The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1915-11-05
Territorial Survey
of Haleakala Road
Asked For by Chamber of Commerce.
Would Have COnvictS Build the
County Roads.

The Maui Chamber of Commerce
favors a road to the summit of Hale
akala-sometime. 1t isn't ready just
yet TO say that the time for under
but at the special meeting held yes
terday afternoon for the purpose of
considering the matter, motion was
adopted by which the superintendent
of public works will be asked to make
preliminary survey of such a road,
and to furnish some idea of how the
work should be done, and how much
it will cost. When such data is avail
able, the problem of actually getting
the road built will then be in order
| for consideration.
The Chamber is also in favor OF
| having all the territorial prisoners
available put to work on Maui roads,
and the committee appointed at the
| last regular meeting to take the mat
ter up with the board of supervisors
was further instructed to recommend
to the county authorities, that steps
| towards this end be taken. The COM
mittee consists of D. G. Lindsay, r. A.
Wadsworth, and ]. ]. Walsh
The chamber also again went on re-
cord Of favoring keeping up the county
appropriation of $50 per month for
the Hawaii promotion committee, and
adopted a resolution to this effect
There was a good deal of discus
| sion as to the value of publicity work
and tourist promotion to Maui, both
in connection with the proposed noun
| tain road, and the cutting off of the
promotion committee subscription by
the county some time ago. d. G. Lind
say, William Searby, and some others
expressed the conviction that Maui
has not profited in any observable de-
gree from the money already spent,
and were opposed to doing anything
more in that direction. w. B. Thom-
son and H. A. Baldwin did not favor
the idea of asking for territorial con-
victs for building the Haleakala road,
but did want the prisoners for use
on county roads. Mr.. Thomson urged
the Importance of building a real road
from Kahului to central Kula. Other
speakers urged the necessity for road
Improvement in many other places
on Maui. A. c. Bowdish felt that the
Paia-Makawao road should be put
through, which he held would give
Kula an outlet under all conditions.
G. ID. Lufkin pointed out that all
these roads mentioned are county
roads and should be kept up by the
county E. R. Bevins was not in favor
of convict work on strictly county
jobs. r. A. Wadsworth, ]. Garcia, and
w. o. Aiken, were among the cham,
pions of the getting some kind of a
start on the Haleakala road, and OF
backing up promotion work. d. H
Case presented the resolution, later
adopted, urging the supervisors to re
new the promotion committee contri
button.
President F. F. Baldwin was of the
opinion that the building of a road
to Haleakala is too big a job to be un
dertaken without due thought. He
thought that such road would cost
at least 100000. William Serby
thought that 100000 might do it, bu
that it would be road about 80 miles
long when it was completed.
Mr., Wadsworth, while not able tC
point to any specific results from the
money spent for promotion, still be
lieved that such results have beer
! received, and Worth Aiken, w. H
Field, and j. ]. Walsh were certain
that they could show very definit,
= | bChcuI III way VI lOuIlSl lTdVeL
Promotion Committee Dinner.
, On motion of c. ID. Lufkin it wa!
/ decided to give a dinner to the mem
: bers of the Hawaii promotion commit
tee on the evening of Monday, Novem
r Der Is, thus closing the quarterl!
meeting which the promotionists ar,
to hold on Maui from the 18th to 15tl
= inclusive. Mr.. Lufkin was appointed
| a committee of one of to arrange TO
) the dinner.
l On motion of L. Won Tempsky, tn
} name of S. A. Baldwin was presented
: for membership and accepted