The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-02-11
Roads First Need
View OF FasSOth
Representative Insists County
is Loser by Failing to Con-
meet up Central Maui and
Hama.

Returning to Maui after several
weeks on the mainland, one of the
first inquiries OF Representative John
Fassoth last Tuesday morning was
what has been done looking to Maui
legislation in advance of the regular
session which convenes next week,
Primarily his question was in refer
ence TO a provision or to provisions
for road building to connect up with
the Hama district and ultimately,
dn around Island road.
Maui is the only Island on which
you cannot traverse by road around
it or practically around it, reach one
industrial section from another. Once
a few cars passed over such Il road
and the demand for good, passabie
road would be the talk of all Maui.
We do others things on Maui but we
DO not connect up by building roads.
Such Il road would be "A tremendous
asset in attracting tourists. | believe
we should have federal aid and loan
fund appropriation to make it posi-
BILE.
Whole County Loser
People of this Island are short
sighted. Because the Hama end OF
the Island is as much cut off from
communication as if it were an Island
Maui is allowing itself to do without
many thousands OF dollars of taxable
value, business in Central Maui is
losing thousands OF dollars and the
people of Central Maui are doing with
out things they might have also.
why should the Hama district be
kept cut off from the rest OF Maui
When we want to come down on bust
ness 1t takes us a week. We have
rich lands up there but no market fol
Ianything We produce. Given road
10 get into the market that district
would be productive and its lanC
values would multiply.
Il believe the federal government
should furnish us with half million
dollars for road building or 90 thai
amount OF road building on Maui. This
Territory pays much to the fedora
government and gets nothing. What
ever is spent for the army, for fOrti
fications, navy yard on Oahu the fec
eral government spends for its owr
protection, not for us and as a terri
tory we don't benefit from it. We
bring congressional parties over hero
and show them around. The members
| are impressed with the scenic beauty
and with the wealth of the Island;
but they are not impressed with the
need of development by the home gov
| eTnment, while they are impressed
with the opportunity to get more taxes
from us.
Road Legislation First
Il consider road communication th'
most important thing the Territor!
has to look out for, certainly tha
| Maui has to look out for. Compar,
| the Kauai road system with ours an
you will see Maui is far behind One,
a week communication by steamer o
an automobile and horseback trip tha
costs more than $50 and means al
most as long to take ii as to com
to Kahului by steamer and wait 70
the return trip. That is the cond
ton We have on Maui. | get a not
fication of a meeting in Wailuku
lday or two or more after it has bee
held. We of Maui cannot get togethe
as long as We keep ourselves apal
by not connecting up with roads. w
fought to be able to get about on thi
Island as well as can be done o
Kauai, We cannot get from place