The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-10-10

additional assistance is as follows:
The district of n. Hilo is one of the most
difficult in the islands to care for. The
rains are heavy; the soil is soft; the hills
are steep, and the gulches are many and
deep.
:. kohala contains the long stony road
to Kawaihae, over which all travel and
freight into and out of the district has 70
pass. The road tax of $500 or so year
is manifestly insufficient TO keep this and
the other roads of the district in repair
The reason for additional assistance 10
North and South Kona and Puma is that
they are large districts with poor roads
and small road tax.
The district of Honolulu has nearly
seventy miles Of streets. Over a large
proportion OF them there is a very heavy
traffic, causing most destructive wear.
Although the sum proposed is large
one, it must be remembered that the
roads OF Honolulu are to far greater de-
gree than the roads of any other district,
used by the residents OF the whole coun-
try.
Under the second classification, viz
Highways which will open up unproduct-
i've land, the committee recommends the
following priations, to be. inserted
in Section >:
Puma road from Kukulu through
PuDa. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $50 900
Volcano Road. Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
n. Mona l0,OOu
=. Mona. --....... ............. Io,UOU
Road through Kula, Maui. ...- 10000
The reasons for these items are as fol-
/ lows:
Pana Road.-The Volcano Road has
| opened communication from HilO TO Ku-
| kuIu. From this point on through one
! OF the richest districts in the islands
there is no communication except by a
! rough horse trail. The Government owns
large areas of good land in this district
! suitable for homestead purposes, but il
is not available, for no one wants to &C
| into district where produce cannot be
| got to market.
The Volcano Road-Aside from the
fact that it leads to the Volcano, and is
on the main road around the Island, this
road has opened up, and is still opening
one of the largest bodies OF land suitab biz
for cultivation in the country, which has
| until this time lain absolutely unused
Since the road has been made up to The
present point, large number of persons
have started small farms and coffee plan
tations on land heretofore a wilderness
Your committee are OF opinion that NJ
road in the Kingdom will so we'll repay
the money spent upon it, as a financia
transaction, as this one.
NEW ROADS IN NORTH AND SOUTH KONA
Up to 1889 there were practically NJ
wagon roads in North and South kona
Since then good macadamized roads
have been built, leading inland from
Hookena i'll South Kona, a distance 0
something over 5 miles and from kai
lua running inland, both North auC
South. These roads open up fine rict
land, OF which there is yet thousands O
acres locked up until roads can be opened
to them. 1t is not possible to open tht
whole district at once, but something
should be done every year. If this pol c.
is Continued, in or 10 years time The
district will be traversed and intersecteC
throughout by the finest macadamizet
roads in the country, as dislntegrated al
lava is scattered throughout the district
making an ideal road material at slgh
expense in comparison with other local
/ tiles.
The two districts are about equally vel
served now, and equally IN needof de
/ EelOputHI.
The points at which work viii soones
develop good land, are, continuation o
the road running north from Kailua, anC
construction of the road already surrey
ed, running inland from Keauhou, il
North kona; extension OF the main up
per road in South kona at the point 0
junction with the new road from HoOke
na, this road should be extended boil
North and South, as in each direction i
will cut through the heart OF the coffe
and fruit district, and will give an outle
to the seaport over the existing Hooken:
road. i road leading inland from kaa
waloa should also be begun.
ROAD THROUGH KULA, MAUI.
The District of Kula, Maui is quit
similar to the slope of Maunakea back c
Waimea, consisting of a rich deep soil
much less rocky than Puma and hona
II was long known as the district whicl
to great extent supplied the early SaI
Francisco market with potatoes. Within
the last five years there has been an as
tonishing development of small farmin
in the district. Some forty odd home
steads which have been laid out by tn
Government have been occupied by POI
tuguese and Hawaiians, who have mad
their homes there. In addition to this