The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-04-29

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sr- iH relation ta my conversation
With sou thIe orc rnoun concerning
Fuur uil .tiuus t0 ODD, Iles1Fe 0f " w.
Ii lIf run before tnN s.HHf. Commit
Geo un Pacific islands Hud Porto liCu.
. wish to submit. on behalf nf The liu-
taH Ditch company Limited. The fol-
owing proposition;
Yorr objections. as I understand
them. 90 the bill are:
First-That Il does not provide n
money compensation 60 the Territory
for the privilege granted.
S1oord-That % does not specifically
provide that the homestoaders and set
tiers shall be treated with the same
cons .dcration as corporations
Ihird-That % does not provide for
the conservation Of the forests; and.
Fourth-That IL does not provide
against tunnolling in such manner
as TO reach the summit swamp lands
and thereby drain them and anaCt the
streams of the Waimea watershed.
Recognizing the Justice of your OBJ
iections and being DESTROYS Of working
IN harmony with the Territorial gov
ernmcnt Of Hawaii, and i'm considera-
ton OF the withdrawal of your objec-
tons TO II. Il. l.991, We propose:
First-To pay the Territory OF IIa-
wall the sum Of $500 per year for the
first five years as an annual rental for
surplus waters of the Territory now
ta.s "a. frtf ls 900 hsa
end OF the first five years and at the
commencement of each succeeding pc
riol of five years, there shall be paid
an annual rental. the amount to be
fixed by arbitration, such ANNUAL rem
tai In no case to be less than'S25OO.
Second-The Hawaii Ditch Co. Ltd.
to furnish water at it's bitches to all
government homesteaders applying for
same for domestic purposes tsuch as
household uses, both drinking, wash
ing and cooking, and watering of all
kinds of stock at a uniform rate per
thousand gallons, to be fixed by com
missioner of Public Lands. Water to
all homesteaders applying for same for
agricultural purposes upon such terms
and at as low a rate as ii shall sell it's
water to any private person or corpora
ton.
Third-The Hawaii Ditch Co. Ltd
| shall without expense to the govern
ment. comply with all reasonable re-
quirements of the Commissioner of
] Public Lands concerning the preserva-
| ton of the forests. by killing off wild
! cattle, fencing of lands and planting of
| trees on all government lands forming
| the watershed through which its ditch =
es shall pass. Not less than ten thou
sand trees shall be planted yearly for
! the first twenty years of the Hawaii
Ditch Company's use of right OF way
across the public lands.
Fourth-The Hawaii Ditch Co, Ltd.
shall divert no water by tunneling or
otherwise, from government land,
gulChes or streams on, or forming any
part of the Waimea watershed, nor
shall said Hawaii Ditch Co. Ltd. in any
way interfere with or interrupt the en-
joyment of the vested right of private
parties.
The foregoing / believe covers your
objections fully. If not, any reasona-
BILE change will be gladly made to meet
your views of what is right and just.
both to the government and to the Ha-
wall Ditch Co. Ltd
You viii readily see the desirability
of the pending bill becoming a law, as
1t will give the company j represent a
title that will make them feel secure in
the investment of the necessary money
to fully develop and properly utilize
the water that is now running into the
|
number of years to come, If such legis'
laticn as we are now asking for is moi
granted
Trusting that this proposition viii
meet with your approval, | have the
honor to be,
Your obedient servant.
j. II. NICHOLSON,
Fer Hawaii Ditch Company, Limited
He also offered to amend the Parker
nv
seCtion
Section 4.-Nothing herein contained
shall be construed as granting to oi
comforting upon the said Ditch Com
pany any right or interest in any water
upon any of the public lands in sait
island of Hawaii, but any rights there
in or thereto shall be obtained from the
government of the Territory of Hawai-
upon such terms and conditions as may
be lawfully agreed upon.
CONCESSIONS COME TOO LATE.
If the Parker bill had been originally
drawn with all these safeguards ant
, provisions, instead of seeking blanke
: privileges without restrictions, and I,
: get the government water for NOTHING
after having offered substantial com
Densation therefor at Honolulu, /
might have passed. AS it is, so man.
7 objections have been raised and sus
picions aroused that the probabilitie
5 are that it will fail altogether now tina
Secretary Hitchcock has ruled that tn
) Territol ial authorities have full contro
, of the matter.
Governor Dole has declired to com
( NIT himself to an approval of the bill
! even with the above changes added an
= is to consult Secretary Hitchcock upol
e the subject on Monday next.
ERNEST G. WALKER.
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