Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-12
MAUI CHAMBER
WOULD PAY $50
FOR PROMOTION

Especial Star Bulletin Correspondence
! + WAILUKU, Sept. 9.-For an hour
and a half last Thursday afternoon the
/ trustees of the Maui Chamber of Com
merce discussed only two questions
Both subjects are of vital Importance
! to Maui in particular, but are of great
interest to the territory as whole.
The question of Maui assisting in
! territorial promotion has been pretty
thoroughly discussed both in the Val
ley Isle and in Honolulu. The atti-
!, tude of the Maui News that Maui
could and should do her own adver.
, tising met with ready response on
, the part of a large number of local
citizens. That many in Honolulu held
the same opinion was evidenced by
the strong editorial in the Star Bulle-
tin few DAYS ago. Many Maui peo-
| PIE are of the opinion that when a
trip to Maui is spoken of on some of
the steamers coming to the islands or
in Honolulu there are any number of
, discouragements put in the tourist s
way, and that he is more than like
ly persuaded to give up the trip. Only
recently tourists CHANGED to come to
Maui first, and fellow passengers who
are island people pitied them in no un.
mistakable term. Upon their arrival
on Maui, however, they were charmed
with the beauty of the scenery and
Immediately began advising other
tourists of the excellent Maui roads
and many points of unusual beauty
and interest. Some similar incidents
have come so repeatedly to the atten-
tion of Maui people that they felt they
needed direct representation where
they could personally and Immediately
lay before the tourist the value of a
Maui trip. 49,. .......
The Maui Chamber of Commerce
came to the conclusion that it would
be wise policy to continue $50 a
month to the Central Territorial Pro.
motion Committee and have so recon-
mended to the Maui supervisors.
The second topic for debate was the
state of the Kuahi homestead roads.
While Central Maui roads are a pride
Pauwela highways are in a deplorable
condition. They are not roads at all,
but muddy, slushy paths through the
fields.
1t has been a well known fact for
months that the homesteaders have
been losing steadily on their pineapple
crop because of the hauling conditions.
1t is estimated that between $50 900
and $4,000 have been actually lost to
the growers this year because they
could not haul the pines to the mill
without an enormous expense. This
large sum would build considerable
mileage of very much needed road.
The Maui Chamber fwent on record
as favoring an appropriation for the
next legislature of $1,000 for work
On roads in the homestead region.
A strong committee composed of w.
o. Aiken, VIM. Walsh, III. w. Rice and
r. F.. Baldwin have in hand the task
of meeting the supervisors this week
to see what temporary relief may be
secured immediately, and also take up
the matter of securing the 49,, 900
bonds authorized by a previous legis-
lature in order that the main road
through this region may be put into
first class condition. If this road is
built it win greatly aid all traffic in
Kuahi and Pauwela.
/ 1t is matter of special interest to
all Maui voters to know just how the
candidates are looking upon the propo-
sition of good roads, and it is general
u stated that the line up of those run.
ring on the ticket is being most care
fully watched.
The issue with Maui citizens is q
live one, and will figure much more in
the present election than most people
, at first believed.