The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-06-05

ls&se viii tall IN and M. Irwin could
then REESE to release and could est 4
IN into lots and eell h The Kapsolanl
Pzrk Association own ne land in tes
ssapls. Tkere are also = number q
tcss Asc1g the beach hesreea the main
Srsnee ana the SO cccnpsed by rrsvas<
rsssasnees having about twensy years
lease N ran Among these are TIE resi-
aeacss Il M .cunhA, Mrs c, L. Carter,
Mr.. J. q Czzle, Nj. W. G, Irwin and
others Thess are en- The crown land,
Further up the beach. .heycad the
hsases, are lots - to lee. owned BY
Mr., Irvia IN Zee simple
Now let Is look at the provisions Of
The Act he object q the Act. IS has
been already said. is 10 secure this
land. known as kapsolzni Park. to the
p1alsc use forever, How IS ii going to
BE done
TIE crown hand there can be no diff
scrlsy sho1t- But there can Be dfn-
Guilty about the fee simple land owned
by Mr.. Irwin snpposine for moment
that Mr.. Irwin was . different man
from what he is. he could 81 the end Of
eight years practically destroy the
PARK TIE lire that he could cut OF
would stan from the Honolulu end Of
the Herbert los, or Sans Soaci. through
the race course NJ to the lots opposite
Dr. Tro1sseauss ostrich farm And il
would eut OF all the avenues in that
part az the park for they have not been
condemned for public use and are pri-
rate properly
Nov. under this Act, in which we
understand President Dole takes con-
siderable interest, as he is DESTROYS Of
securing the park in perpetnity. the
following proposal Is made,
Mr.. Irwin, Who has lease Of thirty
sevsa lots upon the crown land proper
IT. among which are his own homo
stead lots-she total amounting to 10.0s
acrss-ossrs 10 the Government his
5SSS acres Of fee simple in ex-
change. On condition that the Govern
Rsnt take such steps rs will make the
whole park q recreation ground for the
public in perpetuity, and that he is
given fee simple title TO his thirty
seven lots, which have tventy-year
lease or 50 to run He also reserves
lots soto 100. mentioned ADORE. out Of
his gift or exchange. whatever it may
Dc called II IS . gift, for the value Of
the twenty-five acres given by Mr.. II
win Is snyvhere from $15.ose TO so. 0oo.
and the leased land pays a nominal
ground rent
Thers Is no doubt that this is an ex-
cellent ocer and one that should be
closed With 1t secures What in few
years from noE ne shall not Be able TO
secure. viz. fne place Of recreation
for all classes Of the people Mr.. Irwin
has acted IN spirit of Iiberzlity and
has given the Legislature . chance to
obtain II no cost to the country. piece
Of land which in after years might cost
them over s1ea.ce0-
II Is veil 10 think for moment of
the great parks OF the world What
would San Francisco be without the
Golden Gate Park. New York without
its Central Park. London without its
Hyde PARK or Paris without its Bots
De Boulogne. But it was only By far
seeing action that such places were
kept for the purposes they have been
dedicated 10 II Is only by far-seeing
action that the present park can Be
saved from being practically divided
in half. and the york Of laying out the
aEenues and the tree planting be lost
TO the city No spirit Of picayunish
hsggiing should be allowed. and the
5iH should pass as it stands. unhzm-
pred By any petty piece Of grabbing
or more than IS actually needed