The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-04-14
TO Open
IAATAtUs ROAD
PREPARED
George q. Guild Takes initiative
on Proposition Others, Inolud-
ing Oh. Charles B. Cooper, su-
pervisor Mcclellan and Alfred
Castle, Promise Hearty Support.
lFrem Monday .Aayertiser.

4 H 70 IL.
(From Monday ,Adyertiser.)
George O. Gniid has prepared pc
titiOn 70 present at the next meeting
OF the board Of supervisors asking that
body 10 repeal ne ordinance that pro-
nbiss the use Of Tantalus road BY
automobiles. The petition, It is said,
will be signed by practically every
pBoperty., owner on sTantalus.
Dr. Charlea d. Cooper, who has a
country residence on rsntalus and has
been aetiFe bhneing the road.oPcn-
ing propesiticn 70 the attention Of the
public, win assist Mr.. Guild in get
ting sighatures
ssaPeEFisor McClellant said Saturday
,fhat rs far as ne could learn there
would be no serious opposition FROM
the board TO the repeal OF the ordi-
NAME II the petition bears a number
OF names. ',s if
@ One Phase to Consider.
Z ''The only phase of the proposition
that stands An the way of ips success, 4
silid supervisor Mcclellan, els the pos.
sibility that after the road is open the
people mp there will want us 10 ma
cadamize IL for them, and that would
be simply out of the question as we
haze not the money 20 do il with.
However, we will take the matter upI
Nhen, dt Is presented to the board.
personally, am heartily in favor OF
'opening 'Tantalus road as IL affords
access to one of the finest scenic points
in ,the Territory and practically the
only ones who are getting any benefit
out Of IL new are a few Oriental flower
peddiers y M. IS nv
Or. Cooper, who has been active in
securing the cooperation of the prop
.erty holdess on Tantalhs toward hav-
ing the ordinance repealed, said yes
terday that the road could be put into |
condition for automobile traffic at lit, |
.tle or no .cxpense 10 the county. His
plan Is to have the territorial prisoners |
wurk onstho road in the same manner |
in which they have been employed onl
the sEoleamo road on Hawaii. Under
the supervision Of an experienced roadk
builder, he said, the driveway could
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:. 1870. ssSsss! . AZ anu o'ler .S On
mon pnfiIs thei.work was eompleted
Z. * "a, - 49,. =. $500,
81 Y, -
most benutifnl in the Territory" said
Dr. Cooper From a natural and
scenic staDdpoint it should be one of
our principal tourist assets. With its
tTtils for walking and horseback and
with a good rDad bed IT would be one
Of onr most enjoyable pleasure trips.
Hsince the ordinance went into ef-
feet, few years ago, forbidding the I
use Of the road TO automobilists, in
nfder 10 benefit few Oriental flower
mon, the property owners who have
eiwnh up their horses are obliged to
70 to considerable expense for horse
hire when they wish to visit their prop
critics.
- To be sure the roads are, and gen
srally have been, IN a wretched condl.
ion, through the ignorance Of the road |
.aretalters. There are no bitches for
irainsge, and the rOadbed is nat, with |
After every rain one has to travel
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Sussosts rr.son LaDoI' /.
80 very good road is being bnilt
o .fantalus by way Of Roundton.
sriaDn. labor is.being used ON this job.
nake, this gang of for a month and
mt 1t on the Runchbowl section of the
Nailtahls road, and inside Of a month It
would be In condition so that II could
e used with safety and pleasure.
rh9re y any quantity Of black sand
md disihteRrated lava that could be r
'sad IN making substantial road, IL
hei bed WAS py0perly shaped and
Iraded +
n When LDrrih Thurston was minis.
or Of 4 be .interior be planted that mag
.ifasnt epealypfns forest up there.
he freHranee s9risipg from that, the
gohdeHfIll panoramic effect from each Il
seen fso@ the isoa and kaIsai trees