The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-01-13
OVER The PAM WHEELS SlR OUTLAW GIVES UP COL G EGAS PLEA THEY WILL WANT PLACES
II. II. MACFARLANE THE FIRST TO
DRIVE ACROSS.
The New Road Practically Completed
An Excellent Driveway-Some
Figures on the Engineering Feat.

To Henry Macfarlane, of Ahuimanu,
koolau poko, fallssthe honor of being
the first to drive over the new Pail
road in buggy. He came up yester-
day with span, and completed the
ascent in just one half hour. The
bridge by the old water hole was not
quite completed, but it was opened in
order to allow Mr.. Macfarlane's team
to pass. Carriages have been taken
over the Pail, upon the old road. but
it is the first time that wheeled We
hicle has been actually driven over
the road without difficulty. Mr.. Mac
farlane reports that the grade is good,
and that the road is well macadamiz-
ed, and speaks highly of the work
done by the contractors, Wilson &
Whitehouse. He said this morning:
1T was the best trip | ever made up
the Pail, and [ have been over the road
many hundred times" Thes roads be-
tween Ahuimanu and the foot of the
Pail and between the top of the Pail
and town are very muddy, but now
that the main work is accomplished.
the rest will soon follow.
The actual work of road building
was completed last Monday. but the
road cannot be turned over TO the gov
ernment and opened to the public I'M
til the fence now under construction
is completed, and that will be about
the middle of next week Eighty per
cent of the work has been approved
by the government and paid for and
a check for the remainder of the mon
ey will be placed in Mr.. Whitehouse's
hands within II fortnight.
The building of the Pail road is re.
garded as the greatest engineering
feat ever accomplished on the Islands.
For years it was talked of. and people
shook their heads. Road Engineer
Bruner. however, made survey, ana
gave it as his opinion that good
road could be constructed at cost
not to exceed 100000. The Legislature
was prevailed upon to appropriate
that sum, and eight contractors were
found willing to bid on the work.
Nh aentraot was finally let to Wilson
" Whitehouse for $4,000. Actual
WORK was commenced on NJ. "ot",
1897,
The total length of the new road
1880 feet, of which 1920 feet is ma
cadamized. The maximum grade is 8
per cent. The road is twenty feet in
width, and macadamized grade siX-
teen feet from curb to curb. For
greater part of the distance the road
has been cut out of the side of the
and is shut in on the maui
ka side by the mountain, and protect
ed on the makai side by a stout rail
fence.
The road is in two sections. One
extends from the summit of the Pail
along the mountain side distance of
1920 feet at a grade at little less than
s per cent. This portion is macada-
mized and is a splendid road. The
lower portion of the road is 1850 feet
in length and the grade from to s per
cent. This portion is not macadamiz-
ed, but ought to be, as the mud is
very deep on it in rainy weather To
macadamize it would cost about $4,000.
Much of this work is on the side hill.
The Waimanalo branch is 1900 feet
in length. and cuts off the distance 10
Waimanalo about three-fourths of
mile.
The fence which runs along the
makai side of the road is $50 feet in
length. 1t is three rail affair. with
4x6 posts, eight feet apart. set in a
solid bed of masonry.
The construction of the road reflects
great credit upon the young contrac-
TORS. Wilson & Whitehouse. who have
done their work thoroughly and 10
10 Loft tiSfo r. ~
cerned.