The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-10-20
THINKS VIEW NOT y
in ANY danger \ /
Proposed Pail Tram Would Not
Damage Scenic Asset IN Z
Opinion Of Forester

Lord. Young Engineering Company
proposed aerial tramway az the Nun
anu. pail will not obstruct the view
from that scenic point, in the opinion
Of G. S. Judd, executive officer Of the
territorial board of agriculture and
forestry. The company has applied TO
the. board for a license TO use small
pieU of land at the pail in connection
with the tram. = Il
Mr.. Judd explains that the intention
Of Lord Young is to establish an aerial
cable line between the top Of the pail
and the road at the foot of the cliff
on the Kaneohe side, the system to
consist cf series Of large cables, sup
porting main cables over which the
| sling OF basket would travel
The system g apex would be at q
point about hundred and thirty Ave
feet Eva from the main road, in a
natural depression Approximately n
hundred and thirty.five feet lower than
that at which the highway passes the
cliff. sa.sa ( II ~
want Power House site u
| The companyN is asking license for
nearly three acres in this gully at the
top Of the pail, in which the power.
house, necessary machinery and loading
apparatus would be established. This
as well rs the series Of cables sweep
ing from the cliff to the roadway two
thousand feet below, would be in pfaiu
view to travellers and sightseers from
the highway at the pail, but Judd said
yesterday that it would be so much
lower than the scenic viewpoint that
he did. not think IL would interfere
with the landscape effect. ta.a ..
II is explained that the cable carry
ing the loads would be supported and
held stationary by additional stee
Hines, swinging between the upper and
lower points, to which the freight
lcarrying line would be attached by
{uy wires. The capacity of the lint
lis TO be about FIVE tons per load. Al
the lower end of a number of build
lings, chiefly warehouses, would be con
strueted, to shelter cargoes which are
10 90 over the line to and from Hon
olulu.
Ship All Pines Here
"The chief purpose of the line, as
understand it," said Mr.. Judd, "is I,
establish new method of transporting
pineapples from KaneOhe to the city
I believe il is the desire to ship al
Lpines grown in the Kaneohe district t,
the canneries at Iwilei, eventually abol
ishing the one on the windward sid
of the island. The reason for this j
said to be that eannery labor is diff
.ult to obtain and to hold over there
while such labor is plentiful and cheap
er in the city. 1t is declared too ex
pensive and impractical to attempt Il
| ship the entire crop of windward pine
Ito Honolulu by the sea route
"Under the proposed scheme tn
fruit would be hauled TO the foot o
the pail in wagons, sent over tn
mountain by aerial tram, loaded agait
on other wagons this side of the pal
md brought into the city. The haul
ing would be resumed at a point abOu
Ave hundred and fifty feet this sid
# the pail, and would mean ia
heavier traffic on the pail route tha
hat going over it now.
ain addition to the pine crop, whicI
has grown enormously in Kaneohe tn
last few years, the tram would b
called upon to handle the nee, grow
2 there in considerable quantity a
present and brought to the city b.
Chinese with pack mules" (
Whether the board of agriculture an
forestry has authority to grant th
license sought by Lord-Y Young Eng
oeer Company is not known yet. Whe
the application was. presented, Angus
80, this question arose and was RI
: serred to the attorney general for
9 legal opinion. The latter has not NJ
'wered, but the opinion is expecte
within few days, or before tn
board s next meeting, which probabl
Z win take place next week.