The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-17
LLANDssF|GHT
IS NOW ON
Pearl Harbor Site
Suit Summons
Served.
LESSEES AS WELL
AS OWNERS IN IT
Halawa, Kuahua and Ford's ISL
ands the Bone of Con.
tention.

All the parties to the condemnation
suits brought by the United States
Government to secure those lands about
Pearl Rarbor which are to be used 70,
the proposed Naval Station were serv-
ed yesterday with summons calling up
on them to appear within twenty days
and answer thespetition in the suit. The
papers were served by Deputy Marshal
E. r. Hendry, and the wait between
the time of the filing of the papers, Ju-|
ly 9Th, and their service has resulted
in the finding of all the parties in the
city.
The summons were directed to the
following; Estate of Bernice Pauahi
Bishop, deceased; and Joseph O. Car
ter, William F. Allen, William o. Smith,
Samuel M. Damon and Alfred w. Car
ter, trustees under the will of Bernice
Pauahi Bishop, deceased and the es-
tate; the Oahu Railway & Land Com
pany, the Dowsett Company, Limit
ed, the Honolulu Sugar Company, the
Honolulu Plantation Company, Chow
All Fo, the. John Ii Estate, Limited,
William G. Irwin, Oahu Sugar Com
pany, Limited and Bishop & Company.
This comprises all the owners of the
lands which are sought to be condemn
led and all those who claim any interest
in the lands. There are several lease
holds as will be seen from the names of
some of the parties defendant to the
intention of the Government to seek to
obtain possession at once.
The fight which is begun by the serv-
ing of these papers promises to be one
of the most hotly contested that has
been known in the United States courts
Isince the annexation Of the Islands. The
entire tract covered by the suits COM
priseS 1921 acres. This is distributed as
to ownership among the two estates
principally, the larger portion being in
the Bishop Estate lands, the Halawa
district, and the Island known as kua-
hua, making total of $685. acres. The
portion which is the property of the Ii
Estate is the eastern half of Fords ISL
and, that portion which lies adjacent
/ to the Halawa lands mentioned. In the
portion of the Island which the United
States wants there is a total of 151.6
acres.
! OF the lands of the Bishop Estate
/ there is quantity which is not highly
productive, it being described in the
complaint, as being covered with al
garoba and bushes" This is that por-
Ition which runs from about Keanapuaa
Point around to the line of the rail-
road. Other portions of the land are
comprised In the Honolulu plantation
and again others are used for rice fields
and fish ponds.
Perhaps the most valuable lands OF
the entire area are those on Fords ISL
and. This forms part Of the Oahu plan
tation, there being now large crop o.
cane on the lands. The valuation plac
ed on the lands by the Government /:
s16S00. That there will be hard figh
. put up by the owners of the property
goes without saying. The suit is en-
, tered in the name of Charles F. Pond
the present commandant of the Nava
Station. The petition in the action i
: as follows:
|, United States of America, District o
Hawaii.
. In the District Court of the Unite
States in and for the District o
Hawaii.
The United States of America, plaintiff
and petitioner, VS.. Estate of Bernie
Pauahi Bishop, deceased; and 10
speh o. Carter, William F. Allen
: William Q. Smith, Samuel M. Da
mon and Alfred w. Carter, trustee
, under the will of Bernice Pauah
) Bishop, decea sed, and of the Estat
| of said Bernice Pauahi Bishop, de
j ceased: and Oahu Railway & Ian
3 Company. a corporation; and Tn
2 Dowsett Company, Limited, cor
peration; and Honolulu Sugar Com
pany, corpora ton; and Honolulu
/, Plantation Company. corporate
and Chow All Fo; and John Ii Es
n tate. Limited. a corporations: an
: William G. Irwin: and Oahu Suga
s Coprany. Limited, a corporation
= ardNPishop g. Co. a co-partnership
{ defendants and respondents.
$ PETITION.
To the Honorable the District Court c
the United States of America in an
. for IRE District of Hawaii
\ Now comes your petitioner. the Unit