The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-11-12
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TROOPS HAVING A PICNIC
AND PLENTY OF WORK, TOO
Satisfactory Progress Is Being
Made, Both On Road And
Rest House
BY LoRRIN A. TIruRsToN

me Mhuha LOa traH anu rest mousse
project is making steahy and suhstan-
tial progress. It must be remembered
that it is through section of territory
never before Inspected much less ira
veled over, except the lower portion
thereof, and that only by few sur
veyors, cattle men and catchers Of wild
goats. The upper half is practically
mo man 3 land. -
For purposes of construction the trail
has been divided into three sections
From the KeauhOu banch, which is sit
uated just north of Kilauea and about
two miles from the NOlcano House, to
"Camp Dates, named in honor of Cap
tain Bates, about nine miles up the
mountain is the first. This portion of
the trail is mostly through grassy c6un.
try and open forest of kOa, lehua ma.
name and other native trees, inter
spersed with ferns and shrubs. Some of
the kOa trees are giants, having trunks
ten feet through. This is a most beau
tiful park like section, almost unique
| in Hawaiian accessible forests.
Beating Smooth the Lava
There Is approximately mile and
q half of rough IA crossing this section
| The soldiers are constructing a trial
three feet wide across the a-a, crushing
it down with twelve pound hammers,
/ filling in hollOws, cutting down ridges
| and putting on finish Of fine IA and
earth, guarded along the line or packed
in gunny sacks, carried on the mems
backs--in some places being carried as
far as quarter of a mile.
No one wants to run away with the
idea that the job which the men of
Company l. of the Twenty fifth Infant,
ry have volunteered to do is all picnic.
They are having a picnic all right; but
incidentally they are doing lot of good
hard work in a pure pro bono publico
spirit.
This portion of the trail is being
worked from the base camp, known as
"Camp PhiloOn,'' named In honor Of
Lieutenant PhiIOon Of Company +. 1t
should be completed by the middle of
this month.
Red Crater Camp
The second section is. from Camp
Bates to Pun Ulaula, located about
tain. "Puu Ulaula' means cred
1
teeth of the mAlihini so badly, that it
is proposed to use the "haole' equiv
alent; and so that there may be no
confusion with Red Hill Oh Oahu, it has
been suggested that it be hereafter
called Red Crater.
A second camp has been established
at Camp Bates, and d gang of about
twenty men is operating between there
| n a nnI ~
ly over pahOehOe lava, Of the type of
the hoor of KIlauea crater; but there
are several stretches of IA, aggregat-
ing mile or more, which is being grad.
ed aud pounded down, and finished of
with fine stuff, although it is not as
plentiful as it is in the first section.
A DfRcult Stretch
The pahOehOe portion is more diff
cult to put in shape than the a.a. and
the final finishing will have to be done
later. A good location is being carefully
picked out however, and plainly mark.
ed. Captain Bates has been devOting
his personal attention to this work.
During the past week Captain Bates
and Lieutenant PhIloon, the writers OF
the Trail Committee and Mr.. Burdick
Z Of the public works department, went
to Red Crater to select the exact site
for the rest house, spending the night
there in the captain 5 tent. A mOSl
= excellent location was selected.
Magnificent View
Red Crater is double crater spattel
cone, some one hundred and fifty feer
: high. 1t was formed by an eruption OF
lava which spattered up bits of lava 81
. irEh hat tl,, N.,ll. 4. m
. when they felI-sO that it consists oil
a sand, gravel and small loose pieces Of
bright red lava.
The mauka of the two craters is shall
'lOw-nOt more than twenty five fee
deep and some $50 feet in diameter
shaped like saucer. The rest hOust
will be located here, protected from tn,
, wind from all quarters. From thi
- point magnificent view is obtained o.
the sea coast along kau, Puma and llilO
and the intervening country Kilaue'
8 and its surroundings are spread out lik,
}. map, visible in every detail. Hale
z maumau was a "pillar of smoke by ia,
. and fire by night.
q Haleakala il visible in the distanc
between Mauna LOa and Maunakea
n Across the great depression between
n the latter two maintains, Mama Kei
J. looms up against the sky, visible il
= great detail.
d Weirdly Beautiful
: The oVerpowering feature Of tn
landscape, however, is the immediat
/. Foreground to the north aud east. Tn
y trail up to Red Crater is through Ordin
airy and rather mOnOtOnOus lava flows
hut from the top of the hill there liter