Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-12-11

were taken right on to the volcano in
the Mcbride fleet flyer without FUR
Their mishap. Claudius can safely
count on the support of two news
papermen at least should he ever de-
sire to run for President of,the kon,
Good Roads League.
Fire and Birthstone.
The Kilauea party struggled into
the friendly and. lighted area at the
Volcano House from three o'clock IN
the afternoon until two o'clock Sun
day morning. The majority were In
duced to make the trip to the crater
edge.
Halemaumau Is now at the best. A
sea of liquid lava, redolent, boiling
Gnd plunging Is now within two hun
dred feet of the edse of the crater.
It Is ever the fiery pit that knows no
rest. A caldron of crimson, streaked
with dull red and black, ever chang
ing in fantastic design, the traveller
found that in bending over the shell
tered precipice.. that the sight was
one that well repaid all discomforturc
of some hours ago. Cones, splitting
molten lava and showers of sparks
are not seen. The visit 10 Kilauea t.
many In the party was one that will
never be forgotten
To HIlo and Hskalsu.
To Hilo the party sped, during TIE
, cool hours of q Sunday morning. At
one O'Clock in the afternoon. through
the courtesy OF L. A. Thurston and
Superintendent II. W.. Filler. of the
IIilo Railway, special train was
placed at the disposal of the excur-
sionists. Hakalau was the destina-
ton, the round trip being made with
In two hours. Through twelve miles
of the most picturesque roadway I'M
aglnablc, n SUCCESSION of cuts lined
with green vegetation, and fills which
disclosed glimpses of the dash.ng surf
on rock-bound coast, the train passed
TO the end of the extension. II wa
the first passenger train to enter Ha'
kalau.
The Kilauea party crossed fuul
steel bridges, approximately one hun
dred feet high and 1900 feet In length
There Is one concrete bridge FIVE hun
bred feet In length. The special trair
\ passed through cuts at an average
depth Of twenty feet the highest GU
being "A feet and the greatest I'll ls'
feet.
The party passed through five BIZ
plantations OF Hamakua coast. Til,
railway tapping a population Of abou
l2,500 people.
4 Superintendent Filler anticipates
yearly passenger business of approx
matcly 100000 people.
The visitors marveled at the me,
Hakalau bridge, a structure which vii
rear It's tracks 200 feet above the sur
face of the gulch. 1t will be min
hundred feet In length when com
pleted. 1t has seventy-four foot span
and will cost $4,000.
i The extension will be open to gen
eral traffic to Hakalau by the middl
Of this month, SO II Is claimed.
Ais Well That Ends We'll.
Boarding the Kilauea. shortly ATTIC
Iour o'clock the homeward trip wa
began at i:45. The Kilauea forge
ahead, through seas and winds nc
The least favorable and logged alon
at fifteen knots for thirteen hour
The vessel came alongside the whal
at Honolulu few minutes before 81
o'clock this morning, bringing dele
gated party.
; Those who are entitled to all prais
for little kindnesses displayed In III
arrangement of details for the tri
and in addition to President and Ger
, eral Manager James A. Kennedy, VIII
personally conducted the tour, shoul
, include the following; Capt A.
simerson, Chief Officer d. F. Nicho
son, Second Officer Thos. McTagu
Third Officer Oscar Johanson, Chic
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