After about 10 years, the City has nearly completed the last link in a $2.8 million program to provide off-street parking in downtown Honolulu.
The sixth municipal lot, the old Von Hamm-Young Garage adjoining the Y.W.C.A. on Richards Street, was opened at 7:30 a.m. yesterday. It will close at 6 p.m. daily except Sundays and holidays.
Ultimately, the six lots are expected to provide some 950 stalls. A decision may be reached early next year on possible conversion of the garage property to a two-story parking facility.
City officials and downtown merchants have pushed the program as a result of a nearly eight per cent increase in automobile registrations a year.
In 1935, a total of 35,102 vehicles of all types were registered in the City-County. By 1957, this figure had reached 159,227.
Some property owners weren’t happy about the assessments necessary for the program and litigation went all the way to the Territorial Supreme Court.
Pending a recent favorable decision, the City advance enough money to complete about 75 per cent of the total program.
City Attorney Norman K. Chung said a resolution authorizing the sale of $1.4 million in revenue bonds should be presented to Supervisors today.
This amount will be enough to complete the program.
Halloween Fete Will Be Held In Kaimuki Park
The traditional Kaimuki Halloween Parade, which has thrilled thousands of youngsters during the past few years, will be held in the Kaimuki Park Thursday, October 30 (1958), at 6:15 p.m.
Stew Yoshioka is chairman of the event, which is sponsored by the Kaimuki Business and Professional Association.
The Royal Hawaiian Band will play at 7 p.m., and a Civil Air Patrol group is scheduled to perform.
Costume contests will be judged by members of the Kaimuki Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Separate prizes will be awarded to boys and girls in three age groups 2-5; 6-9, and 10 and over for costumes in the Most Comical, Most Horrible and Most Original categories.
There will be a grand prize from a “really exceptional” costume in any of the categories.
