The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-10-08
ROAD into
THE VALLEYS
Electric Route to
Touch Swamp
Lands.

N LANS for the filling OF the swamp
lands along the sea front from
4 South street to Waikiki, from the
valleys have been proposed In number.
but only one has gone 50 far as to have
money subscribed fer its carrying out.
This is the Manoa and Palolo Railway
and Land company.
The plan of this company Is to build
line of railroad and use IT first for the
bringing of filling to the low lands
which border the sea front of the city
from Kewalo to Waikiki. The capital
stock is placed at 100000 and there will
be issued bonds to the amount of $780,
900. OF this amount there has been
subscribed stock amounting to 100000
There has been purchased for the
company the b. F. Dillingham; property
at the head of Manoa valley, the former
site of the dairy farm and from this
will be taken most of the earth propos-
ed to be used in filling low lands. The
amount of soil which can be taken from
this tract is estimated at about 10000
cubic yards. In addition there Is plan
to run branch road from the main
line at the mouth of Manoa, into Pc
| lolo valley. In the latter there is as
much earth and rock available as may
be wanted for filling purposes.
The line of road from the mouth of
Manoa will run directly toward the sea
to a point on a line with Queen street
| if extended. There will be such ex-
tensions made as may be necessary to
reach the various portions of low lands
as may be contracted for by the COM
pany. Down the proposed line of King
street the road will be run to South
street, so that there will be at thai.
point a connection with the lines of the
Hawaiian Electric Company, which II,
is expected will furnish the power for
the new company.
Such a line of main road, with an
extension to Waikiki, would reach not
less than 800 acres of lands which may
be ordered filled at any time by the
Board of Health, or which may have 10
be prepared FOR building purposes. Into
these lands ii is estimated that there
would be poured $500, 900 cubic yards of
filling. In addition to this there would
be something like twenty per cent az
much earth used in top dressing along
the route of the road. 1t is estimated
=
alone would approach gross close to n
million of dollars. In addition to this
1t is claimed by the men interested that
there would be profit in carrying freight
between the downtown district and the
valleys.
Captain Norman w. Griswold is at
the head Of the promotion of this COM
pany and it is understood that Col.
George w. Stone of California, one of
the heavy contractors in San Francisco,
has stock and will furnish machinery
The plan would be to construct the line
with light rails, and later, in the event
that it was desired to make other use
of it, to lay "A heavier line of track.
Rights of way have been secured for
much of the way, and there is a belief
the road would pay, If the contracts al
ready offered are finally taken. The
plan Is to have the excavation made by
steam shovel, and the land which would
| be cleared would be valuable asset
when levelled and ready for cultivation.
In case the road is built it is under
stood that it will be used only for
| freight, that is filling material. If 1t is
a success, it Is thought likely that the
| next legislature will be asked for q
right to operate as a passenger line and
ent traffic route 1t is expected that
the money win be raised within the
next month.