Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-26
Annual Report of Superintend-
ent Jones Gives Detail
of Labors
BY c. s. ALBERT.
Special Star-Bullstin correspondsncel

WASHINGTON, ID. C.--1he annual
report OF r: Lester Jones. superintend-
ent of the United States Coast and
Geodetlc Survey. contains the follow.
ing summary Of work done in Ha-
waiian waters during the fiscal year
which ended June 80, 1915:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. ...
(E. n. HANDY ~.
Summary of establishments
tion: 100 square miles Of area covered,
II signal poles erected. ~ stations in
main scheme occupied for horizontal
measures, IS stations occupied for
vertical measures, 13 geographic posi-
tons determined Topography: 81
square miles OF area surveyed, 13l
lmiles of general coast line surveyed,
81 miles Of roads surveyed. 3 topo.
graphic sheets finished, scales 1:20, 80
end 10000.
Work on the. survey OF the shore
line Of the Island OF Hawaii, which
had been temporarily suspended in
June, 1914, was resumed early in Au-
gust. The party was recognized at
Punaluu supply base, provisions and
water were conveyed from Pahala
s.
by pack mules, and the animals then
sent back. there beng no forage OF
water for them.
The topography was carried north.
eastward along the coast toward sta
ton Pun Kapukapu for five miles, half
the distance to that station, and the.
party then returned to the starting
point This work occupied three days,
during which each member of the
party was obliged TO carry his own.
blankets, provisions and water. Re.
turning to Pahala plantation, the party
again QUILTED and started with pack
train over an ancient lava trail to sta
ton Put Kapukapu, distance of Is
miles. From this station the party
proceeded, packing on their backs the
necessary provisions, water and
blankets. and worked back the remain
ing five miles. afterwards returning to
Pau Kapukapu and Pahala plantation,
and thence by. automobile and train
across the volcano and around TO Pa,
hoa in the Puma district, distance
Of about 50 miles.
No difficulty was encountered in the
survey OF Puma, the east end of iHa-.
wall Pahoa was base centrally sit
uated, from which all parts of the
coast were easily accessible over fair
roads ands trails and an abundance of
fresh water was found everywhere.
AS in other parts of the hawaiian
Islands. the primary trianediation sta
tons Of the old Hawaiian eoyerztnent
rere recovered and enough supple
mental work WAS done to adequately
control all parts or the shore. All sta
tions were described and marked.
Hills and ssfacks. useful ss zoffshure-
Eydrographic signals. were located.
and in order to aid In their Identified
ton from soffshore most of these, as
well as the primary stations, were.
photographed. e
Owing u natural difficulties and the
great expense Involved Il was not con-
sidered advisable to continue the trfl
angulation along the coast toward sta.i
tion Pun Kapukapu, beyond the line
I.aeapuki-P anau, and particularly as
the determination OF Pun Kapukapu
from the above line by plane table
triangulation conceded with its plotted
position from the other side, indicating
an, accuracy more than sufficient for
topographic and photographic pur-
poses. A.
The topography was executed on
scale of 100000 and Is sheets were