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

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There Is now not less than 300 acres in .
cultivation in corn and potatoes, and T.
there is no reason why the area should I.
not be very greatly increased. The Road .
Board has done excellent work in grad .
iug and reconstructiny tine main road /
through the district from tine Nakawao /
end, for distance oi about five or TX /
miles. using the current funds for this /
purpose.
Tins road runs along Just b-low the
fertile lands OF the district, 1t an eleya-
ton OF from 200l 10 300 feet above sea
level. The existing road. except where
It has been recently graded, IS a deior-
NIFTY and an abCuinatiCn, flied with
grades which are p;Ohibltory oi caTting
load ol any size. Every foot added TO
the graded road gives access to a market
10 additional land OF as good quality as
that now under cultivation. One point
should be made a condition, without a
conformity to which no money should be
spent on these new roads, aud this Is,
that no expenditure should be made ex-
cept upon regularly surveyed grade,
which grade should in no case exceed
per cent, and, il possible to be secured
without extraordinary expenditure,
should not exceed per cent. These
roads are being laid out and built for all
time, and it is worse than useless to
spend money on bad grade.
The third classification is Improve
ment of main highways for the purpose
OF facilitating travel"
The committee are OF opinion that an
object to be kept steadily in view is the
perfecting of one main highway around
each island.
All the roads mentioned las: above,
except the ones in North kona, serve
this purpose as well as that ot opening
new lands.
In addition to the localities already
mentioned, there are five places which
are more prominent than others in their
needs in this particular, viz
/. The road from Kohala TO Wuimea,
Hawaii.
2. The road from Hi!ea to Paha!a,
Hawaii.
3. The road from Lahaina to Wailu'
| ku, Maui.
4. The road from Wailuku to Kahu-
| lui, Maui.
| Oahu.
| /. The road from Kohala 10 Waimea.
The Road Boards of North KoiIala and
| Hamakua have each developed a fine
main road through their respective dis
| tricts, but they are separated by dis
| lance of some u miles lying between
Waimea and North kohala, over which
there is nothing but an ill-defned trail
around tie base of the kohala noun
tains. a careful survey has been made
of the line for graded highway and the
line of the new road has been prelimina-
Il C of hnt nm
49, 900 to $4,000 will be required &c
complete a carriage road between the
points indicated.
The committee are OF opinion, how
ever, that the present condition OF tht
finances will not warrant the expenditure
of this sum. The late Minister Of tho
Interior estimated that the sum OF 5000
would suffice to improve the road III 10
calities where it was much needed, anc
the committee recommend this sum.
.. The roadfro Hilea to Pahala ha,
been surveyed and completed, with the
exception of an unfinished section o
about mile and half long.
The estimate of cost OF the remaining
portion is $4,000.
The completion of this little strip vii
open carriage communication over a tin'
road from kahuku to the Volcano, anC
as soon as the remaining 10 miles of thi
Volcano Road is completed, there vii
be an uninterrupted carriage road iron
Kahuku, Kau, to Onomea, Hilo, a dis
lance OF approximately 80 miles.
The committee therefore recommend
that the sum of $1,000 he appropriated
for this road.
The road from LahaiDa 10 WailuGl
has been surveyed and partially com
pleted as a carriage road. There re
mains an intervening distance between
Maalaea and the completed portion O
the graded road of three or four miles
There is practically no trail over tbi!
space.
The committee are OF the opinion tina
while the attempt should not now b
made to complete the carriage road, tn
) surveyed grade should be opened aIoni
the line sufficiently TO allow hOrsehaCl
. travel. AS ii is now the completed roa,
cannot be used, and all tray el has to z
over the wretched old trail over til
J mountain. The committee are informed
that $4,000 would probably be suiIicien
for this purpose, and recommend the ap
preparation OF such sum.
! 5. The road from kahUlui TO WaiukI
has probably more travel than any othe
road in the Kingdom, outside OF Homo
J lulu 1t is along the beach, between tn
) sand hills and the sea, in soft, yie'din
) sand, making driving, and especial
, freighting, exceedingly difficult.
J The Road Board proposes to move Tia
road back from the beach several hun
: dred feet, to remove it from the reach {
5 the sea action, and put in macadanI
lied road
1t is estimated that this viii, COS
} something over $1,000,
= Waikiki has a road tax OF over $1,000
| year, but in view OF the fact that thi
road is used by everyone passing betwec
East and West Maui, the committee ar
, OF opinion that the general treasur
should bear portion OF this expense
:. and therefore recommend that the SUI
!, OF $500 be appropriated TO assist in til
: work.
/. The road from Honolulu to koo!a
, over the Pail is one for which there ha
: been more appropriations made and les
: spent than any other read in the Kline
] dom.
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