The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-10
TRAIL AND MOUNTAIN
CLUB |NvADES R|LO
Official of Local Organization En-
courages Movement to Form
Branch on Big Island.

Steps are being taken to form a
branch of the Hawaiian Trail and
Mountain Club in this city. says the
Hilo Herald, and a preliminary meet
jng was held last night, at which Mr.
l.. \. Thurston, the vice president of
the Honolulu club, told in very in
teresting manner of the purposes of
the organization and of the benefits
which might be accomplished by its
work on this island. The objects of the
Trail and Mountain Club, as set forth
IN its constitution, are as follows:
The object of this club shall be: To
encourage intimate acquaintance with
outdoor Hawaii.
/. BY promoting knowledge of and
interest i'll objects of natural interest
in the Territory ana the ways and
means Of getting there.
,. BY the construction and main
tenance of trails and roads leading to
the same and OF rest houses incidental
thereto.
3. Through promoting interest in
travel, more particularly by foot,
through the mountains of Hawaii.
t. Through enlisting the cooperation
Of the people and the government in
preserving the forests and other natural
features of the Hawaiian mountains,
and generally by publication and other
wise to convey information concerning
the object of the club, both to resi-
dents of the Territory and to persons
residing abroad.
) BY acting in cooperation with
other clubs or associations having SINH
lar objects, as well as with government
ana other tourist bureaus, and to ex-
change privileges Herewith.
Among the purposes which the local
branch of the Trail and Mountain CLUB
might well take up, are the exploiting
Of the local scenic features of which
very little is known at present. Trails
should be built to many of these and
guide posts put up to show where the
trails branch from the main road, that
tourists, and local people as well, may
visit interesting places which are now
but little frequented.
Among the places near Hilo which
should be largely visited by tourists,
Rainbow Falls is practically the only
Falls. the Kaumana Caves, the big
falls on the Piihonua plantation and
the Boiling Pots are hardly ever visited
and, in fact, there are comparatively !
few persons who know the trails by |
which they may be reached.
Another matter which might be tax
en- up to advantage is the building of ;
f0otbrldge across to Cocoanut Island :
the only public bathing beach IN the I
vicinity of Hilo. At the present time I
it is a question of wading or getting .
boat and sometimes it is impossible to
get the latter. a footbridge would .
cost very little and the expense would
be more than repaid in a very short
time bv the trouble which 1t would
save.
The Seven Craters. which are said in I
many ways to be even more interesting
than Kilauea, are very seldom visited
on account of the fact that so few peo-
pie know the trail. In fact there is no
trail by which some of them can be
reached The most interesting of all OF
these is the crater of MakuOpul, the
Eel 5 Eye: This crater is 1900 feet
deep and the bottom is divided into two
paris. the first being a level table of
lava, with trees growing on it, while
the second is lower and composed of
sulphur banks, with the steam rising IN
great clouds. From the place where
the trail reaches this crater, one may
drop plumb line 1000 feet down be-
fore touching the side in the descent.