The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-17

FINAL ACTION TO
BE TAKEN TODAY
Will Mean an Expenditure of Ovel
$1,000, 900 in XohaIa
Mountains.

4 FTER an all days conference be-
| IA tween Governor Dole, executive
| a. heads of the government and the
parties interested in the question of
the water supply of the Kohala noun
| tains 1t was practically decided to
grant the franchise as asked for by Col
j. w. Jones. The decision will prob
ably be given after a further meeting
this morning, though from develop
nents at yesterdays meeting 1t is as
serted that the Chicago and Eastern
capitalists represented by Col. Jones
will be given the water rights on Ha
wall, which 1t is said will call for an
! expenditure of over two million dol
lars.
The members of the executive council
attending the conference refused to
give out any statement as to exactly
what had been done at the meeting.
Land Commissioner Boyd stated that
the question would undoubtedly be set
tied at a final meeting this morning,
and from the differences drawn from
remarks of other government officials
it may be stated that the syndicate
headed by Col. Jones will be given the
valuable franchise, Col Sam Parker
and his associates having withdrawn
their petition for a similar concession
The subject was given a thorough
discussion yesterday at the meeting
called for that special purpose by Gov
ernor Dole, and to which all parties in
terested were invited. Representatives
were present from the various sugar
plantations which were likely to be af-
feeted by the water project Including
H. Hackfeld & Co, Castle & Cooke, w.
g. Irwin & Co, and other large sugar
factors who were represented in person
or by attorneys. ]. B. Atherton. w. r.
Castle, Attorneys Robertson, Ballou and
others also attended In the interest of
various clients. Col. Jones went over
the details of the plans thoroughly and
to the evident satisfaction of those
present.
After the meeting it was announced
by Secretary Halves that nothing had
been accomplished, but that the ques-
ton might be settled today, perhaps
not until after the return of Supt. Boyd
from Hawaii From other sources it is
tlearned however that the matter has
been practically settled and that unless
| some unforeseen contingency arises to-
| day the franchise will be granted to the
parties represented by Col. Jones.
! This morning it looked pretty blue,
said Land Commissioner Boyd yester-
| day, but this afternoons meeting
cleared away many difficulties and the
tmatter will be settled in the morning,
unless something now unforeseen arises
to prevent the contamination of the
plans. The matter was thoroughly pre-
sented at the meeting today, and every
tpart of the proposed contract fully dis
Icussed. I believe the matter will GER
taiHly be settled in the morning."
The plan of the promoters of the wa
ter company Is to conserve the water
shed of the dense forests of the Kohala
Irange from Honokane gulch to Muliwai
gulch in Hamakua and by means OF
bitches and pipes to utilize the vast
quantities of water now going to waste
for the irrigation of the sugar planta-
tons of Kohala to the west, and Ha-
makua to the east. The proposed plan
would make valuable large tracts OF
land on Hawaii now of little use fol
the cultivation of sugar, because of lack
of irrigation.
II Col. Jones would not discuss the meet
ing of yesterday, stating that all infor-
nation must come from the executive
council. Questioned as to what would
be done in the event that franchise
should be granted to the parties repre-
sented by him he said:
I'VE will begin work Immediately
There would not be a days delay in
starting to work, after the franchise Is
granted. The mountains have all beer
I surveyed, and we would be ready to &c
lahead Immediately. The Kohala noun
tains are particularly wild and mac
cessible and have never been surveyed
by the government. The water is ther'
and our plan is to take 1t by fumes
bitches, tunnels and pipes to the plan
tations in need of 1t. We expect to d.
this with the use of very little mechani
cal power, IL any. The parties I rep
resent are well known men of means
Eastern capitalists. Yes some Of then
are from Chicago. AS soon as the exec
utive council takes final action I viii
be able to give you the names of tbs
interested parties. but until then 1 pre-
fer that they should not be known"
PROF. JENKs's MISSION.