The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-03
TWO CLAIM
100000
Answers Filed in
Pearl Harbor
Suits.
DEMAND JURY TO
FIX COMPENSATION
Honolulu Plantation Co. and Oahu
Sugar Co. Ask $500, 900 Each
From Government.

Two of the respondents in the suit of
the Government to condemn land for
use as a naval station at Pearl Har-
Dor filed their answers in the United
States Court yesterday, setting UP
claim for 100000 EACH and demanding
jury fer the purpose of fixing the
amount of compensation.
The respondents answering yesterday
which holds 400 acres on a 42-years
| lease, and the Oahu Sugar Company
which has d lease of twenty years on
15l acres, which, with railroad and 9TH
one million dollars.
! The answers of both corporations are
| very similar in detail, making gen
eraI admission of the facts relating to
| description and ownership, and deny
ing specifically the tenth paragraph, IN
which the Government alleges that the
Hand it seeks to condemn is worth but
$4,000. The answers are filed by Hatch
& Siiliman and are nearly identical in
general outfits The Honolulu Planta-
ton Company sets up in paragraph 10
the following facts
Respondent denies the allegations
contained in the tenth paragraph of
said complaint, and says that the value
of the said tracts and parcels of land
sought to be condemned and acquired
| by the petitioner is not truly or cor
rectly stated in said paragraph; and
respondent says that it holds a lease
| hold estate for a term of forty-tWo
years from September l, 1898, in and to
all that tract of land described in said
petition as portion A, containing an
area of 635 acres; that the rent of its
said leasehoid estate is by it paid up
in full to the 1St day of September, 1908:
that out of said tract of land an area OF
400 acres, in consequence of the fertili-
ty of its soil, it's low elevation and the
small expense with which it can be irri-
gated, is peculiarly adapted to the cul-
tivation of sugar cane and has beer
prepared for such cultivation by the
respondent at great expense; that said
tract has special and peculiar value to
this respondent for such purpose ir
consequence of the establishment by
the respondent of a sugar mill ant
works for the manufacture of sugar
|
by respondent of water supply for the
irrigation of said premises by means Of
artesian wells, pumping machinery ant
otherwise at an expenditure of sever
hundred and fifty thousand dollars anc
over. That respondent will be DANA geo
in the sum of 5000, 600 by the taking Of
said premises by the petitioner o
; which amount respondent claims thu
: ! of fpr 1aif
; out and expended upon said tract of 50
acres within three years last past.
> And respondent claims the right t
; jury trial on the question of tn,
. amount of damage which will result t,
: it by said condemnation and taking q
SAID lands by the petitioner"
The eleventh and twelfth paragraph:
are admitted to be true and the an
swer closes with the paragraph:
'TWherefore said respondent pray!
that said complaint may be dismissed
with costs"
Hatch & Silliman are attorneys fo1
; respondent
ANSWER OF OAHU SUGAR co.
; The answer of the Oahu Sugar Com
; pany has few points of difference from
; the foregoing. 1t is alleged that re
; spondent has a twenty years leasehold
! dating from October "A, 1899, consisting
; Of 1916 acres on what is known d
; Fords Island. The company furthe
. alleges that the land is particular!
; fertile and peculiarly adapted to tn
cultivation of sugar cane; that respond
ent has provided an adequate waite
, supply by digging artesian wells an
established transportation facilities b,
: the construction of a railroad, and ha
. also built a sugar mill and works tn
! total cost of which Improvement wa
one million dollars. The responder
= further sets out that it will be dam
aged to the extent of 100000 if tn
lands are condemned, Of which amour
$50 900 has, been expended within tw
years past. A jury is asked to con