Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-12-09
HOMES
? ON PALOL0 HILL
Fifty Foot Boulevards Will
Lead to Newest
y Tract. IVY

Palo,o Hill may not only be des.
tined to blossom as the rose, but 1t
will be dotted with thousand
homes, the place OF residence Of de.
lighted soiourners who seek the
many Incompatible advantages offer
ed by climatf conditions only to be
found in the Paradise of the Pacific.
but Honolulu In particular
The Kaimuki Land Company has
completed all arrangements for set
ting large force of men at work In
the grading OF fifty foot streets and
plotting some twelve hundred lots In
this slightly tract Of land located at
the terminus OF, the Hotel street and
Walalae car-line.
Palolo Hill. commanding mag
nificent view of the Pacific Ocean. the
frowning slopes of Diamond Head,
and the bald prominence of Koko
Head, will be transformed into a
place of much activity before the
lose OF the old year.
Six weeks from the day that the
first sod is turned on the favored
slope, fifteen miles Of streets will be
in fair way towards completion,
while sites for schools and churches
will have been designated, and hum
dreds of plots upon which neat and
pretty homes will be erected will be
graded and opened to the public.
The plans as outlined by the land
company are elaborate in the ex-
IRENE. The first of the week will
End teams and graders at work on
the roads. The streets are to be
named after the steamers that make
regular calls at the port Of Homo
lulu, Wilhelmina Rise is a broad
and absolutely straight thorouhgfare
extending for a mile and half up
the slope OF Palolo Hill. This ave-
nue. will serve as feeder for the
curved and winding highways that
weave their way in and around the
brow OF this eminence. All the prin-
cipal thoroughfares extend from the
terminus of the electric car.line to
the top of the hill. The streets will
all be macadamized and are to be
fifty feet from curb to curb. Seven
foot sidewalks are indf ated on the
plans now on file and turned over
to the contractors.
The preliminary work by the civil
engineers has been completed, and a
grade of about 6 per cent. will pre-
vail on all roadways save that known
as Wilhelmina Rise, which will have
gradual slope Of about 10 per cent.
The plot and plans provide for am
PIE land sufficient for school site,
Two plots have been set aside for
churches. A park will also be one
OF the many IMPROVEMENTS promised
for the tract.
The district will be provided with
the finest water to be obtained on the
island, 1t being drawn from the
streams flowing down the Palolo
mountains, and will be retained In
an ample reservoir.
The property has been divided into
sections, each arranged in alphabet.
ical order, while the lots are number.
ed consecutively. The old and oh
solete hecker-board plan was total
ly ignored In the making OF the plans
for Palolo Hill addition.
Owing to the contour of the upper
or hill roadways. the lots are of vary
ing size. ,aA ..s'
1t is claimed that there is not a
lot in the entire twelve hundred that
is OF lower elevation than three, hun
dred feet. The highest elevation re-
corded in the tract is eleven hundred
feet. A visit to the tract, where
grading operations have already be.
gun, would show that there is no
portion of the district but has an un-
obstructed marine view.