The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-06-15
PUSHING FOR Z
WAHIAWA

ifofu WAliaWAs Nne fAhSaiPte To
team" a construction gang OF the Oahu
Railroad was working yesterday with |
might and main to bridge chasm so
that the locomotive on the waipahu |
side could cross ard leave more new
steel rails and ties with which to carry
the line on to the pineapple district.
Ten days from tomorrow that same
gang viii be laying the last rails at
Wahiawa and then freight cars from
Honolulu laden with cans and con-
tainers. boxes and much other mer
chandise will be carried over the line
and left at wahiawa for the planters
who are now ready to harvest their
pines and ship them to all parts of
the world.
The work OF the construction gangs
at the farthest end of the railway line
80 far completed toward Wahiawa Is
an object lesson in fast, sure and gem
uIne work. There are no laggards
there and every moment of the day
Is devoted to activity. Forward" is
the watchword. and those in charge of
the work set an example by perform
ing labor with their own hands as well
as directing IL.
After many vexatious delays the
work of laying track began few
weeks ago after the arrival OF the
ship George Curtis from San Francisco.
The rails were originally shipped in the
bark Gerard c. Tobey which put back
TO san Francisco dlsmasted. They were
transferred to the Curtis, which was
damaged I'm a collision off the Faral-
lones and was forced to return to San
Francisco for repairs.
The connecting point for the Wahi-
ava branch will be at Waipahu sta
tion. The station has a pretty setting
of cocoanut trees and group of quaint
Chinese and Japanese stores nearby.
while all about are fields of rice and
sugar cane a spur runs up to the
mill OF the Waipahu plantation and
there the wahiawa line parallels the
plantation railway. IN order that
trains viii not have TO ne dispatched in
reversed order is being constructed
between waipahu station and the plan
tation.
The wahiawa line then leaves the
plantation mill, going through a portion
of the sugar lands and after rounding a
bald. rocky. towering point, swings into
Waikakalaua gulch. A pumping sta
ton for the plantation is encountered
just after rounding the point. a great
pipe leading from the station crosses
above the track on high stone piers
and climbs the hill to the main sugar
lands where the water is distributed
over thousands OF acres of canefelds.
For nearly a mile the track passes
through sugar cane and the scene Is
one OF marked beauty. The line hug:
close to the Waialua side of the gulcf
and there is an everchanging vista
The canyon Is picturesque. especially
where the sugar cane Is encountered
Then farther up, where apparently lit
tie water ever drenches the hillsides
The scenery Is more OF bold, rock!
slopes covered with dried vegetation
principally Iantana. The road follows
the curve OF the hnlsides. In SOM
places great headlands have been biowl
away with powder and the rails pas
almost beneath beetling crags OF igne
ous rock, which shows the formation
of the mountain in the various stage
OF volcanic eruptions ages ago.
Now and then culverts are crossed
all OF which are nicely walled up wit
hewn stones. Then the road passe
over high flls and then through dee
cuts Some Of the cuts have been hew
through almost solid rock, other
through a cIayish formation which
more readily pierced. Three Ion
bridges have been necessary thus fai
and only three bridges have been con
stricted. The construction gangs ar
now engaged on the fourth.
A. A. Wilson, is the contractor IL
the roadbed and his work is being push
ed forward with lunas j. Cullins, j
and James Crane In charge The dii
ls dying fast with pick aand shovel ~
ahead OF the construction-car, an
sometimes not three hundred fe'
ahesd big powder blast sends show
ers OF split stones into the air. FL
gineer Taylor calmly removes his SUI
yey instrument when the rock shower
come and then az calmly goes back
work. Dodging stones Is one Of his az
cOmplishments.
The construction car on Wednesda
wis pushed forward through clay q
10 the eiee Of the chasm where Bird;
No IL being completed The car bo
4 fne eleven frames which were 10
rsi~ed upon the concrete and stoi
plers In the bottom Of the bed of Il
stream. One by one they we're lower
d0wn. the engine assisting IN this wor
Then flic engine WIS brongf into =
dulsiti0n sgain 10 elevate the fran
i Bpon their piers. ~ evening q
ffames we're up
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