The Hawaiian gazette., 1891-02-03
THE HILO RECORD.
The Volcano Road Views of the
Minister of Inferior-Earth-
quakes-A Fatal Accident
Other News.

ETHE VOLCANO RoAD-vIEws OF TIE
MINISTER OF, THE INTERIOR.
His E1cellency the Minister of In
zterior arrived in town on the last
zKinau and has been inspecting the
Volcano road, and the Hilo water
works. In conversion with him on
these matters we find that it is the
Intention of the Government to forth
with go on with the road, as soon as
THE survey of the newly laid out
route for the road above its present
Terminus is finished. 1t is found that
10y keeping we'll inside of the woods,
Ia good chance is offered for making
the road as easily as that part has
i been made, and with probably less
Expense. The road across the pa
'noehoe would have been very expen-
3sive, as all the top dressing for the
lroad bed would have to be crushed,
after being blasted loose. We have
always believed and advocated the
continuing of the road through the
wood, as we felt good material could
be found easily right alongside of
the roadway. Then this building OF
the road through the olaa woods will
open up very large tract of land
for settlement. 1t is one of the rich
Jest and most productive lands left
worked. The only difficulty is
that it is Crown land, and there
fore at present unavailable for home
stead purposes, but we have hopes
that another Legislature will SO fix
the Crown lands that certain of theml
may be used for settlement.
But we do not believe it is the best
policy to put out the road to be built
by contract, now it is determined tel
build it through the woods. 1t will
be a great deal easier for the con
tractor to slight his work than if i'll
had to be built on the rock. And i'll
will cost the Government a good
sum to keep a man there that is hon
est and trusty to oversee that theI
road is built according to contract
1t will be very easy for any one to .
slight the building of the road, and
leave us with a poorly built road OH
our hands. Let the work be done byi
the Government, even though i'll
costs more, so We may have good,
solid road, instead of one that every
year will call for heavy repairs.
The work on our water works will
soon be commenced. We need this
very much, and we will all rejoice to
see that work completed. In case OF
a fire. then it will only be necessary
to attach hose to the fire plugs, and
we will have plenty of water for ust
in that way. The Government will
want to know who want the water
put on to their premises before they
commence laying the pipes; but on
the other hand our people will want
to know first what the charges are to
be on the water furnished So, Min
ister of the Interior, let us know as
soon as convenient what the tariff OF
charges is expected to be. Water
should be great deal cheaper here
Than in HonOlulu-
BOLD BURGLARY AND ROBBERY.
On Wednesday night last week
he store of Joe. Serrao was
entered by a window, and quite
Iarge sum of money stole from the
store. There is no clue to the thief
put the police are trying to work uI
he matter.
HEAVY SHOCK OF EARTHQUAKE.
On Thursday P. NJ. at 3 o'clock
very heavy shock of earthquake dis
;nrbed the repose of our usually
quiet town. At first The shock wa
gentle, but as the second came it was
harder, and finally it wound up with
''double twister" and "under cut"
hat started everybody to their feet
It lasted about ten seconds, and gave
rs snch shaking as we have not
felt for long time. In the after
noon, very severe storm Of thun
Ter and tightening, accompanied
With heavy rain, set in and the heav
sns were ablaze with the purplisb
light of the Tightening, and echoed
% the crash of the bolts, until late
hour in the night. The next morn
ng the peaks OF Mauna Kea were
White with the new fallen snow.
Our weather the past week has
oeen unusually cold, even for this
lime of year. The Thermometer has
-anged in the night from SO to sd
legs, and an extra blanket has been
comfortable.
A FATAL ACCIDENT.
Yesterday afternoon the news
anne over the wires of a fatal acct +
TENT at Kahalii Gulch, near Onomeak
anding. A Portuguese going onf
Dot along the Hilo side of the KaI
lalii gulch, when near the cocoanutI
rees that grow near the road aboutK
lalf way down, noticed that appar-
,ntly a fresh slide had taken place
md on looking over the pail, saw a
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