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On the island of Molokai there is practically but one road, 
the main wagon road, about 40 miles in length, from the eastern 
end of the island at Halawa Valley to Kaunakakai, and on up 
to the top of the immense pali overlooking the Leper Settlement 
of Kalaupapa. A narrow, steep horse trail, closed to the public 
leads down this pali, a drop of 2,000 feet, to the settlement below. 
There are two frightfully steep and dangerous foot trails leading 
from Pukoo over the mountain to the valleys of Wailau and Pele- 
kunu respectively, which are the only means of communication 
between the rest of the island and these two valleys, which lie 
between such precipitous walls of solid lava formation from the 
sea to the heads of the valleys that no living being can scale them, 
except at these trails which take advantage of every slight project- 
ing knob or hollow, and even run for a considerable distance in 
the very center of the waterway. 
Of the 180 miles of belt road on Maui, 60 miles are around 
West Maui, running through the important towns of Wailuku, 
the county seat, and Lahaina, the former capital of the Kingdom 
of Hawaii, for the most part near the seashore and touching at 
the steamer landings of Maalaea, McGregor's, Olowalu, Lahaina, 
Kaanapali and Honolua. 
Forty-five miles of this distance is wagon road, the balance is a 
primitive horse trail, not likely to be much improved in the near 
future, owing to the expensive nature of construction required, 
and the scant population along its route. 
A little over two miles of the wagon road have been macad- 
amized, and about four miles gravelled, one-half nf this having 
been done during the past year. Much of this road has suffered 
severely in the past from wash-outs, but damage from this source 
will be less and less hereafter owing to the more permanent 
nature of the present methods of construction and the more liberal 
drainage provided. 
The 120 miles of belt road around East Maui are about one- 
half horse trail and one-half wagon road, of which about 18 miles 
are macadamized and four miles gravelled. Fully 25 miles of the 
60 miles of wagon road require relocation to avoid excessive 
grades which in many places are as steep as 20 per cent, and even 
more, and the necessities of travel warrant macadamizing as 
fast as it can be accomplished, at least 20 miles more than is 
already completed. Two miles of this have been done during 
the past year, and it is intended to keep two crushing plants busy 
during nine or ten months in the year until the remainder is 
finished. 
The chief difficulty with Maui roads is the fact that there is 
such a large mileage requiring relocation and other permanent 
improvements beyond the means of current revenue, the cost of 
maintenance of such roads being larger than that of modern well- 
built roads of a proper location and easy grade. It will take, in 
round numbers, $300,000 to make the roads of Maui what they 
