The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-05
VIEW ROADS
ON HAWAII
Public Works Men
Prepare for a
Jaunt.
WILL SPEND WEEKS
INSPECTING ROUT[S
Meetings to Be Arranged With
Officials and Citizens To
Gather Information.

ADVERTISEMENT of Public
Works j. n. Boyd and Assistant
Marston Campbell will leave on
their tour Of the island of Hawaii in
the steamer Kinau. September 18th.
They will be gone from this city for a
though the itinerary which has been
prepared provides for three weeks of
hard work in the covering of the var
ious roads and other improvements
which are proposed throughout the big
island. Upon the results of their tour
Will hang all decisions as to what public
works are to be prosecuted
The trip of the Public Works officials
has for object thorough investiga-
ton of all the works now going on or
proposed and as well the Investigation
of the route of the KohaIa-Hfio railroad.
AS preparatory to the full accomplish
ment of their labors all road officials.
prominent citizens and persons who are
interested in road and other improve
ments, have been unofficiaIly invited to
This will make it possible for the Sup
erintendent to get at the ideas of the
people of the various districts as to the
proposed works, which are Of vital i'm
portance to the community In each dis
trlct which Is to be visited, appoint
ments will be made as soon as the two
men arrive on the island and find that
their work may be arranged. For this
reason the dates which have been set
down now may be changed in so far
as they are not absolute after the first
ones, for there may be conditions arise
which will make exact compliance with
an itinerary impossible.
Leaving in the Kinau Tuesday. Sep
tember 18th, the first stop will be that
at Mahukona the following day From
the point the trip will begin in actual
ity, in that the comparative comfort OF
a steamer, even in the channels, gives
way to a blackboard. The route to be
will be the main road about
the island. There will be digressions to
look into the route of the KohaIa road,
and two days will be spent In going over
the roads and looking into the proposed
new lines of communication. These
include roads from Kapaau to MANU-
kona, Honokane to Kapaau, Waialeale
to kaauhuhu, Kehoni to Honoipu, Ma
hukona to Puuhue, Puehuehu and Ka-
Waihae to Waimea, kawaihae to KeS,-
hualono, Kawaihae-kai to Puuhue.
These roads have appropriations
to s33, 500. In addition there
is an item of $4,000 for the road from
Puepue to the boundary of South Ko-
hala, and of $4,000 for the main road
Some of these will be included In the
two days which are to be given to South
kohala after the northern district has
been covered. In addition to these roads
here will be an inspection of the Ka-
waihae wharf and the site of the burn
ed lighthouse, which must be rebuilt.
The remaining three days of the first
week will be given over to Hamakua
In this district there were contenplat
ed by the legislature expenditures
amounting TO SlOo,oUU. Inc prlnClpaI
TENS are of $4,000 each FOR the regrad-
ing of the main road and the upper
'oads through the homesteads For the
Ahualoa road to School street there is
rs, 900 and for the Waipio road and
branch $4,000, also $4,000 for g. waipio
'oad from Akaka's store to the top of
he mountain. Other roads are Kaau-
luhu to Waimea road, $1,000 and from
Paauhau landing TO Honokaa, $500.
rhe inroad of the fires Will be looked
nto and attention given to the demand
or new jails and court houses
The second week of the stay beginning
about September 25th, will be given to
lilo and Puma The authorized work
here amounts to s24S, ,2oo There will
De much attention given to the railroad
situation, as there seem to be some
differences In the matter of the ter
ninals of the Hilo and the Kohala
'oads. It will be the aim of the Off
;ials to try and propose a compromise
which will give both lines all that they
1eed in the way of facilities In the
second place of Importance comes the