The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-08
PUBLIC WORKS
Numerous improvements on The
Different Islands.
THE AGGREGATE is LARGE
Many New Roads Being Built-Steel
Bridges to be Erected-Work
on the Lighthouse.

| Just dC the present tliue lnere Is
large amount of public work being
done on roads, bridges, and other i'm
proyements, distributed throughout the
different islands of the group and
while the showing is not very great in
any one place the aggregate is a very
large amount.
On account of the delay in receiving
the appropriations voted, actual work
has only recently begun in most cases,
but everything possible was mapped
out beforehand and careful arrange
possible despatch as soon as it was
possible to inaugurate it and this is
now being done
The big island is getting the greater
share of the new machinery that has
been purchased and of the appropria-
tions for public work that were voted
last summer. "A large force of men are
at work on the road from North Kona
to Kohala and another gang on the
road from South Kona to Kau. When
these roads are finished and the gap
closed between Honohina and Laupa-
hoehoe, ON which good force is also
at work, the belt around the big
island will be completed
1t is anticipated that all of the above
work, with the exception of the piece
Between North Kona and Kohala, will
be finished this year. On the North
Kona section, the appropriation is in
sufficient to complete it as should be
done Another piece of road on which
the contract has been let and on which
work is progressing rapidly is the sec
ton through Puma, towards Kalapana
This will probably be finished at an
early date
Hilo has a new steam roller which is
giving a good account of itself by this
time. The contract has been let for
three miles of road in Olaa, paralleling
the Volcano road and at a distance of
three miles from it. This road starts
from the road that branches from the
Volcano, 15A miles above Hilo. The
new road runs mauka from the cross
road, and is through section of land
that is destined to become very valu-
able.
Tenders have been advertised for
seven steel bridges, of which Waiakea !
Wailuku and Piihonua in Hilo each
get one. One is to go in at Ninole and
another at Manaloa, North Hilo, one at
Hanalei, Kauai, and one at Kipopa, on
this island.
Considerable work is also going for
ward on Maui, as roads are being
opened up through the lands where the
new Nahiku plantation is to be located.
Contracts have been let and work be-
gun on the road from Nahiku landing
to the main road and bids have just
been opened for seven miles of main
road and two miles of branches con-
Meeting the Nahiku landing road and
Hama. 1t is anticipated, however, that
the appropriation will only allow the
construction of six miles of the main
road in this place. The survey is also
progressing from this road towards
Makawao. Mr. Maynard has already
gone to Maui to stake out a section of
new road in Kula from the homesteads
towards Makawao.
Six more rock crushers have lately
been purchased from Henshaw, Bulk
ley & Co, of San Francisco, represent
ed here by Mr.. a. L. Young, and they
have already been forwarded to var
ious points in the Islands where they
can be used to the best advantage
On Oahu, matters are rather quiet.
Work is going along steadily on the |
Pali road, two miles of which are now |
graded. The contract calls for the COM