'tt IN stead of o sixteen foot road we
would haSe nm, eighteen foot road, with
eiehtiRch coneIete base, without a
single cent more cost TO the commuu
ity. Both the local headquarters and
~ shr department at Washington are
prepared to cooperate with US. They
want road Of permanent character
and the sooner the better. The saving
IA, US, would be from $3.50, 900 to 5000.
orr on ibis, Government cooperation. -
:. w. Mott Smith went into the cues
.4iop Of whether, or not war conditions
shhuia INTERVENE and hold up the work.
He did not believe so, even though the
Territory had TO keep up, its end in
s,lcyidiriv financial 'sinsws for the gov
Arbmrnt 10 carry, on the war. The
1uestioBl arose nv to whether we do not
,haSs Q duty 70 perform here at home.
If there S,ss 40 work here there might
ff,sa. \ lahnr and financial condition
,whieh rnpla b. embarrassing.
III WILL make WEALTH
'Ths expenditures or $500. 900 In this
crrmpaitv.tt he said, .tW1n create
nat H4ch Irors work and wealth In
~, r~~-~ss,itv snd it, distribution
Nill enablS private indiyidnAlh more
fnlly 10 40 their duty towards national
and other reQuirsInsutA for which most