The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-06-11

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K;lauea while disnlav'nu great and
varied ac.ivitv IL ive,v safe
| 80 Other Volcanoes are mnTe or less
connacted in chains rok;nr many sta
tions necessary in order to determine
| the relations of the different craiers
TO each Other Kilauea and Mama Ioa
form an Isolated center OF activity
over 2oO0 miles from the nearest nc.
tive vent. so that the phenomena OF
these two vents ran lie recorded with.
out combinations oceasioned nv other
/ nearby centers
ga Kilauea is very accessible The
nearly harbor nj Hiio is only thirty.
one miles distant; il NAV he reached
by railroad and n good driveway and
Honolulu, center OF traffic and sci
"a The Central Pacific nosition is
unione and ;s of advantage For record.
inc distant eartbonakes tbrougb the
uninterrnnted sea.floor which lies be.
tween Hawaii and many eortborolke
places such as south America, Mexico.
and Japan. For expeditions in case of
! disaster or n bprwise reIatiyeIy short
route is assured with abundant means
of transnortation 70 Pacific and Fast
Indian ports For the study of the
deen.sea floor Hawaii is obviousIv fa.
vorable
90 The climate is uniform and the
air clear for astronom;c.l work
go There arc frennent small eortb.
ouakes. which are of great interest for
technical reasons
..7 The remark oble d;stribp,ion of
both hot and cold underground waters
in Hawaii needs crreful studv and This
has an imnortant beorino on agricul.
ture as well as mon science
.s The territory is American and
these volcanoes ave famous in the his.
tory of science for their re,narkabIv
liaIid lavas and nearly continuous ac.
tivitv.
JUST What Is PROPOSED.
"Subiect to changes in detail it is
proposed:
81. To. erect buildings ON the brink
of the Volcano of Kilauea. i'm which TO
house the instruments. library. and of.
fees for working mn and tabulating the
statistics. records and in sormation OH.
tanned.
''2. To set apart a room for a local
museum. TO exhibit TO visitors instru.
mems, plans, diagrams, maps and pho
.ogi"Pn lS ms VII pe oI Vaiue IN eA'
et.ii's tnsetest WIN awe" 10 seeurihe
''li &C.. v,'No W. i'en si ,.
"IieoiI,S auN a"oe , sI I' V
4:tii,.i W VI V'HSi ~
s.itu.ion' loi speei"l "oih III Vhe laDor
"'oy' nv
- eieI' su sun, . INST ruiheh'
. stasionS, "itn sell-Iecolulhg lhslIu
| ,ilsss, anu " Pioy Noluntaiy 90
Q av "i,o"' poin's hereai tei u,
: pe uetvllilllieu' II HoPeu ina
h Nehtu"n,y sunni WORN WIZ pe uohe ~
+ sne e'"ir u tne oDselva'ory III th'
: tuuy VI '.Ies' souhuinss' eaL'hqutN'
= waves any at INC my eiieh's Vi 'he coas'
; "5. To send expedisiops TO othe,
Q volcanic and earthquake belts for com
8 parative studies.
/. SO. To carry on research, as may
l., seem eXpedient, in terrestrial gravita
v ton, magnetism and variation of lati
' tude.
., 81. To make a geological survey O.
the Island of Hawaii. 1t is hoped tina
this wiz lead tt thorough survey o
the whole Territory by the U. S. Geo
r logical Survey.
T. Humanitarian Object
e ,r. 49,,
L ;r - a oeiGsea 'ha' lne pest result
n W. @ ooeaieu ny llahihs use o
I1npoisiy quarters near tne volcano
Is nnoIse LOT one or Two years IN order t.
" .hat a. i eoi t:Sii Oh me heiu' St
re Ina ' " enc nnai puiiuihg may pe the ~, re
SUI, SUI; VI Sonae eAeenueu experience; IN
ian n",m GpJeGe VI al tile WORK should o'
# n nuin' atha1n eaitnquahe predlctloi
n. nronort e,n Ou m pto'es.ine me am
q. p t;fl isg on tne OASIS OIL SOUND scien
a. '-. "Sp ".niea eiiien. -,
# oil s,,I; oDl s in connection n, wiz
a promptly published in the form of bul
N letins and memoirs.
u Tentative Offer
70 ..,rho ,ra.,..,.,,
= ToohnnIo OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES .t INSTITUTE o
W p.ofaasoIs' een'a'i'eiy oheis, througI
u 90 oassaI as tts representative