The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-08-22
4 PEARL HARBOR
ROAD NECESSARY
-Four Nile Link Could Be Built
Tor $4,000, Believes City
Engineer Gere.
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rfrom Saturdays Advertiserl
1.-THE subject OF the Pearl Hnrbor
road has not como up for nearly four
years. said City Engineer Gere last
evening when asked II the city was TO
build such a road.
"It would cost about t25 900 70 com.
plete the road, for which I made a pre-.
liminery survey under the Hustaee
board" continued the city engineer,
and the county has no money to con-
struct this thoroughfnre,
Two Miles New
According to the city engineer there
are but two miles of new road to be
built between Honolulu and Pearl City,
and the coming of large force Of ma
val men and the moving Of the head
quarters from Honolulu to Pearl Har-
Dor will neeessitate good road for the
officers to come to and from Honolulu,
to say nothing of the large number of
men who win be employed in the shops
and other activities at the big naval
station.
The road as first proposed was to
leave the main one at Moanalua, skirt
the hill and salt lake and follow the
railroad nearly all the distance to Puu-
loa station.
"There are about two miles of new
road TO build and two miles of mud
rock road which will need coral sur
facing; this can all be done for $780, 600
at the outside, said City Engineer
Gere.
Rock Road Impossible.
at is impossible TO pass over this
mud rock road after any rain; it would
have to be surfaced with lot of coral,
and then there is plenty of material to
build the two miles of new road neees-
sary to connect this with the road from
the station to Watertown, which is in
good shape, having been surfaced with
coral couple of years ago.
lin all there is only about four
miles necessary to connect the road
at Moanalua with the road from Puu-
loa to- Watertown, and l believe it
could be built for the sum have
stated, although / have made only a
preliminary survey" he concluded.
Now Through Plantation.
At present the only way to get down
to Pearl Harbor and the naval opera
tions by carriage or automobile is
through Honolulu Plantation, and this
road can not be used after certain
hour in the evening.
Moreover, the plantation authorities
| do not like to have too much traffic
over their road, and even at that it is
bad negotiating in rainy weather, foI
there are several sharp pitches and the
road is black gumbo.
That proper road is necessary from
Honolulu to Pearl Harbor is acknowl,
| edged, but what is to be done aboIt it
no one seems to know.
Hustace Board Considered,
! AS stated above, the matter came VI
during the life of the Hustace board Of
supervisors and has never beer
breaehed since.
Up to the present time the board
now holding office seems never TO nave
thought of this important thorough
fare.
/ With operations at the great ma
val base commencing within few
months, this road becomes more ant
more necessary, for, those living ther,
will want some way out besides b.
= water or by train, both of which moan
will be unavailable at certain hour
when most needed.
1t is likely, it is understood, that tn
3 road department will take the matte
under consideration when the none,
comes in November from the taxes s
that it win have something definite t
] work upon.