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has about 85 miles of macadam streets and roads, 12 of which are 
a part of the belt road around the island. Ewa district has 12 
miles and Koolaupoko 2 miles of macadam, Waialua has three- 
quarters of a mile and Koolauloa 3 miles of coral road, and the 
latter district has 12 miles of sandy beach road which is always 
good so that, of the belt road, 33 per cent, is macadam, 5 per cent, 
is coral, a total of 38 per cent, "hard road;" 15 per cent, is sand 
clay road, and 47 per cent, still earth roads. 
The circuit of the island is easily made in one day in an auto- 
mobile. The first 6 miles out of Honolulu up the picturesque 
Xuuanu Valley brings one to the famous Nuuanu Pali. The 
descent of the Koolau side is an 8 per cent, grade literally carved 
out of the cliff in many places for two miles, and here ends the 
macadam. The 3 miles to the coast from the foot of the pali is 
dirt road, a pleasure to travel when dry. From Kaneohe the road 
skirts the coast and is only a few feet above sea level for a large 
portion of the way. Through the villages of Waikane, Kahana, 
Hauula, Laie to Kahuku, the towering palis on the left and the 
blue sea on the right with the fields of rice and taro and cane make 
a drive every inch of which is enjoyable. 
Kahuku to Waialua, 22 miles, is another bad stretch in wet 
weather, but there are no grades and in good weather the dirt 
road is excellent. 
Through Waialua 3 miles have been covered with a soft coral 
which makes a fair road, then comes the climb over the divide 
between the Waianae and Koolau ranges. This has all been 
reduced to 6 per cent, and under, with the exception of about t ,000 
feet of 13 per cent, grade. 
The road crosses the Wahiawa plains at an elevation of about 
800 feet past the dam of the Wahiawa Water Company and 
through the famous Wahiawa pineapple plantations and drops 
again to near sea level two miles west of Pearl City. Here one 
meets the macadam road again and 7 miles through the cane 
fields skirting the rice and taro fields of the low lands brings us 
to Moanalua, the beautiful suburb of Honolulu. 
Through the assistance of Mr. J. H. Morague and Mr. Hugh 
Howell, county engineers of the islands of Kauai and Maui, the 
following information concerning the roads on those islands has 
been made available : 
ROADS ON KAUAI. 
From Lihue, which is about centrally located with respect to 
the main road system, the north branch follows along near the 
coast through the agricultural lands to Wainiha, the objective 
points and distances being as follows : Kapaa 8 miles, Kealia 10, 
Anahola 14, Moloaa 18, Kilauea 22, Kalihiwai 25, Hanalei 30, 
and Wainiha 33 miles respectively. From Wainiha the road con- 
tinues on 3 miles into Haena flats along the beach. 
