The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-11

perfectly feasible to condemn that
tract of land that we have reference to
or arrange with a syndicate that might
be formed TO take hold of the matter
in business way and provide homes
for them and let them work on the
land and clear IL: I thought that rath-
er than vote a sum Of money TO main
tain them in idleness or drive them out
Of the community. it would be a much
more equitable proposition to vote a
sum of money and employ these people
in putting this tract Of land into condi-
ton and in that way encourage them
to 90 into business or work by the
day. II this land can be condemned by
the Government; and rather than TO
appropriate the money for maintaining
them, IL would seem TO me feasible to
go TO the Chinese. submit a proposition
TO them 70 employ every man that is
able 10 work as they are taken out of
quarantine. put them onto this tract of
land and set them to work clearing II
and putting IL into first-class cOndi-
ton. II seems TO me that 1t would
be pre-emlnently satisfactory to them
and it would solve the problem Of 10
eating them.
Another important point | would
like to bring up is with reference to the
resting of that land, or again the re-
building of Chinatown. II is a distrib-
Uting point; it is a point where all of
cur servants congTegate; not only that,
but goods are shipped from that To-
cality TO all the other Islands. | think
that on that score alone IL would be
very wise to consider that well before
allowing them to rebuild. The plan
that | have had in mind as a solution
Of this particular problem would not.
| find, be feasible or equitable: it is
the condemning of the entire district
the Government paying for all the
land; that is, buying their lands and
holding them and in the proper time
giving the original owners the chance
to purchase the land back. say. at the
end of the year; then if they had this
money they could go elsewhere and in
vest the money and at the end of the
time, as / sad before, purchase bach
their own place if they wished to.
,, Mr.. Dole: A lot of these people hav,
, leases which would probably still b,
in existence at the end of the year, ant
il would not be so hard to deal Will
, them.
: DIR. Raymond: / should think q
! matter then might be adjusted b!
a board of appraisers who would valu
! the lease and pay them for whatnve
: value il might be at the time.
: | don't think this would be practi
. cable, from the advice have had iron
7 legal authorities; they could condemn
: II. but they would not have the author
: ity to condemn the land and sell 1t {
!. them again. ] am told that the pla
= in relation to the health limits of tn
: building regulations is feasible, and
: believe that the plan of getting them {
go further out is feasible.
= Mr. Dole then related the purpOrt q
. the meeting held Tuesday with IN
representatives of the Chamber {
Commerce and the Hawaiian Suga
Planters Association and Dr. RaymOn
presented a rough sketch of land !
Is Kalihi. which he had had in mind fC
- the purpose. the land being owned b
small holders.
Dr. Taylor: After that ground is d,
= clared free / do not see that theI
- should be any objection to allowing Ii
Chinese to put their stores up thel
! again. but | don't see why they shou
- be allowed to live there; the viii
: people don't do il.
3. Mr.. Dole: No, think the health rel
= ulations will have to be such as to pr
- hibit their crowding in there.