Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-26
Scenic HIGHWAYS
WORK lSLAUNCHED
BY HILO SESSIONS
Civic Convention Delegates Re-
turn Home Today From a
Strenuous Trip to Crescent
City; County Fair Makes a
Big Hit
LAST TWO DAYS GIVEN
UP TO ENTERTAINMENT 7

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Excursion Steamer Leaves
Kuhio Wharf
(AddItlonaI Civic Convention News on
Pare 9 Today
Scenic highways, probably of con-
crete, on every island are TO be
mapped out in the next few months
as the result of the good roads agi-
tation at the Fifth Civic Convention
in Hilo.
Perhaps the most notable now on
the program as tentatively planned is
an auto road to the top Of Maui's great
extinct crater Haleakala. The road to
the volcano of ISilauea is now in fair
condition, but many convention dele-
gates feel that this should be broad
highway eliminating many grades and
dips, strengthening curves, and with a
central paving Of concrete. Waimea
Canyon, Kauai,s scenic wonder. wiz
be made more accessible, and more
Improvements are to be planned for
Oahu
The convention passed resolution
requesting Governor Pinkham and
Superintendent Forbes TO make
comprehensive plan" for such scenic
highways, 10 suomit to the next iegiss
lattre. Both agree that the plan
should be begun IS early as feasiblas
superintendent Forbes Il already at.
work He returned from the conyeEas
tion fodsy with the statement that in
q few weeks he expects to start on an.
auto tour around and In every island. !.
The tour will have threefold piIr-
pose-first, to eet firsthand informa-
ton on the public facility needs OF
every section Of the territory; sec
ondly. to prepare his biennial report
which g to 20 to the governor and
the legislature; thirdly, to begin work
on the comprehensive plan OF scenic
highways asked by the Hilo conven-
ti0n.
Closing the Fifth Civic Convention
and recognized by all who took part
as the best OF the fiye-delegates from
Honolulu and Kauai returned this
morning from strenuous five days at
Hilo.
Maui delegates left the steamer at
Lahaina last night. A number OF those
who we're at the Hilo meeting from
Oahu Maui and Kauai, remained In
the Crescent City for a few days on
Z business. The steamer also brought
home q number of Honolulans who
went to Hilo for the second annual
Hawaii County Fair. which proved to
be as biz an event in its own way, and
az successful as the Civic Convention.
The Ad Club members and those
from other Of the local organizations
who marched SO jauntily, proudly and
vociferously to the steamer last Wed
nesday morning returned hoarse oil
voice and considerably less "obstrep-
erous"-the result OF the busy days
and nights of the twin Hilo events,
for the men and women Of the Cres-
cent City and In fact of the whole
island gave them not only a large
program Of actual business but sim
ply overwhelming round Of entertain
ment. There was something doing"
every moment from the morning the
boat landed until 1t sailed at 4 yes
terday afternoon.
Serious Work Ended
After the business sessions of the
Civic Convention closed shortly after
noon on Saturday, as told in wireless
dispatches to the Star-Bulletin. the
serious work Of convention week was
over. Before that the visitors had
been given numerous samples OF HiloI
hospitality, but afterwards 1t was vir-
tuaily a continuous festival occasion.
On Saturday afternoon all the dele
gates were guests at the county fair,
which had proved so highly interesting
that most of them had been able pre-
yiousIy to see only part
On Saturday night was held the big
convention dinner, in fact, two big con-
vention dinners. The Hilo hotel was
unable to accommodate all of the ex-
pected dinner-guests, even with seats
for 200 or more in its big dining-room
and on adjacent lanais. So there was
arranged an overflow" dinner at the
Seaside CLUB. the famous resort OF
Hilo bon Wants. This overflow dinner
proved to be one of the features of
convention week 1t soon claimed a
large proportion of the "live wires"
who came rushing down in autos and
for four hours the merriment ran high.
Ted Guard of Hilo was POSTMASTER.
with William Thompson of Honolulu
first assistant and a dozen or so Sec
ond assistants A part Of the i'm
promptu program here was the read
ing of fake wireless and telephone
messages with local hits. and the send
ing of several to the "highbrows"-as
they were called-then banqueting at
the Hilo hotel
Banqueters Hear Eloquent Speeches