Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-13

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The proposed cutoff road viii save
over one mile of the distance between
Honolulu and Pearl Harbor. The pres
ent route of travel between the city
and Pearl Harbor is along the King
street extension out past Fort Shafter
as far as Moanalua, where the road
turns south and runs direct to the
Oahu Railway & Land Co. tracks and
then follows the rails to Puuloa and
farther on. The new road would avoid
the roundabout course by leaving King
street at Mokaula road and then cut.
ting across the marshes of Kalihi har.
Dor parallel with the old track of the
railroad, joining the PuuIoa road near
the former residence of S. y, Damon
on the eva side of the bay.
No Detail Estimates.
While no estimates have yet been
made on the proposed cutoff road
across Kalihi harbor, engineers who
have discussed the project are of the
opinion that to fill In the marshes for
the new road and widen and improve
the wagon trail on the eastern side Of
the harbor that leads towards King
street and open road on the eva
side from the marshes to the Puuloa
road would not cost much more than
$4,000. This would probably include
an ordinary coral surfacing. but IL the
board of supervisors should decide to
make road for heavy traffic out OF
the cutoff a considerable amount more
than fifty thousand would have to be
expended on the project.
And while the cost of the work OF
constructing the road might seem high
because OF, the big fill-in across the
marshes that would be necessary,
nevertheless the cutoff road, in the
opinion of the naval authorities and
many Of the citizens who reside on the,
eva side of the harhor would not only
shorten the distance between that Sec
ton of the island and the city, but
would also relieve the King street ex.
tension from the present heavy traffic
II bears.
Would Relieve Traffic.
The King street extension which
runs out past Fort Shafter now carries
all the traffic to Pearl Harbor, Fort
Kamehameha, PuuIoa, WATERFOWL,
Fort Shafter. Schofield Barracks, and
Haleiwa. With the cutoff road across
Kalihi bay reality, that section OF
King street from the intersection OF
Mokaula road to Moanalua would only
have to bear that traffic which goes
TO Haleiwa, Schofield and Fort Shafter
while the new cutoff road could stand
the strain of the traffic to Pearl Har-
Dor, Watertown, Pearl City and Pun
loa. In this way the traffic over the
Moka ula Moanalua section of King
street would be cut in half with the
result that the road at that particular
section would not be in constant
need of repairs as it is at present.
Avoid Steep Grade. ~
Another feature which might be
mentioned is the fact that with the
new cutoff road across Kalihi Bay the
Pearl Harbor navy station supplies
the provisions and goods and other
material for WATERFOWL, Puuloa and
Pearl City now carried over King
street extension could be taken over
at less cost. The gasoline used by
automobiles in daily negotiating the
steep grades in the vicinity of Fort
Shafter on the present road would be
cut down considerably The new road
would have practically ne grades at all
from the point where it left King
street to where 1t joined the Puuloa
road. And when automobile trucks
have to climb the steep hills on the
present roundabout route every day
the amount of gasoline used amounts
to a considerable figure each month.
The cutoff road would shorten the
distance more than one mile and thus
help the traffic going to Pearl City.
Watertown and other points on Pearl
Harbor to make better time which
would be another benefit and convent
ence both to the naval authorities and
citizens in that section.
Commandant George r. Clarke OF
the Pearl Harbor Navy station has
this to say regarding the proposed cut
off road to shorten the distance be-
tween Honolulu and Pearl Harbor:
FaVors Project.
ut has occurred to certain persons
interested IN the Improvement OF the
closely allied military and commercial
conditions Of Oahu that very desir-
able project would be the building Of
a cutoff road from the point where
the railway crosses the Puuloa road to
the junction of King street with Mo-
kaula road necessitating a fill across
Kalihi Bay from the eva to the wal
XXI side Of Kalihi Bay parallel to the
Oahu Railway e Land Co. tracks. II
can be readily seen that the proposed
road resulting as it does in saving
of over a mile in distance, would he
Of great military advantage as we'll as