The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-06-01

a sum rs Hs.-1so ~ Nothing more j. neelei 70
prove that a park j. a profitable enterprise 'r a
suat city.
The sJ.ntancicy With which the al-erohI trees
ere -Vrinsins Up alon: the rad and IN various
Place, ON the plain southeast of the city, suggests
the adyisaLiitv u making special efforts 10
ieautiiy our Highways, not after the manner oI
Nuuanu, with its ugly han tres, which are
continually crying out for the wcSdman axe,
If some provision were made u have = small
nursery 81 al-erohaS. for transplantln- along
the road-. each t. be guarded for a year 81 two
with a stake firmly put down. after which they
viii always protect themselves from any animals
it would in a few years change the face OF
the country and add greatly 10 the charm OF q
suburban residence. The Road Supervisor has
ample taste. but appears to lack the means at
his disposal, and il j. 10 this that we desire to
call public attention Although we have no tree
that can rival the Curious old oaks OF England
Who glArrd aai kDo'Ied hslshs
Ar bald ~th - Antiquity
vet that 10 which We have referred appears
to he the great favo-ite for 4 highway shade Tree.
and viii in time rival in stately beauty the
English oak. The old parent tree in the Cath
ole Church yard. now over thirty years Of age.
l. a noble specimen of It's kind. and when rows
Of such shall adorn our avenues leading north,
east and south. they viii be 4 pride 10 our
children and Z monument 10 those who aided IN
rearing them.
~ to the most suitable mode of building 4
road in order t. insure durability. symmetry and
drynes-there has been Of late years a very
IL Ill .r,- Tho islands lnr
on Oahu particularly. The plan in most cases
l. To- lay down broken coral or other stones IN
the middle Of the road. closely packed and
sloping 10 the sides. where = gutter l. left for
carrying off the water. The coral Is then covered
with q mixture Of black sand and earth. or,
whenever it can be obtained conveniently. by a
c.atin. several inches thick of the concrete coral
which We have previously spoken Of. y few
weeks travel on 4 road - constructed. packs
the different materials together 50 soiidly. that
the road Is impervious to rain. and viii last for
years with but few repairs. II would be very
desirable. however, when the funds ut command
viii warrant the expense, To best"w more pains
upon the construction of the cutters than has
heretofore been done. particularly in the streets
of the city. The form of the road should be
Al NAlC 0AfAI@ "a NHt AAA'NN -
with ample walks N each side. and the cutters
built of stone, and wide enough 10 carry off the
large amount of water which falls in the rainy
season.
In this connection, it will not lie out of place
to suggest 70 the Road Supervisor the keeping
Of Il sprinkling cart, with which 10 water the
newly-covered roads for the first few days.
Without q sprinkler. We are left to trust To
Providence. which may all be very well in some
matters, but i hardly advisable in road making,
in n country where il sometimes does not rain for
months.
On the other Islands. the business of road
making, i. generally speaking, in a very print
tive condition.. and the difficulties met with are
often great. Especially is this the case with
Hawaii, the largest Of the group, the formation
of which Is peculiar. In the naturally rich and
fertile districts of Hilo and Hamakua. the coun-
try is cut up into rayines or gulches," count
ing il is said. some two hundred and eighty
from Waipio To the town of Hilo. Some of
these ravincs are very deep and take several
hours in crossing with pack cattle or on horse
back-carts OF wagons are out of the question. 1t
requires no argument to prove that a district
in which easy and expeditions communication
and the transportation of merchandise Is yet
10 he acquired, cannot increase very rapidly IN
wealth.
On Hawaii is the celebrated Judd Road"
projected by the Doctor at the time when he
was the principal Hawaiian Minister This road
was TO connect KOra with IIilo and was laid out
in a bee line, right across the middle of the
island. 1t had been carried over halfway TO
Hilo. when Madame Pele established a rubicon
of fresh lava. which put an eiiectual stop to the
work. and no one has ever had the nerve To
complete the road.
The roads on Kauai, for obvious reasons, are
the best on the group. and those Of Maui are,
according to situation, good to r~assable.