The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-08-20
RAIL EXTENSION
ON BIC ISLAND

HILo, August 1S.-Hilo should soon
be able TO add one more mark to It's
progress by the competitor of the first
step toward the construction of a rail-
road from Glenwood to the Hawaiian
Mahogany Lumber Company's camp al
Thirty-one miles, within one mile OF
railroad communicat ton with the Vol
cano House.
On Friday last the preliminary pa
pers were prepared for contract be-
| tween the Hawaiian Mahogany Lum-
Der Company and well known local
contractor, Ishizu, to construct a road
bed for distance of eleven miles from
Glenwood, the contract price. it is stat
ed. being $1,000 mile, which does not
include laying the ties or rails. That
would be another contract.
This is the story that was told on
Monday, also that the contract had
been taken by Mr.. Cant and would
later be submitted to the directors of
the company, in Honolulu, for final
revision.
1t is believed that the specifications
We're prepared under the direction of
A. n. Campbell, of the Waterhouse
Trust Co., who was in Hilo and at the
Mahogany Company's camp last week.
Another interesting feature in this
connection is the flying visit made to
the camp, last week, by George Mum
don of Kauai. He came and left by the
Kinau and is said to be negotiating
with the Hawaiian Mahogany Lumber
Company to undertake the logging of
the timber and cutting of the ohia
ties, and that he has gone back to
Honolulu to see the directors, and will
return here for another inspection of
the forest before bringing experienced
lumbermen from the Garden Island to
work with him.
AT the offices of the Henry Water
house Trust Company and of the Ha-
waiian Mahogany Lumber Company, in
Hilo, no information could be obtained
Mr.. Mccain looked surprised when
asked if the roadbed contract had been
signed and declared positively that he
knew nothing whatever about it. Mr..
Wears, when asked, declined to talk
upon the subject.
1t is known in town, however, that
contractor Ishizu has been making in
quiries, at several places, for certain
tools and implements necessary in do
ing the work, and that while he has
not actually purchased any he has Sc
cured the refusal of them, and knows
where he can place his hands upon
them, to begin work Immediately the
contract has been signed and approved
in Honolulu.
When seen yesterday morning Mr..
Ishizu told the Herald that he had
submitted a proposition to make eleven
miles of roadbed at $1,000 a mile, the
whole work to be finished within six
months. If he got the job, he said, he
would employ $50 men and finish it
as quickly as possible, within six
months.
The new railroad will be Of standard
gauge and it is understood that the
Hawaiian Mahogany Lumber Company
does not intend to engage in the busi-
ness of transportation of passengers.
If it did so the business of the Vol
cano Stables Company would, of course,
suffer somewhat, on its Volcano route,
though it is very probable that tour
lists, strangers in Hawaii, would pre-
fer to drive from Glenwood to the Vol
cano, rather than to ride by train,
for the sake of seeing the marvellous
scenery that the road affords. Should
the Mahogany people decide later to
cater for passengers. then the Volcano
Stables people could offer a counter
attraction by an automobile service in
place of its present comfortable four
in-hands.
In any event, it seems evident that
active work, on the part af the Ha-
waiian Mahogany Lumber Company,
will very soon be undertaken.