The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-06-20

ONA-KAI1 railroad AFFAIRS looked
q ND yesterday on the receipt of
information from San Francisco
that the negotiations for the
money to construct the line were pro-
crossing favorably. The news took
such definite shape during the day that
one credited report has it that S3oo,eoo
has been secured and credits for that
amount viii be received by the Peking.
During the absence OF Jacob Coerper..
the president of the road, it's represen-
tative here is Gardner K. Wilder. Mr.
Wilder said last evening that he had
received information which led to the
belief that the negotiations were pro-
crossing favorably and that definite
information might be expected very
soon He declared that he was not In
a position TO discuss the matter at this
time further than to indicate that work
upon the grading of the line would be
undertaken within short time ana
once started would be pushed right
along until the line of road Is COM
plete.
Jacob Coerper, who has been In the
states for some time past in the inter-
est of the company, is not expected 10
! return to Hawaii very soon, but upon
the completion of the negotiations IN
San Francisco, which now promise to
soon end successfully, win go on to
New York. where he will place con-
| .,,~rIfas and General mate
rails. which will be shipped at as early
date as possible Wnen TINS "ciA
has been finished he will return to as
e,,n,e the management of the line. In
the meantime as soon as the credits are
received here the work upon the con-
struction will be inaugurated by Mr'
wilder and pushed with all speed
The plans for the Kona-kau ROAD
I are now complete, and when THESE nave
| been carried out there will be hnisneo
! the major portion OF the encircling OK
! the Island OF Hawaii with steel belt
| line. The northern terminus or th9
troad will be at Kealakekua Bay. rms
furnishes one of the very finest open
! harbors of the group. and the wafer -
i co deep and the shores so PERCEPTIONS
! ,ba, with a small dock, not above zoo
! feet from the shore, il would be possi-
hle To dock the largest vessel ever
launched. From the point determines
( unon for the actual end Of the line,
| The road runs TO the south, rising with-
| in the first ten miles to an eieNauoh
ahove tide water of 400 feet when
frhis height IS reached the road VIII De
I upon the table land which extenos
I along the entire kona side OF the rs
land. and this Will be followed in oo'n
directions. Building round the south
su1n 1x-itI ~ n
undertaken, for the object of the COM
4 many is to get into Hilo with rails as
carly as possible This connection VIII
!. he made by a junction with the Hlo
railroad, which is now approaching the
twenty-four mile point on the volcano
. road which il IS expected viii be its
ending for some time at least. a spur
, will connect the two roads, Tor the
Kona-Kau line cannot build outsioe
: those districts
. IRE line 20 the south runs along the
, table lands, varying in elevation from
fAoO feet. near Kealakekua Bay, down
&c low as 900 fee. or even lower at
] so-ne poillts The line VIII pass through
several plantations and some piaht Ia
zion sites Among these are the South
Kona Agricultural COmpany's lands at
ponaunau. the Hawaiian Agricultural
Company and the Pah2la rancfi. as wen
as the Norris ranch and other enter
prises which lie IN the three dlstrict.'
THE coast line is proposed to be foi-
lowed very closely until the rise 10 "a
. haIa is made. where the road peeltls
its climb to the volcano Though 1he
, Government road makes the ascent ia
.van+v-three miles, it is expected taal
the railroad lire will add 10 that sev-
oral more. The highest point which !.
is expected TO reach win be two anu
one-half miles from the Volcano HOUSE.
This stopping place is taken for the
, reason that the rest OF the way "ouh'
mean hard climbing and the expense
, would not be justified
Trara xiii be. running from the poinl
a. which the read makes its climb ou'
OF Kealakekua Bay to the table iana,
a spur Of road constructed Wnien VII,
-,,n 10 the north to the John Mae'o'fe
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