The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-04-03
COCO ROADS NEEDED.

'''N iput7 III uilN NbtiIN'N ls''tl
progress md advance, Without
them no country can advance in ma
teral prosperity. See what i'm
mcnse strides the great Western
country of the United States of
America has taken since that whole
land has been crossed by the "iron
track" of the "stcam horse
Where, few years ago, was an
almost desert country, without lnhn-
btants and without wealth, now
rich farming tracts abound, whose
rich stores of grain and farm pro-
duce are attracting settlers from all
parts of the world. Cities from TO-.
900 to 10000 inhabitants are scat.
tered all over those prairies and
mountain valleys: and TO what is
this owing! 1t is to the railroads that
cross that country from east to west
and from north to south.
And roads are what we need here.
IL we expect to get ahead we must
have them. If not the iron" road,
at least good horse and wagon roads.
These islands have too long neglect
ell this matter and now we must
have them. Especially has the ISL
and of Hawaii been left ont in the
cold. 1t is only within the past two
years that anything has been done
here by the Government. That good
work has been done in ,hat.timc we
do not deny, but demand that il
must not stop now.
There arc several roads that
ought to be begun forthwith. There
should be good carriage road be-
tween Kohala and Waimea. Work
should go on in the lIilo District as
it has gone on in the last two years.
A good wagon road should be ex-
tended from near kukulu on the
Volcano road through to Kalapana
in Puma, opening up the district,
with its thousands of acres of good
land, to settlement and improve
ment.
The Volcano road should be fin.
ished and the same continued to kau.
Work on the Kona roads, now almost
impossible, should be commenced.
A good horse trail at least should
be surveyed across between the
mountains, from IIilo to Kona, there
to join the old Judd road, between
Hualalai and Loa. This is needed
very much. Between Hilo and Kai.
lua by this route is distance of
not much over 80 miles, we believe,
while either by way of Waimea or
Kau it is well into $50 or over. This
road opened up, as it ought to be,
would bring into market all those
fine agricultural lands lying all
around the base of the high lands
of Mauna Kca. We hope that the
Government will this year at least
vote enough to have q survey of this
trail made. Agriculture is our
strong suit, and, IN order to get
ahead in that line, such road. must
be opened as will enable small farm
crs to get their produce to market
easily.
Money borrowed for .'Internal
improvements" as roads, wharves,
landings, ETC., is the very best in.
vestment that Government like
ours can make. With the low rates
Of interest. now ruling, we can do 10
better than pledging our national
credit" for the improvement Of cur
roads. Open up our savings bank
doors. There are hundreds OF
thousands of dollars in our own
country awaiting investment and let
us have it and put it into our roads.
If we can spend during the next
six years four or six million dollars
in completing good roads oil t! rough
the country we will enter into mn era
of prosperity here, not dreamed Of.
Don't let our Legislature be back
ward in this matter. Let Us have
good wharves, safe harbors, and
good roads TO connect with the
former, and there 10 no fear that we
will not get our money back; for
with good roads to market
comes increased production and in
recessed production means increas-
ed carrying facilities, and soon
every port in our little Kingdom will
have steam carriers to the Coast, or
other of the worlds markets. With
our situation so near to the Ameri.
can coast there is no reason why We
should have single acre OF oul
agricultural lands lying waste OIL
idle. Give us the roads, then, and
the other will follow. -Hilo Record