The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1919-11-11

needed. The KOlOa link, extend
ing up into the Gap" was already
in process of construction, and the
Knudsen Bros stretch in the Gap
was contracted for to be cOmplet-
el by the end of 1920. In regard
to the Kekaha cOnnection,-that
is new phase of the proposition
which wasn't contemplated at all
in the beginning. Under present
conditions and uncertainties it is
out of the question to expect the
Kekaha Sugar Company to make
any expenditure for that purpose.
sin view of the fact that Kealia is
not included as part of the South
side of the Island, would it per
haps be feasible to make an eX-
change by which this might be
accepted as an equivalent for Ke
kaha,-the amount of business
would be about the same?"
Swing the Island Round
President BrOddbeM suggested
that what we needed o do was to
swing the Island round Il bit
though with recent weather de
velopments this was hardly neces-
sary, Nature was doing that for
us. He then called upon Mr.. G. \.
rice, as a director of the Lihue
Planta atiOn, for Il statement of the
purposes and intentions of that
corporation.
AnahoIa to Russian Fort by Rail
Mr.. Rice said that the intent
ions and plans of the Lihue Plan
tation were pretty well known to
the public, and the only addition
he would make at this time was
that the Lihue Plantation was
now making formal application to
the Government for rights of way
across public lands on such terms
as would enable them to connect
up with the Kealia system. That,
taken in conjunction with the
other links already mentioned,
would make Il through railway
connection between AnahOla on
the East and the Russian Fort,
just outside of the Waimea vii
lage, on the West.
Nominal Cost of Vital Link
Guy +. Rankin, civil engineer
for Makaweli Plantation, was
called upon for information as to
the extent of the gap to be filled at
Waimea and the probable cost of the
same. He replied that he could only
speak in an off-hand, informal way,
from memory, but he thought that
| about three, quarters of mile of track
would be required and a 800 foot
trestle bridge. The latter, as he re-
'membered it, was to cost, some years
ago when his examination was made,
| about $4,000. The crossing would be
made near the shore. and the bridge
would not be high. Costs had advanc-
ed very much since then so that it
would cost a good deal more now.
Landing Experience Converted Him
Col. Newcomer, of the Army Engi-
neers, was introduced by the Presi-
dent. Col. Newcomer said that the
need for much better landing facilities
than those now in use at Nawiliwil
was very emphatically borne in upon
him as he landed from the Kinau the
morning before, and he could readily
understand how they were all very
urgent for early action in the matter.
In regard to this landing and the
Federal appropriation for the same, it
was rather a new departure for the
Washington authorities to insist on
definite assurance for some adequate
use of the appliances provided at such
great cost. 1t was the outcome of
some unfortunate experiences on the
Mainland where large expenditures
had been made on the basis of a gen.
eral optimistic assurance that an ad-
equate volume of business would fol
low, and this adequate volume of bust
ness failed to materialize, and the au-
thorities felt that the money had been
wasted, at least in the meantime. They