The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-05-17
MAIL ROUTES IN ISLANDS.
HOW LETTERS REACH COUNTRY
DISTRICTS.
Resume of Contracts Made With The
Steamship Companies-Ports of Call.
star Routes.

star Routes.
Superintendent Carr of the mail SER
vice, has Just completed very satisfac-
tory arrangements for the delivery of
mail in all parts of the Islands at
stated periods and i'm stated ways. Be
sides a complete steamer service, rail-
ways are utilized as far as possible,
and there are between seventy-tive and
eighty star routes in the country dis
tricts for the delivery of mail in isolated
localities. Taking the steamer con-
tracts first the arrangements are as
follows, the numbers being the official
number of the particular route:
Number $4,000 is from Honolulu to
Kukuihaele and Honokaa, and return.
Steamer each way twice month"; any
steamer may be employed. L. l. S. N.
Company contractor.
S0091, from Honolulu to Hanamaulu
Kealia, Kilauea and Hanalei; once each
way each week; any steamer may be
employed. /. l. s. n. Company con-
tractor.
SO,O94, from Honolulu to Lahaina, Ka-
hului, Keanae, Nahiku, Hama, Hamoa,
and Kipahulu; once each way every
week. Steamer Claudine to be employ
ed. Wilder Steamship Company con-
tractor
SO,O95, from Honolulu to Kaunakakai,
Kamalo, Pukoo, Kalaupapa, Lahaina
and Keeaumoku, LanaD, returning by
way of Molokai points; once each way
every week; steamer Lehua to be en-
ployeu Wilder Steamship Company
contractor.
80 U96, from Honolulu to Lahaina,
Maalaea bay, Kihei, MAIZENA,, Kawaia-
haze, Mahukona, Laupahoehoe and Hilo;
once each way every week; steamer XII
nua to be employed. Wilder Steamship
| Company contractor.
S0,097, from Honolulu to Makaweli and
Waimea, once each week; steamer Mi
kahala to be employed. l. 1. S. N. Com
pany contractor.
SO,09S, from Honolulu to Koloa and
Eleele; once a week; steamer Hanalei
to be employed. l. l. S. N. Company
contractor.
S0,099 from Honolulu to Lihue; once
each week; steamer w. G. Hall to be
employed. l. l. S. n. Company con-
| tractor.
S0,1OO from Honolulu to Lahaina,
Maalaea bay, Kailua, Keauhou, Napoo-
poo, Hookena, Hoopuloa, Punaluu and
Honuapo; once every ten days; steamer
Mauna Loa to be employed. 1. l. S. N.
| Company, contractor.
These steamers all connect with their
different calling ports with the star
routes that take the mail into the in
terror. Many of these routes are the
but a number of new ones have been
! added for the Improvement of the SER
vice. -
The Hawaiian Navigation company
also carries mail to points in Kona.
On this island a contra It has been
made with the Oahu Railway Company
for carrying the mails between Homo
lulu and Kahuku and way points. Two
trains each way every day carry the
mails The contract makes it so, how
ever, that if it becomes necessary all of
the trains may be utilized for mail
purposes. This would give a regular
service of four each way daily.
Another contract is with the Kahului
Railway Company on Maui. Two mail
! trains are run daily between Waikiki
and Paia, and four are run daily each
! way, between Wailuku and Kahului.
The local service at those places is
therefore of the very best.
! Two other railroads are utilized in
way, but not under contract. The Ko-
| hala railway is used from the landing
at Mahukona to Kohala where the
stage meets the trains and takes tie
mail on into the interior. While the
railroad affords quite a lift" there is
no contract and it's part of the route is
considered as section of the star route
of that locality.
| The railroad from Hilo towards Olaa
is used in the same way, although when
completed that road will get a mail
contract. The star route man meets
the trains at the upper end.
These star routes enter every commu-
nifty in which there is anything like a
population. There are now nearly
eighty of them. Some of the routes are
over exceedingly rough country, and the
contractors have no picnics in their vo-
cations. The route from Paia to Huelo
and over to Nahiku is, for instance,
series of gulches and pals. FIRE.
quently the stage travels for great dis
tances on merely narrow shelf in the
| side of the mountains. This road is not
worse, in many respects, than several
others on the island of Hawaii.
The system may now be regarded as
most complete. Great credit is due Mr..
Carr for the efficient manner in which
he has Strengthened out matters in such
a short while.
News arrived yesterday of a contract
just entered into by the postoffice de-
partment with the Oceanic Steamship
| Company for local service between
| here and San Francisco to begin May
| Is. The contracts calls for round trips
every three weeks. To carry this out
the company will put the Alameda on
! to assist the Mariposa. The contract
| figure for this part of the service is
| $4,000 year. This contract does not
affect the carrying of mails by all other
steamers that call here.
THE TARIFF.
WASHINGTON May S.-The recent
rebellion of Representative Babcock of