The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-04-07
IMPROVEMENTS NOW IN PRO
GRESS ON MANY STREETS.
Gangs at Work in Different Parts of
the City-Liliha Street Receiving At
tention-Fort Street to Be Regarded.

1t is surprising the vast amount of
road improvement that is going on IN
Honolulu just now. Even the well in
formed citizen can have no conception
of the activity there is in this line.
Road Supervisor Cummings has his
gangs in every portion of the city re-
grading streets and making repairs in
the roads.
The most important improvement is
being made on the King street road
between Kekaulike and Liliha streets.
The street is being regarded. two
foot cut is being made through the
coral in front of the Chinese lumber
Oahu railway depot is being raised
as many feet. The chief reason for
this leveling of the street is to get a
water fall into the river from Liliha
street, in order that a big pond of
water which invariably forms after
each heavy rain might he drained. The
regarding of this part of King street
also does away with the hill Two
gangs of prisoners and fifteen dray-
men are employed on this work.
These gangs, together with the men
engaged in elevating the tramway
tracks to the grade, present very
busy scene. The street is pretty well
blocked up for heavy traffic.
The beautiful new beach road, open
ing up in Kakaako and running along
the water front in Waikiki, is about
completed Thirty day men are rap
idly rushing this work and will GER
tainly have completed their labors by
the latter part of the month. dirt
top is being placed on this road thus
making it soft road. The road is
perfectly level and the road supervisor
says that it will be one of the best
drives in the city, when completed.
Three gangs of prisoners are al
work on the Waialae road. They are
going over the entire road making re
pairs.
Upper King street, above the middle
Waikiki road, has just had a number
three macadam top put on it.
Nuuanu avenue is being repaired
from Judd street up to Wiley. One
gang of prisoners and about ffteer
day men are kept on this work. Tn,
many rough spots on lower Nuuanr
valley have been patched up consider
ably. The hill on Nuuanu avenue lead
ing up to Judd street, has beer
heightened considerably.
Judd street. from Nuuanu to Liliha
has been put in excellent shape. Mel
were engaged this week clearing th'
weeds and shrubbery off of this beau
tiful roadway.
Liliha street is probably in roughe
condition than any street in Homo
lulu. One of the road supervisors as
sistants said today that he would b
willing to wager that rock could b
found in some part of that street ful
ly six or eight feet in thickness
Enough material had been placed o.
Liliha street, he said, to suffice an
other three streets in the city. Their
is no foundation to Liliha and whe
the street has been repaired and pu
in good shape heavy rain is sure t
soften the mud foundation and pol
tions of the street will cave in.
great many taro patches border on tn
street, thus keeping the soft founda
tion constantly in a muddy condition
Supervisor Cummings expects to pu
Liliha in fair shape before summer,
Some prisoners are working in Pa
!, lama and two gangs are at the ston
quarres.
The matter of repairing Fort stree
in the business portion of town ha
been under consideration by Mr.. Gun
mings, but he has decided not t
+ touch this street until after it Ia
| been widened. In all likelihood FoI
| street win be entirely regarded whe
that time comes.