The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-05
ROAD ENGINEER
GOES To HILO

Superintendent of Public Works
Marston Campbell leaves for Hilo on
the Wilhelmina this afternoon. He
will be accompanied by H. K. Bishop,
the road engineer, who is to have
charge of the Hawaii belt road.
Mr.. Campbell expects to be back IN
Honolulu next Monday. The object Of
his visit to Hilo is the loan commits
sion business and, incidentally, TO
show Engineer Bishop a portion of
the country over which the belt road
is to be built
Mr. Bishop is deeply interested in
the subject of wooden blocks for city
streets, and he will pay a visit to the
Pahoa lumber mill and inspect the
ohia timber with view to ascertain
! ing its suitability for street paving
work.
Superintendent Campbell thinks
that the ohia timber is very similar to
the West Australian jarTah, and that
the Pahoa mill should find big mar
ket for large portions of Ohia that at
present are considered to be waste. "
Road Engineer Bishop is selecting
a corps of assistants, to work on the
belt road undertaking, and before
long he hopes to have gathered
around him an experienced body Of
men.
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he could get here about the fifth of
q. January and continue Mr.. Perrets OBJ
servations. Mr.. Ferret will remain
/. here until sometime in November and
he says that he will be glad to coop.
crate with anyone suggested.
"The general idea is" said Mr.
, Thurston, ito get a local committee
= of business men to attend to the bust
+ ness end of it, and committee OF
scientists to attend to the scientific
2 part. l believe the time is ripe tC
6 start volcanic institute that vii
become world famous and incidentll
boost Hawaii"
Professor Gilmore of the COLLEGE
of Hawaii was called upon to express
his views, and spoke in part as fo
. lows:
81 have been exceedingly intereste
u in the volcano and in its doings.
think it is especially important tina
we should get a continuous line o
Is these activities. 1t seems TO me tht
no better enterprise could be starte
1t in Hawaii today from the standpoir
C. of furtheing scientific knowledge, q
we'll as from the standpoint of crea
E. ing an interest in this Territory an
" its resources, than to carry on som
% Investigations in regard to the vo
is cano. AS l view it, two points Shout
If be kept in mind: First, there shou.
n be a strict continuity of them, ant
a. second, that they shall be comprt
It hensive."
e j. A. Kennedy promised the supper
l., of the Inter.Island Company for tn
project. A. F. Judd, on behalf
n. Bishop Museum, endorsed the propos
ton, as did E. l. Spalding of ii
IN Chamber of Commerce and e. I
y White of the Merchants Associatio
=. Mr.. Hoogs promised to bring the ma
ter to the attention of the Promote
10 committee. Governor Frear spoke e
IN couragingly of the proposal advance
h by Mr. Thurston, and said that wit
out doubt it would get the support
- the legislature by an appropriation f
-, maintenance.
g. Those present as guests of NJ
Thurston were Governor Frear, A.
- Judd, ]. NJ. Dowsett, Henry Holme
- J. A. Kennedy, Clarence Cooke, J.
"a Gilmore, R. S. Hosmer, H. +, CoopC
=, c. R. Hemenway, R. w. Single, eli
Davies, B. F. Dillingham;, W. II. Hool
+, A. Gartley, W. A. Bryan, w. Mel
erny, A. H. Ford, E. l. Spalding, E,
White, w. r. Castle and B. Won Dam