The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-05-25
GARDEN ISLAND DEFENDS KAUAI
TAKES EXCEPTION TO STATEMENTS OF GOVERNOR
CARTER CRITICISING THE PUBLIC SPIRIT OF KAUAI
AND THE ACTIVITY OF HER ROAD BOARDS-THE
STORY OF WAILUA BRIDGE

Island published Lihue comes warmly to the
Tense of Kauai public spirit and Kauai road boards both Of which
unuy attacked interview given by Governor Carter
the Honolulu papers The Garden Island first quotes the obnoxious
part OF the interview follows and then proceeds to reue it.
There sad instances the island lack proper
in the and maintenance of public institutions good
money has been lost in some cases lake the Waua bridge for exam
p do not know exactly when erected but the steel sections
were lett lying exposed to the avages OF the clements the salt sea air
Tor some two years st executed great damage The road board
finally caused be Now there connecting
rods almost entirely uted through and the heads of bolts have rused
Off, think the haua people had to pay themselves Tor the bridge
they would be careful AS is it will be necessary send
there from Honolulu make thorough examination Of the
structure to ascertain it IS safe can be economically repaired II
be repaired that Kauai will have ask for another
carelessnes"
willing blame many things, but thing
which has held itself bamewory the this
bridge Rather has been the tayote illustration with the people
Kauai when they wished speak bitterly Of from Homo
eced its duty in avang itself of the material furnished by the
and in putting the bridge position But be-
the Boards power the bridge for the Road Boards purse
has never been deep wide and never full at that 1t was
desire have the bridge up that would lead neglect
the people of Kauai had bridge wood handsome enough and
appreciated highly by all those who had suffered the nconvene
the old ferry But that bridge that literally unsub
ant for hardly had been when the rain descended and the
floods and the winds blew and beat that bridge and fell
the regret and loss annoyance This somewhere 1884
till the Legislature of 1887 1888 that appropriation
was passed for new steel bridge but strangely enough the appropra
ton did make any calculation for the erection The blame
for this negligence lay with doubt but cannot be put
However the material Part
landed Hanamauu and the Waua beach, the month
OF October 1890 On the h OF November the then Superintendent OF
Public Works NcInOsh) the Chairman OF the Board
Excelency Minister Interior wishes the Walua
Bridge be hauled the site and let remain for the until the
place regard building piers approaches
Then discovered that there appropriation for erecting
Some efforts made money from emergency funds but these
frustrated by the authorities.
AS early the goth of the month the board gentle
mOnsrance to Minister Spencer in these words:
n the meantime might suggest that the bridge material not inn
proving by laying out in the weather.
This only part long correspondence The Interior Office had
been informed by the wach Board that the had become hope
y mpregnated with and the minister asked sanction
the expenditure the balance S25O The reply dated April 1901
81 further directed say that the Minister cordially approves
proposition daW against the balance such reasonable
be found necessary and properly and the
works until such time may obtain the necessary appropa
ton for erecting it."
may appear strange after this that Immediately
proceeded with But there had be long correspondence before it
possible to act.
The painted October November 9 Naturally the Board
kept up correspondence regard the erecting the bridge Finally
the appropriation passed. the bridge erected and open for traffic
the early part of May 1894.
Continued page seven)
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