The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-06-06

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Guiding Oahu. But the Governor was
not condemning Hawaii when he did
1t. In fact he evinced a high degree
Of admiration and respect for the Hilo
boosters, and indicated very strongly
that if Maui or Kauai feel that they
have not been getting what is com
ing to them they should take a lesson
from Hilo. In short, he made it clear
that if any community does not have
interest enough in its own welfare to
speak up and ask for what it wants,
and to take the trouble to collect data
and arguments to back up these de-
sires, it is expecting a good deal if it
thinks anyone else is going to do it
for it.
What HiIo Is Doing
81 spent several days in Hilo this
trip" stated the Governor and most
of the time was taken up looking in
to park sites that the Hilo people
want set aside. There is some beauti-
full forest country along the Waikiki
river above Rainbow Falls, which
they went opened as a park. The land
can never be put to a better use, and
| am glad to help them in this matter.
Another project is the setting aside
of owe 1000 acres of forest land be-
low Olaa running down to the sea be-
yond the breakwater. This land is
all a rough IA lava flow and has lit
tie or no agricultural value. But it
does have a park value and in asking
TO have it set apart l believe the Hilo
people show much foresight and wis
dom. Besides there is included some
fine beach lands suitable for bathing.
Hilo would have these beaches cut up
and sold for homes and the money
devoted to opening the needed roads
through the park area.
Nov all this is not simply a half
baked plan of some idealist. The
Hilo people have gone right to the
bottom of the matter. They had blue
prints ready for me, showing the
roads proposed and all other details
wanted in connection with each of
their projects. 1 have just received
by this mornings mail copies of these
maps and other data on which 1 shall
be able to act intelligently.
81 also ven over with them the
matter of relocating the hospital and
high school, which project involves
the Strengthening of a street by the
transfer of certain bits of land. All
this had been worked out in business
like fashion.
There are a bunch OF live-wires in
Hilo who have come into control
pretty fully in the past few years.
They are not all one happy family to
be sure, but are split up more or less
by factions, but they all believe
absolutely in Hilo and Hilo's future,
and when it m to boosting along
these lines they stand together like
one man. And all these things they
are asking are practical and will help
not only Hilo but the territory as well.
I am only too glad to encourage them
to go ahead and to tell them that
whenever l can help it will be a
pleasure to do So"
HiIo Has Foresight
All of which is, l think, of prime
interest to Maui. We all used to be
inclined to make fun of Hilo's en-
thusiasms. We can't afford to do
that any more. Hilo has made
good her boasts is continuing to
make good. And her foresight is
absolutely sound. Unless all indica-
tons fail this territory is on the eve
OF a business and tourist boom such
as even the most optimistic have
scarcely dreamed of. | am afraid that
Honolulu is going 10 be caught nap
ping and swamped, because the thing
is going to come with a rush. But
Hilo bids fair to be in position to
reap the rewards of hard work and
faith-faith in Hilo and Hilo people.
Here in Honolulu l was surprised
to find hotels and boarding houses
crowded. Where all the people come
from l don't know, but they are here
They are not tourists to any great
extent because tourists can't get here
But they are here, and Honolulu
doesn't seem a bit dull. What the
place will be like in the course of an
other year when steamships get bach
to the Pacific and the tourists really
can come, and when the 10000 OF
more regular troops are sem here fol
station, together with possibly half a;
many more men of the navy which
are also said to be scheduled fol
stationed on Oahu, is hard to guess