Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-06-20
Senator Achi In
AN OPEN LETTER TO
Speaker Beckley

Hon. F. W. Beckley.
Sir:--By information and newspa-
pers. | learn that you. during the SEES.
sion Of the House OF Representatives
yesterday, publicly charged me of ex.
changing lands with the Government;
and you said that the titles Of the
lands conveyed or dedicated to the
Government were imperfect and bad,
and the Government may lose the
lands, etc.
am sorry to say that you made a
false statement of the facts in the
case. | must state that the true fact
is this: the Government officers look
cd up the titles of the lands dedicat-
ed to the Government and found out
they were perfect before had my pat
ent. The records will prove ii.
If you want to find out the truth,
you may go and look the records up
and you will find these facts:
On December ~, 1902, placed on
record a release from the Bank of Ha-
vail. Ltd, to me OF 2 6.100 acres Of
land at Kaiulani tract: said release Is
recorded in liber 244. page 50. And
between that date and January 18th,
1908. | executed deed of said 6.l00
acres to the Government, the Govern
nent using 1t as a quarry, and the
place turns up as one OF the best quar-.
ries the Government has now, II not
the best.
You further made false statement
that the title of a piece of land I dedi.
Gated to the Government out of the
Kapiolani tract was imperfect, and the
Kapiolani Estate. Ltd, may take 1t any
time, etc, etc, etc.
In justice to myself, may notify
you OF the following facts:
After the Kapiolani Estate. Ltd, con.
veyed to me about 2i' acres OF lands
at Mokauea Kalihi. ! made a mort.
gage to the said estate, reserving for
streets and alleys not more than rs
acres, as more fully appears on record
In liber 22l. page 80; there is in said
mortgage the following clause:
THAT the total area of the land to
be laid out, dedicated or used as
streets and alleys, shall not exceed
twenty-five $3.50 acres"
From the above tract dedicated to
the Government about 5000 square
feet.
After the mortgage was made. the
Kapiolani Estate. Ltd, assigned or
mortgaged the above mortgage to the
German Savings and Loan Society, and
later on about August 30th, 1902, and
December 30th. 1902, sold the -four
| a. lots facing the Government road
and along this piece dedicated tc
the Government for street purposes
the said Kapiolani Estate. Ltd. and
said German Savings and Loan Society
released to me all their right title ant
interest in said four "a lots facing
the piece dedicated as aforesaid. And
furthermore, the patent was given tc
me some time after January 10, 1908
fully one month after I placed the re
lease of my lots at Kaiulani tract on
record.
From the above facts you will sec
that no man OF common sense Will say
that the Government will ever lose
those pieces | dedicated to the Gov
eminent. You further falsely stated
in your bitter speech that l opposed
the extension of School street during
the Home Rule Legislature, and VIII
oppose again. | must state-and you
know it.-that never opposed the eX
tension of School street, ana do not in
tend to oppose 1t, but helped II, and
will help again. AS a matter OF fact
| tried to do all in my power to gel
the said extension made, but at the
same time | do not believe II Is rig.
for the Legislature to define the lines
of the road, for many good reasons, as
more fully stated by Messrs. Harris
Andrade and others in your House.
! must further state to you that
have no foot of ground in or near any
route Of the extension of School street
and do not have contract either II
writing or verbal for the purchase o.
any piece; so your statement in regart
70 this is false and untrue.
You may have some petty scheme
for defining the lines of School stree
extension, and fail to define the line
OF other streets. All want Is tina
the School street may be extended Al
soon as possible.
Hoping that you will hereafter tr,
tC find the true facts in any matter be
fore you accuse publicly a fellow'man
Very truly yours,
w G. ACHI,