The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-01
STATE Of ROADS
On BIC ISLAND
Hi!o kindergarten Flourishes
People the Enterprise
Took Away.

occasionally travel on the big island
will be interested in the following ac-
count of the condition of the roads,
given by County Clerk Sam. X Pua
on returning with the committee o.
investigation of the Board of Super
visors:
1.-The Puna roads were found all
right, and the Volcano road on this
side is not bad. On the other side
there is a gap to be filed. Contin-
uing on to Honuapo the committee
found pretty good roads. In Kau eight
bridges were inspected and six of them
were found to be in fair condition.
Two are in bad condition and should
have immediate attention.
. In South Kona the roads were good,
though too narrow in some places, ana
in North kona also the roads are good.
There are two gates in this district
at which there were no keepers, and
the committee will try to have the par
ties who maintain such gates proviue
keepers.
''trom South Kohala to Wafmea
there are culverts and bridges to be
fixed and in places the belt road IS
incomplete. From here to Kawalhae
ten bridges were inspected and six we've
found to need attention. In North ko-
haia the belt road was found very
lad in parts.
AT Mahukona the committee ex
amined the machinery delivered by the
Honolulu Iron Works. All the parts
were found to be there. 1T will be up
to the Board to decide what to do with
it, if Supervisor Woods of Kohala still
declines to receive it.
- The dirt road to Pololu IS in good
condition but should be macadamized,
the committee appeared to think. Our
trip was in the dry season and Of course
ali the dirt roads were at their best.
Two bridges are needed between Wal
mea and South Kohala.
We went next to Honokaa and over
Mud Lane. This road was declared
not fit to travel on, and the commit
tee favors abandoning it altogether as
a road. Tho Ahualoa homestead road
is being macadamized by Supervisor
Purdy and there will soon be fine
road from honokaa to Waimea.
HThe kukuihaele road is not good,
even in this dry weather. In Hama
kua district, out of "a bridges in
spected only five were found to be
in very good condition. In North Hilo
fifteen bridges were thought good out
of % inspected The road has a good
foundation and if rock crusher is
used and a good top dressing given
it, the road wlIl be as good as Hilo
roads. South Hilo roads are mostly
all right. There are nineteen bridges
and twelve of them are all right. =
THE FREE KINDERGARTEN.
The Hilo free kindergarten iseshown
nuaI reports of the secretary and
treasurer. The report of the secretary,
DR.. Frances Wetmore, shows that the
institution has been satisfactorily con-
Quoted during the past year by the
principal, Miss Stevens, and her two
assistants, Miss Ruth Guard and Miss
Jennie Chalmers.
One hundred and twenty-four chill
dren have been enrolled during the
year. The daily average was anout
seventy up to April, when an extern
sive epIuemIc of measles prevailed
which lowered it to fifty for the time
being. There have been four excur-
sions TO the park with sixty-fve chill
dren each time and four shorter walks
have also been taken-one May day
walk Besides a Thanksgiving party,
the children were made very happy by
a Christmas party with two evergreen
trees contributed by Mrs Terry.
g But four children needed to be Sc
riously disciplined. Twenty-one chill
dren graduate at the end of the year.
The entertainment voluntarily given by
the teachers for raising fund for
equipment for the Kindergarten, May
81 at the HiIo Hotel, was largely at
tended and Melted over sixty dollars
By slight increase in assistants sal
aries expenses have been correspond
ingly increased so that the reserve has
had to be used.
tThe generous support of this in
stitution by the public the secretary
says, "has been most highly appre
ciated by the committee which hopes
that a similar response will carry The
kindergarten successfully through the
coming year. -
Mrs. w. S. Terry, treasurer, report
was from subscriptions, and disburse
ments of $S03.20, leaving a cash bal
ance of $44.45
ITEMS.
Charles Trowbridge, the well known
young tenor, gave a very successful
recital in Spreckels hall last Saturda.
evening, with the assistance Of Mrs.
| T. Lewis as accompanist and Mis-
| Caroline Shipman as piano soloist. Tn
singer has a voice of very good qualit,
| and is able to use it with fine effect
| The Matson liner Enterprise left o.
| Monday for San Francisco. The list O
passengers was as follows: j. K. Dill
lon and wife, Mrs. E. NJ. Ausberger
Miss E. Burrell, Miss J. NJ. Paulsel
Mrs. and Miss Bond, J. Turnbull, Mrs
G. H. Pierce. Miss Alice Pierce, 0. T
IShipman, David Paris, Mr.. and Mrs
Moses Sr,, Mrs. MUMMY and children
Mrs. f. n. Holmes and children, Mr.!
and Miss Stone, d. A. Loebenstein an
WIFI, Miss Howard. Miss Williams. F
A. Richmond, ]. wheeIock, Alex. Smit
and Thomas Scott, John Pierce.
The Pepeekeo holdup of a Japanes
stage by three Porto Rfcans was foun
in court to be case of q fight on til
| road over efforts 70 co1Iae+ a hin TN,