The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-06-08
RAILWAYS
ON kauai.

LIHUE, June 5.-The charter of the
Kauai Railway Co.. approved bv Act
ing Governor Atkinson, gives the COM
pany the right to run a line from Ke-
kaha to Walmea. from there to Maka-
well, further to Eleele and Wahiava.
TO kukuiula bay and Koloa bay. From
the latter place the line runs across the
island through Makaulepu valley to
Hanamaulu' then to Kamamaloo on the
kealia plantation. to Kilauea and Ha-
nalei. The charter also grants the
right to build a side line from Kukuiula
through the Koloa gap to Nawiliwili.
with such other branches as the hand
ling of the traffic may demand.
DANGER Is APPREHENDED.
The drawing Of the Kauai Electric
Co.'S line from Hanalei to McBryde is
progressing very fast and will soon be
completed. In several places it crosses
highways and in more instances 1t does
the same to the line of the Kauai TeIe
phonic Co. The dangers attendant upon
these crossings is obvious to all who
consider that the wire is supposed to
carry something like 10000 volts. The
general public has been rather exer-
cised over these prospects and are
awaiting the Supervisors meeting to
see what steps the board is going to
take in the matter.
MAILS BY AUTOMOBILE.
Geo. w. Carr, Assistant Superintend-
ent of Railway Mail Service in an in
terview printed by the Garden Island,
says:
Kauai and it's mail service don't
cause me much trouble. Take It as a
whole, you have pretty good service
here as far as the steamer service is
concerned and the overland mail de-
livery couldn't be better. 1t is as reg
ular as clockwork and never once has
there been occasion for imposing the
fine to which the carriers are liable,
at least, during my incumbency of the
office.
THE contracts for carrying the mails
over the two Kauai mail routes have
now been awarded for the next four
year period. John Nevin of Hanapepe
has secured the contract for the route
Lihue-Kekaha and Joseph the one to
Hanalei. The former 1 understand TO
be considering a plan to work it with
automobile, which ought to be a good
idea here where you have so good roads
and keep improving them all the time
Fatal, ACCIDENT
Frank Vierra, boy of 10 or 16 years,
fell under train of cars that was be-
ing pushed up from Hanamaulu on
Friday last and was badly mangled,
dying at once when drawn from be-
meath the wheels. He had been picking
up cane dropped along the track and
was warned just before the accident
by the fireman to desst from jumping
on the cars in motion. The lad an
swered "All right" but a few minutes
later the fireman looking back from
car saw the body protruding from
under the cars.
AN OLD LANDMARK.
Mr.. Deel of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey who finished locating the
azimuth station here at Lihue last
week, has been visiting Waimea for
the same purpose" says the Garden
Island. THE old station in that dis
trict was located in what is now DR..
Shadows yard, and Mr.. Deel endeavor-
ed to discover the stone or piece of
metal used by the late Mr.. Preston in
marking the spot from where he took
his calculations. He failed in this but
uncovered another landmark, namely,
the stone used by the scientists to in
dictate the spot from where they OBJ
served the transit of Venus in 1881
The spot was originally marked by a
small stone cairn, but a former resi-
dent thought it unsightly and had 1t
taken away The foundation stone,
however, embedded in the soil and
therefore difficult to remove was allow
ed stay and was simply covered with
3 few inches of earth. As a similar oc-
currence would not take place for an
other two hundred years, she probably
did not think it worth the while to keep
the place for the next astronomer"
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