The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-04-27
CLIMB or
PILOT GAR STARTS
road CAMPAIGN
Maui Folk Revive Agitation For
Motor Highway TO Rim
| Of HaIeakaIa
VALLEY ISLAND ENGINEERS
BELIEVE PROJECT POSSIBLE
ID. :. BaIch Gives Facts and
Figures In support Of
the Movement

the movement
As result Of The Advertiser PILOT
Cars pioneer climb up the preeipi,
tous slopes Of Haieakala to within
three miles o. less Of the crater,s edge,
Maui people have revived the agitu.
lion for a motor road up the mountain
and are Enthusiastically adyoeatino
constrnction Of such a highway.
Two eminent engineers Of The Val.
ley Isle, on the basis OF The Adver.
tiser Pilot Cars remarkable drive las.
Tuesday, have given estimates and
data on the prncticability Of building
ian automobile road up Haleakaia.
The experts are Daniel r. Balch.
chief engineer for the Maui Loan
I'uid Uommission and a member OF tnt
party that made the trip up in The
advertisers Dodge machine, and Hugh
Howell, president Of the Hugh Howell
frightening Company and former
county engineer Of Maui.
Both are strong advocates Of the
constructions Of motor road up tho
side of the great crater and both are
agreed on the feasibility OF the con.
struction Of such road. Many other
officials and prominent citizens Of
Maui are agitating the project Of such
4 scenic mountain road that would be
nh attraction and asset 70 tourists and
residents Of the Islands alike.
Mr.. Bnleh, from his personal OBJ.
servations on the climb Of The Adyer-
ltieer Pilot Car to point close 70 the
'3.8 mile post on the winding trail, has
the following 10 say about the feas.
lbility Of q road up the mountain;
Balch Is Converted
9 Heretofore whenever there has
been talk Of construction Of road up
Haleakala, / have always felt that Il
would be better to spend al available
money below on the belt road and
roads in the lower country. This VIA
because every such, movement nIss. ~
nssnmed that between 100000 and
&200y000 would be needed to build a
road to the summit Of the crater.
Now the fmost striking featwre OF
the infornation CLEANED during ne
trim mp With the pilot car Is the
opinion / now hold Of how far $50 900
would 90 toward the construction Of
such n road
s'This slm, SO. 900, would 70 d lora
Iwny towards getting a good ~ r,bIf
road up Haleakala that could 30 pcg,,
tiated BY automobiles right up % mo
crater y edge.
Gin this connection IL might be
pointed ont how much was done
recently with $4,000 constructing
three homestead roads in the steep
billy country below Olinda. In ali.
hree roads were constructed. one OF
shich reaches rs far as 0linda, m
nlevatiom Of 1900 feet, with this sum
Il money. The point reached BY De
IDIOT car was at an elevation Of ahoni
$500 feet OF rise of 2g00 feet in
bout four miles, the distance from
Olinda.
Might Have Gone Higher
Prom further observation with the
lilot car party, am convinced that a
road is entirely feasible. Had the pilot
ar followed route more TO the left
II the trail, following around the other
lide Of the hill, marked Pun Nianian on
he map, we could have gotten at least
/ mile further. This route is the one
followed by the old bullock trail and
I is the one over which / am sure a
Dad could be constructed.
Such road would not take such d
steep grade, The steepest grade at any
,oint, in my opinion, would be less
han twelve per cent. The most .ex.
lensive bit Of Construction on such a
Dad would be from the 2.s mile post on
he horse trail TO the crater.
'on this stretch, most Of the money
would have to Be spent and the great,
st difficulty in construction would be-
encountered. Below this 2.S nile post
he work would be much less expensive
nd difficult. II would in fact Be very
heap and easy Of constructions. All the
difficulties Of engineering and road 10
alton would be beyond the 2.s mile
lost.
''I am now convinced that not only
such road practicable but II Is one
hat should be built. The best route
n my opinion would be to the east Of
'uu Nianian as IL would be the most
ractieable.o
What Howell Thinks
Mr.. Howell, who has long been an adj
3ocate Of the construction of per
nanent road up Haleakala 3 slopes 10
he crater 3 edge, estimates that there
IRE sixteen miles of roadway 20 b.
luilt up the mountain side from Olinda
the Rest House. He figures that this
obstruction would be permanent and
iould cost $250,0O0.
From personal surveys, would es-
innate that the Ioad could be construct
a with an average grade Of seven per
,ent,' said Mr., Howell s'This esti.
late is based on the fact that the road
,ayiug Knla district near tho resi-,
lenee of Mr.. Won Tempsky, would com.
,epee at the lowest Of Grades which
would be six per cent, or rise Of sis
eet in every. hundred. Y
Mr., Howefi's idea is that the road
Guild he constructed from either o.
| two points, the one starting from vor
Tempsky = or the one outlined by Mr.
| 3alch. No.
"Followinc the six per cent rise,