Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-11
K0HALA DITCH
STORY TOLD
Continued from Page -
Alleged Statements.


II wish now to refer to certain
statements alleged to have been made
by Parker and McCrossen which re.
feet on our attitude toward Territorial
officials. to the effect that these OFF,
cials were improperly influenced by
us. | told Mr.. McCrossen after he had
made the statement that ! would call
him to account both in Washington
and in Honolulu. He answered that
he did not wish to be understood as
including Governor Dole in what he
had said. The rest he would stand by"
Here the speaker stated that intima.
ton after intimation of the kind has
come to his ears and that on June 2
DELEGATE Wilcox had presented a state.
ment to the Committee on Pacific ISL
ands in which he referred to Dole as
vaccillating. etc, etc. Mr. Gehr said
he wished the Commission to investl-
gate while the men who could either
prove or disprove the statements he
had made, were here. He then went
on to say that h had been seen on be-
half Of Senator Foraker and asked TO
state what there was in the following
three charges:
/. That Governor Dole would not
give Colonel Parker a fair hearing.
2. That Commissioner of Public
Lands E. s. Boyd was so tied up that
he would not consider Parkers appli.
cation.
3. That Colonel Jones was Govern
ment official holding five Government
positions under salary.
Cost Of Ditch.
The speaker then went of into the
statement made by McCrossen that the
ditch would cost two and onehalf mil
lions. He had nothing to say on this
estimate. Continuing, Mr.. Gehr said:
"McCrossen made every endeavor to
discredit us by stating that we had OBJ
tanned prior franchise and had done
nothing but hawk this franchise about
in the States. There was publication
in the Star calculated to injure our
financial standing. In the article re.
ferred to was statement that Colonel
Samuel Parker was very rich man
and could build the ditch himself. This
statement, by investigation, will be
found to be not strictly correct.
"McCrossen stated that they control
led practically all the water and that
we could not furnish the planters with
any. He stated further that they own
ed Pukapu watershed. AS matter of
fact, one-half is controlled by Parker
and one-half by grandchild of his. As
to the latter, have heard nothing
about any agreement made with refer
ence to the water.
Mecrossen's Claims.
"McCrossen further claims that he
owns all the surplus waters Of the
Waipio valley. He has no right at the
present time. II the people owning
Waipio should sell or lease, then Par
ker would have the first choice, but
we would not be shut out from bidding.
The speaker then stated that after
the meeting with the subcommittee OF
the House, Bill 1897 was introduced
by Mr.. Powers OF Maine in the House
There were certain restrictions In this
bill and it passed. These restrictions
were not put in until after we and we
only had entered objections. The bill
was sent up to the Senate and now 1t is
before the committee. More objections
were raised and more restrictions were
agreed to so that II has been brought
to conform more nearly to the license
that was in contemplation here. Con-
tinuing, Mr.. Gehr said:
"McCrossen further stated that they
were precluded by the laws of the Ter
ritory from holding land. The COM
pany was purely one for the supply Of
water" Here Mr.. Gehr asked that
certain portions of the articles of incor'
poration Of the Hawaii Ditch Co., be
included in his testimony. These arti'
cles read by Mr.. McCrossen provide fol-
the acquisition Of land and cover q