The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . al orsemi-tropical, where cocoanuts grow on trees and uke-leles. songs and bathers romp hand in hand on the beachat Waikiki. Especially during the winter months, are welured by the thought that there will be nothing more tryingthan a succession of delightful warmish days and breezymcxinlit nights; nothing to endure but occasional tropicalrains and kona storms. To ones amazement the hightops of the Island of Hawaii reach an altitude which isnormally 4,(XX) feet and over feet at two pointswhich are cai)ped with snow almost con
The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast . al orsemi-tropical, where cocoanuts grow on trees and uke-leles. songs and bathers romp hand in hand on the beachat Waikiki. Especially during the winter months, are welured by the thought that there will be nothing more tryingthan a succession of delightful warmish days and breezymcxinlit nights; nothing to endure but occasional tropicalrains and kona storms. To ones amazement the hightops of the Island of Hawaii reach an altitude which isnormally 4,(XX) feet and over feet at two pointswhich are cai)ped with snow almost continuously, andl<ns of it. When the visitor stands at the side of the greatcaldron of molten lava, Kilauea, elevation 4,000 feet, andthe strong winds blow from the snow-capped Mauna Keaand Mauna Loa, nearly 14,000 feet high, the cause andeffect are so big that they may be likened to a squeezebetween the coal and ice trusts. It is almost always blow-ing a gale, chilled by the snowy areas and accelerated bythe vortex of Kilauea. THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER 63. 64 77//: ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER TKDllCAL ISLAND OF HAWAII, SHOWINGVOLCANO MAUNA KEA The approach to Kilauea really begins at the port ofHilo, the metropolis of the Island of Hawaii, distance over200 miles from Honolulu. The Island of Hawaii is by farthe lar^est of the group, and therefore justly entitled tothe niaxinuim rainfall, varying from 50 to 400 cubic inchesper annum. The distance from Hilo to Kilauea is about thirtymiles over good roads in automobiles, which are plentifulin the Islands. The cultivatable lands nearest the coast line arelargely converted into sugar plantations of enormous pro-])ortion. lietween these one drives until a gradual transi-tion into Fern-land takes place, where fern-trees and othertropical growth reach giant proportions and together forma jungle land destined to be converted into sugar planta-tions in time. This jungle-land extends to a clearly defined edge ofthat devastated area which sur
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