Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-09-19
Feat Not Only Great in Engi-
neering, But in PossibiI-
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| Especial Star-Bulletin Correspondence
| WAILUKU, Sept. 1S.-The biggest
! job in railroad bridge building ever nn-
Gertaken in Hawaii is now in progress
az Maliko Guuch. The bridge is the
most important one on the kahuIui
! Railroad extension, which under SUI
Eerintendent J. ~ s. Williams is be.
ing pushed rapidly through to COM
! pIetion.
1t was no small conception OF Mr..
Wililams-this extension into Haiku
and Pauwela of the Kahului Railroad.
The rapid development of that region
ty the pineapple induitry, and the
coming of so many American families
20 take up land and to begin the cult
walton of the pint, and to undertake
small farming for the markets, made
the extension of the railroad justifi-
able. When the directors looked over
the proposition some little time ago,
before definite action was taken as to
the laying out of the tracks In the
Haiku region, some felt rather doubt
fuI concerning the advisability of the
project. After Mr.. Williams had TAX
en- the party over the entire route,
and with his engineers had mapped
out the full possibilities for the exten-
sion, and after the rich lands of Hal
ku and Pauwela had been visited,
even the most skeptical were convlnc-
cd that the extension would be pro-
fitable investment. TIE. outlay of
something like $4,000 is consider
able, however. 1t is estimated that in
three years the output of the pine
apple growth will be more than dOu-
bIed. 1t is about 10000 cafes for
this season, and these are now
brought by the teams or auto truck to
the Paia depot, then shipped by the
railroad to Kahului.
Terminus Near cannsry.
For the present the terminus of the
extension will be at point below the
Haiku cannery, though the line is sur
veyed much further; in fact, the Off
cials know just where they would lay
the line for many miles yet. If tnere
should be a need of carrying the rail-
road further than Haiku.
The present plans call for an extern
sion of seven miles from the Paia ter
minus. This seven miles is well under
way, and it is confidently expected
that the work will be completed by
the first of February, provided, of
course, there are no delays in the ar
rival of the material for the finishing
of the job.
The cuts are being rapidly dug out,
and the material used for fills up
where they are necessary. All this
work will be done, 1t is expected, so
that when the big bridge is finished
the extension viii be ready for the
trains.
At Maliko Bridge.
The most picturesque part OF the
big undertaking is the construction of
the Maliko Bridge, which is by far the
biggest thing in the briGge line in Ha-
vail, and one of the most exacting
pieces of work ever undertaken in the
Territory up to the present time. 1t is
hard to believe that the new bridge
will be higher than the Call Building
in San Francisco, and that sometimes
as much as eighty barrels of cement
have be used in one day, and twenty
i've cars of sand and rock disposed OF
in the same length of time. But when
one visits the scene of activity, and
sees how the gang keep the cement
pouring down the novel pipe line to
the bottom of the gulch, hears the
whistle of the locomotives as they
bring car load after car coal to the