Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-07-10

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privilege of cutting an opening
of 400 feet through the strip re-
served on the edge of the road for
the purpose of erecting houses,
barns, &c. 1t is needless to state
that every owner of these lots has
availed himself of this privilege
and has or will take the full ex-
tent of the 400 feet allowed him.
The road fronting his lots is
maintained and kept in good
order at government expense. AS
to whether So an acre is a reason
able figure for these lots is not in
question. 1t has been adopted
by both Houses and the settlers
seem to be satisfied.
How is it with the second and
third tiers2 What is the actual con-
dition of affairs regarding them3Go
into the Land Office and you will
be informed that at every half
mile there is a government road
which starts at right angles to
the Volcano road and goes past
the second and third tiers. So
there is, Mr.. Editor, but the
road is principally on paper or
exists in the minds of the govern
ment and the land department.
When the Olaa survey was
made these by roads we're
laid out and an attempt at
road building made. The dense
under growth was cleared out and
many of the tree ferns and ohias
cut down, but nothing was done
towards grading the roads or
macadamizing them, The work
done will all have to be done
over again before any settlers on
| the second or third tiers of lots
, can commence work even. 1t is
: 1900 feet from the Volcano road
to the corner Of my first lot, and
} although l am fair walker il
} took me all Of half an hour on
the three occasions l visited the
place to get over that distance
If build house every stick o.
lumber must be carried from the
main road to my lot on q mans
} back, for nothing with wheels
even AS wide as Senator McCand-
less would have them can gel
o over those so-called cross roads.
About $50 feet from the corner oil
my lot in the center of where the
road is supposed to bestands one
Of the largest trees in the islands
3 and right at its roots is a gully
: some Is feet deep and 20 fee
e wide. This must be filled ur
4 and the tree cut down before
3 could think of hauling lumber tc
4 my lot. The rosd-builders forgot
8 that portion Of their work, My
/ condition is that of every Other
3 settler on the second and third
= tiers, only some of them are much
} worse off. We have one and all
, given up any hope of the Govern
ment ever doing anything, al
3 though personal representations
= were made both to President Dole
) and Curtis Iaukea on their visit
: last fall, and the condition of the
cross roads pointed out to them
7 But, of course, that is the last Of it
: Now l maintain, Mr.. Editor
that as we have to build our own
roads to the second and third
tiers of lots we should not be ex-
pected to pay anything like what
:, those DO who have a first class
road ready made for them. Eight
dollars being the price on the
main road, one half that is ali
that could be reasonably expect
ed for those lots in the rear. II
will cost me the difference be-
> tween So and 81 to build road
to my place, and then / am farther
from civilization and markets.
Senator McCandless told q
story in the Senate about a settler
who claimed that he could only
get his wife out to the road once {
! month, and then he had to lose {
whole day and borrow a horse tt
do it with. L know that to be {
fact, Mr.. Editor, for | have beer
over the road, seen the lady ant
the horse too.
II ia 2 400 foot from fha Volcan,