The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-28
ROADS AND
BUILDINGS
In Lahaina and
WaiIuku Are
Very Bad.
CAMPBELL AND
BOYD REPORT
Superintendent of Public Works
Tells of His Visit and Recon-
mends Improvements.

I on +ba island of Maui are sadly in need
of further appropriations to put the
roads. bridges and public buildings IN
the condition they should be. D. H.
Rovd superintendent of Public Works,
and Marston Campbell. his assistant
returned yesterday on the Claudlhe
from a. five days tour of investigation
and they report frightful condition
of affairs as regards the matters COM
ing under the supervision of their de-
partment. Mr.. Boyd has already plan
mad vavs and means to relieve the most
pressing needs and will ask the next
legislature for large appropriations to
carry on the improvements which are
absolutely necessary.
The results of the visit and the recon-
mendations to be made were told TO
an Advertiser reporter yesterday by
Mr. Boyd, who is fully convinced that
stringent measures are necessary to
adopt the plans for improvements, as
ontlined by Mr.. Campbell and himself.
THE WAILUKU RESERVOIR.
I'VE reached Wailuku Tuesday" said
Mr.. Boyd in recounting the incidents
and purposes of the trip, land were
the guests of Circuit Judge Kalua while
there. At o'clock Wednesday morn
ing Mr.. Campbell and myself made
visit of inspection to the reservoir,
which had been reported as needing I'M
mediate attention We found that the
report of the affair had not been eXag-
gerated. The cement work all around
| the bottom of the reservoir had been
| cracked and there We're also large
cracks in the side. BY taking pick
we could easily break through the
cement to the concrete. The trouble
was that sufficiently good cement had
| not been used and the wOrkmen had
failed to lamp the concrete so as to
make the foundation solid The walls
of the reservoir had been built in sec
! tfons and instead of the whole side be-
ing cemented at one time, there were
| Joints between, as the concrete did not
overlap each section. Naturally the
crack opened after while The bot
tom also was of clay foundation, and
when the water got to it, it bulged and
lifted the concrete up. We had all these
cracks cemented. and left instructions
| to fill the reservoir only to half its
depth, to prevent further damage, until
| it can be newly cemented. I shall ask
an appropriation from the legislature
to re-concrete the entire reservoir. 1t
will cost about $4,000 to put it in proper
shape. For the present the reservoir
viii hold, with the repairs that have
been made. We also found that cement
had been used to connect the joints of
piping, and left instructions to change
this, and use lead. Otherwise the pipes
may break apart any time, under heavy
pressure.
ROADS ARE ACCOUNTABLE
THE roads and bridges in the Wal
luku district are abominable and it will /
take a good deal of money to put them
in proper shape again. How much it |
will cost has not been estimated yet. |
The road from Waikiki to Maalaea
is also in bad shape and it will require
an expenditure of $4,000 to make it as
it should be. The legislature appro-
priated only $4,000 for the purpose but
that is, hardly a drop in the bucket. |
The bad state of this road is due to the
washouts of last February, and the
condition of things in the district is
not the fault of the road board, but is
owing to the lack of funds. The road
board has an immense amount of road
TO care for, larger than here in Homo
lulu because it connects so many isolat-
ed portions. The hauling on this ac-
count is expensive.
THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The court house there is disgrace
to any ten-cent town in the United
States, the sheriffs office likewise The
lookup, it is dignified there by being
called a prison, is unfit for human
habitatiOn, and in fact the condition of
the building and prison is very deplor-
able. They lock up prisoners condemn
ed for serious crimes in the same cell
with DRINKS and petty offenders, await |
ing trial The Sheriff baldwin, in |
formed me that at times they were
compelled to put from eight to twelve |
men in room eight by seven feet, on
account of there being insufficient room
to lock up the convicted men.
POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT.
'On Thursday afternoon Judge Ka1ua
gave a picnic at his lao residence for |
Mr. Campbell and myself, which par
took of the nature of a mass meeting
when citizens expressed the needs Of |
their district. The people of Wailuku
asked the intentions of the government
IN regard to road improvements. etc
and l outlined as far as possible the
policy of the Public Works Department
TO 90 whatever was possible for fmme-
date relief in view of tba 1ir1itaz
means at the disposal of the govern
ment. All necessary improvements ara
To be carried out as soon as the money
become available
BRIDGE PROPPED UP.