The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-03-02
GROWING ROADS
Slime CFIaHF GTiliS MGTilJ
ADIli Hill.
NEW BUILDINGS GOING UP
And Water Front Bust
ness is Good.
fire Destroys Cane at Pau
hau-News culied From
Exchanges.

John a. Scott informs that a
contract has been let to Mr.. Mum
by 10 erect g new store building S2x42
T.. on Waianuenue street between the
Volcano Stables and Spreckels' corner,
and il has already been applied for.
A party. Mahi LOnoaea, from Maui,
has rented q piece OF land on the beach
Waiskea road, and he will erect a hack
and livery stable thereon He will
c0uduCI g livery business in Hilo. The
stock 10 be used in the business are
Tie property Of Sheriff, Mr.. Andrews.
IL has been q busy lively week in
ElO. The bay has been full Of ship
ping local and foreign, travel has been
lively. court matters have brought
many pepole 10 town, a spell OF bright
weather caused much travel TO
town, every team and mechanic is
hard AZ work, and consequently good
cheer Is felE everywhere.
Nr. Furneaux is rapidly extending
the extent OF his Office plantation in
olzz, and viii not stop until he has
thirty acres set 10 trees. He viii
shortly receive some coffee seed pro-
6uoed Il 1900 feet in Guatemala, which
is about the same climate conditions
that exists al 1900 feet at Olaa, with
which he VIII experiment.
Last Sunday evening q fire was
started in The cane fields at Paauhau,
and no more than an acre was burnt
before the flames were extinguished.
The origin OF the fire was considered
rery suspicious, and last Thursday
they were being investigated
Robert Young VIII receive by the
next ship 10 arrive a modern stump
puller such as is being used in clear
ing forests in the States II has q
CzpsciIy Of 40 horse power, and is
operated by TWO horses and wire
cables c. c. Kennedy will put up the
machine on Waiakea 10 Try il, and if
everything works vel it viii be kept
busy.
The little wooden bridge that spans
the gulch alongside the Wainaku mill
is being replaced by solid masonry N
the form OF 3 stone arch and I'LL with
earth. which VIII be so placed as to
srraigh-en out the road al that point
The opening under the arch viii be
sE6 feet, sufficient to carry on all
water that passes through that gulch
AiE Kierra estimates the cost at about
5000.
E Z. Richards one day this week
during drive OF fifteen miles through
Ola passed ten teams and wagons
driving 10 Hiio with business 10 trans
ssf and freight 10 deliver.
The installation Of the new electric
Ight plan. which was successfully set
IT, motion this week enables the COM
pzny TO put in the twelve arc lamps
distributed about our streets, and also
70 wire and supply q demand for near
D 800 more lights In private homes
and business buildings. A contract
for eighty lights for the new Foreign
Cnurch has been secured and viii be
tastefully hung by the company. (Sic).
There Is & steady grind and crushing
going On al present on road work on
the island The Puma road for which
Air. Amarel has the contract, is now
been paved beyond the 14-mile post
and is the best work Of its kind that
has been done on this island II Mr..
Amarsl continues 10 make the same
progress in the next few months he
Eill earn about 1920 bonus to which
he is justly entitled
On the Volcano road new work is
being laid out and rapidly accomplish
&C as follows Cross road from the
174 mile on the Volcano road out to
tie pahoehoe- Bride track rocked
SIX feet vide from the 1914 mile on the
Volcano road 70 the inside lots. At
the sth nile on the roadway widened.
and a diTchway twenty feet wide viii
be graded for an outlet for the storm
waters
IN regards 70 the demand for a road
roller for the Volcano road for which
there is some use. but very little pros
pect O. getting II, a gentleman well
Terse6 in road work and particularly
the Volcano road. suggests the follow
ing More attention should be paid
10 the road by arranging TO have men
where possible TO work on roads dur
ing excessive rains. 10 prevent the rain
waters tracking down long stretches
G road By digging frequent outlets
through the grassy sides. And in the
work OF the regular repair of the road
the new material placed on the sur
face of the road should be thoroughly
tznped into position and not left to
be worked down by traffic. A tamper
for this purpose OF about twenty
pounds weight can be made for S.
For the periOd-2 years ending
March 81, IS. ". W. Bruner informs
Us that there wiz be completed on this
island $50 miles of new roads, which
win substantially give every port on
the island more or less tributary
roads. that can be driven over in
wagons and on upon easy grades
Hilo Exchange.
$1,000 .,,,...