The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-26
NEWELL STARTS
On LONG TOUR
Will Spend Three Weeks on
Hawaii, Maui and
MOI0kai.

Frederick H. Newell, Mrs. Newell,
Governor Frear and Superintendent of
| Public Works Marston Campbell sailed
| yesterday evening on the Claudine for
an absence of three weeks, during
which they will tour Maui, Hawaii and
Molokai, inspecting the possibilities of
fered for reclamation schemes similar
to those which have been so success
full in the arid regions of the main
| land.
The itinerary of the tour is as fol-
| lows:
Leaving Honolulu last evening, they
,, will land at Kahului this morning and
go at once to Puuomalei, w. O. Aiken IS
residence, near Olinda, and from there
they viii make tours to such parts of
Maui as they plan to visit, which will
be the greater part of the island,
though not the extreme eastern end.
Next Friday morning they win take
the Mikahala, or whatever steamer is
on the Mikahala s run, and go to Ka-
hoolawe, returning to Maui the same
day and taking the Maui at Lahaina
or McGregor s landing and going to
Hawaii. The party will land at Kai-
lua and drive through the coffee, pine
apple and small-farm region of Kona,
to Hookena, where they will take the
steamer again and go to Honuapo, thus
avoiding the delay of riding across
the lava flows. From Honuapo they
will 90 back to Naalehu, visiting Hut
crimson plantation and the homestead
section of that region, and the lands !
which are planned to be opened as
homesteads.
The party will then go to Pahala and |
the region about there, and thence, by |
way of the volcano, to Hilo. The |
next stop after leaving fIilo viii be at |
Kukuihaele. then Waimea and the re-
gion around there, and then North Ko-
hala Leaving Mahukona, the party |
will land at Lahaina, and from there |
go~ste Molokai, where they will spend |
two days The steamship Maui will |
call at Kaunakakai for them, and win
arrive in Honolulu October 20.
In addition to those who left on the
Claudne last night, Forester Hosmer
and Land Commissioner Pratt will
leave here next Friday on the Maui,
joining the party at Lahaina and MAX
ing the tour of Hawaii and Molokai.
forenoon in government Offices getting
acquainted with methods of land sur
veys and records. Accompanied by
Mr.. Hosmer, he visited the Registrar s
office. where Registrar Merriam made
him acquainted with the method of re-
cording titles. The Land Office was
visited, where the methods of that of
fee were explained At the Survey
Office, Territorial Surveyor Wall show
ed Mr.. Newell the system of surveys
and the maps that have resulted, which
have been adopted here.
Mr. Newell lunched with Governor
Frear, Secretary Mott-Smith and j. P.
Cooke, at the University Club, and the
afternoon Mr.. Newell devoted to his
correspondence.
'sIt is not intended in the tours we
are about to make said Mr.. Newell,
E"to attempt to see every part of the
islands visited, though of course / shall
be glad to see as much of the islands
as possible The tours are undertaken
to give me as complete and accurate
an idea as / can get of the possibilities
of extending the reclamation system OF
the mainland to these islands. The eff
fort therefore will be to get as COM
prehenslye an idea Of posslbll1tles as
the time will permit, but to devote the
most attention to those places where
reclamation project viii be of the most
utility Naturally when any reclama-
tion project is undertaken, the most
promising one win be selected. The
experience gained in it will be available
for future ones.
''The money available for reclama-
tion projects on the mainland is not
available for such work here / am
here to see just what is needed and
what can be done. 1t is possible that
bill might be passed at the next
session of Congress which would APP
propriate money for such purpose in
Hawaii Of course it would be hard to
get such a bill through Congress, but
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