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From Lihue westerly, the main road across the south side of 
the island, traverses agricultural and pastoral lands near the 
upper edge of the agricultural lands. The main points of object 
from Lihue are: Summit 8 miles, Koloa 12, Lawai 15, Eleele 18, 
Hanapepe 21, Makaweli 24, Waimea 29, Kekaha 32, and Waiawa 
38 miles. From Waiawa the road continues to Mana and the 
Barking Sands, passing along near the base of the mountain 
through the lands of Kekaha plantation. 
There is no connecting road along the north side of the island 
between the Barking Sands and Haena, owing to the continuous 
precipitous bluffs which rise directly out of the sea. 
The Kauai roads are mostly earth, only about 10 per cent, 
having yet been macadamized. The earth roads are excellent 
when weather conditions are favorable, muddy when too wet, and 
dusty, red dusty, when too dry. Macadamizing at the rate of one 
mile a month is being carried on by the County forces. Four 
miles in Waimea district and one and one-half miles in Koloa 
district of excellent macadam, 16 feet wide, have just been com- 
pleted and the force is now at work at Lihue. 
It is the object of the county government to continue the work 
of macadamizing until all roads of importance requiring such 
treatment will have been placed in first-class condition. 
Xo macadam is placed on grades of over 5 per cent., which is 
the maximum grade adopted by the county. Old grades of dis- 
agreeable pitch are gradually being worked out by regrading or 
relocating. Considerable work of this character is being done in 
the vicinity of Kilauea, where heavy grades are most numerous. 
Experiments with sand-earth road construction are being car- 
ried on in Kawaihau district, where material is available which 
gives such promise of success that it is the intention to continue 
this method of building mudless and dustless roads throughout 
the larger part of the mileage of the district. 
Waialua bridge, six miles north of Lihue, is being thoroughly 
overhauled and is receiving a new set of permanent concrete sup- 
ports and a thorough cleaning and painting. Other important 
bridges will be similarly treated as they can be reached. 
Permanent concrete and stone culverts, pipe drains and dram 
tunnels are being placed in all improved roadway, and ugly bends 
in alignment are being eased off. 
In the Waiawa-Mana section, where heavy rains flood almost 
the entire length of road, regrading with deep side ditches is 
being done. 
MAUI COUNTY ROADS. 
On the island of Maui alone there are 180 miles of belt road 
encircling the immense mountains of East and West Maui, and 
over 100 miles of interior main roads between principal settle- 
ments, besides 150 to 200 miles of less important branches. 
