Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-04-18
TRAVEL and TRAIL
CLUBS ACTIVITY
Rest Houses And Trails
To Be Built And Maps
Prepared


and thence down into Manoa valley. A
resthouse wiz be erected at the Paua
Junction.
It is Mr.. Castles intention TO make
a present of all this to the Club. 1t
Is hoped that a couple OF acres may
he secured surrounding the proposed
rest.housc and that caretaker will
be put in charge OF the camp. The
rustic features will he retained. nj.
though cots or hunks will be placed
In the rainproof sleeping quarters.
There will be a room for the care.
taker, lanai which will serve as a
dining room. and a room or dormitory
for men and one for women. This
contemplated rest-house will probably
serve ms model for mountain re.
treats to he erected In various parts
Of the island. Fruits and vegetables
will be grown in the gardens sur
rounding these houses for the benefit
of the members of the club.
II Is expected that club members.
especially ladies, will gladly avail
themselves OF the convenience, that
these rest-houses viii afford. II is
long trip up Konahuinu for woman
With comfortable rest-house ut the
head of Pauoa valley completed an
afternoon tramp may be made TO
this point, the night spent there and
an early start made for the mountain
summit. Mr.. Allan Herbert and A. u.
I.eckenby once spoke of erecting n
rest house at this point. Some sort
of rustic rest-house will certainly go
up on the top OF Konnhuinui and pos
slbly another on the top Of Olympus.
A return path will he made by The
Castle trail to either Pauoa. Tantalus
or Manoa. The Allan Herbert trail
In Kalihi valley Is also to be put In
| good shape and rest-house OF some
sort erected on the mountain top.
Many of the Trail and Travel Club
members have been making explora.
ton trips to some Of the mountain
| Businesses. Last week Governor Frear
told A Hume Ford of n cave he had
once visited in Manoa valley. which
was supposed to pierce through to Pa
lolo Valley. Ford and Leckenby nj
once set out to locate this cave. Al
the foot OF the trail they were Joined
by Gilbert Brown, one of The junior
| charter members.
| The cave lies almost directly Walk.
XII of the Chinese cemetery In Manoa
Valley and Its mouth may be seen sew
| eral hundred feet up the side OF the
ridge at the lower mauka corner OF n
sheer precipice OF solid rock. Ford
and Brown clambered up TO the cave
lighted candles and entered the spac.
ious mouth Of the tunnel. Ford stat
ed that they explored this cave to a
distance of 400 feet, while Brown
says that II was nearer 400 yards than
400 feet.
After the first few yards the cave
1arrows so thar In places III is but 2
was crawl 10 the end where the
walls had evidently fallen In. Gov
ernor Frear, who has also been as
far Ms this through the mountain, Is
o. the opinion thas u couple Of Jap
orese could easily blast u wa,
through, as tradition has 1t that III,
ratives used to pass through the cav,
from one valley to the other.
The cave Is about an hours wall
and climb from the car line, and, with
trail cut TO its Manoa entrance, 4
would be scarcely more than half al
hours walk This city needs first
class cave attraction and II the Trai
and Travel Club can put an under
ground trail through the mouptair
from Manoa to Palolo Valley. II shoul,
prove very advertiseable feature I,
persuade stay.at-homes to go out TO
a brief interesting tramp.
l.. A. Thurston and Irwin Spaldini
are in the Waianae mountains, A
Hume Ford and Kenneth Brown ar,
exploring the Kalihi passes. A. u. Leck
enby and his detachment are follow
ing and mapping the Palolo trails
Robert Shingle and Allan Herbert ar,
looking for level trails around Pear
City, while small groups are forming
TO map out one-day excursions.
Data is being secured and prepared
for a map showing all the trails OF
Oahu. and work of this sort will b.
begin on the other islands as soon a
possible. w. Il. Castle has set tn
right pace in building n trail for tn
club. and 1t is believed that severa
of the prominent club members ar
preparing to follow suit.
The Rev Henry p. Judd, also char
ter member of the Club, has jus
reached Kahului with the intention O
organizing a chapter Of the Trail an
Travel" In West Maui. He will b
ably assisted by c. A. Macdonald
principal of the Lahalnaluna school a
Lahaina, who is also charter men
Der, and reports some of his teacher
! as enthusiasts on the subject TIL
Trail and Travel Club idea is rapic
ly taking hold on all the Islands.
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