The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-09-22

n rad, and the plan has this to com.
mend IT, If Hawaii is to have the full
benefit Of her greatest tourist asset,
the volcano, it is important to have q
good road leading to il.
Kilauea Park.
"There are several things which Ha.
wall wants from congress. among them
the Kilauea national park. We want
that, not only for advertising purposes,
but in order to get good roads which
will lead to the many objects of interest
in the vicinity of the volcano, most of
which are unknown to ninety-nine nut
of hundred of Hawaii people. We
shall exert every effort to have estab-
lished a permanent volcano and earth
quake observatory, which viii also be
a splendid advertisement for Hawaii.
Harbor Dredging.
As you probably know, there is a
proposition on foot to cut off the end
of the breakwater, and to divert the
money which would have been used to
build it, to clear the channel leading
into the bay beyond Cocoanut Island.
Some American Hawaiian captains hest
tate about taking their boats through
as it is at present, and the channel
seems necessary, particularly when the
new territorial wharf is built, when
vessels win be taken right up to the
wharf. Congress has authorized sur.
vey for the channel out of the money
which has been authorized for the
brealwater, and if report on the mat
ter is made in time to congress, as /
hope it will be, we want to get the
legislation necessarily to use part of
the breakwater appropriation for the
making of the channel.
Valuable Water Power.
zone of Hilo's greatest assets is the
Waikiki river, and the people of Hilo
ought to study how it can be put to the
greatest possible economical use. The
Kau ditch project is being taken up,
and may go through. This involves the
question of the diversion of some of the
Wailuku waters The stream has a
great deal of water and a great fall.
We don t know how much power it can
develop, and the power will be needed
in the future development of Hilo for
the running of factories, street rail-
ways and so forth. That is a live
question now, for application has been
made for the use of the stream at GER
tain points for the purpose of develop
ling power IT may be that Kau can
have some of the water from the river
without hurting Hilo. 1t is unfortunate
that the photographic work was not
begun long ago, but we hope soon to
get some reports therefrom and to get
an idea of the amount of water in the
stream and the power which it can de-
velop. This is one of the important
Equestions which the people of Hilo
should consider. I believe that Hilo
is destined to become a great city. 1t
has more country back of it than any
of the other towns in the Islands, and
in. time the principal port of each
island win in itself become center and
will depend on the country back of it. .
The Governor ended his speech with
preference to the benefits Hilo would
derive from the railroad extension, the
development of the harbor, increased
loading facilities, and the development
of the back country, and also spoke OF
the advantages of the development OF
the civic center plan and the water
front park. His speech was received
with applause.
Attorney General Lindsay and Land
| Commissioner Judd each made few
general remarks expressing their goot
will towards Hilo and their appreciation
of the hospitality extended toward,
them, and the chairman ended the affair
with few remarks.