The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-05-23
PETER SILVA
HAS A KICK

HIho. May 1s.-Peter Silva, one OF
the Kaiwiki small farmers, WIS at one
time the supposed owner of lots 81 ana
"a and as the owner OF the latter he
donated to the Board of Education-&
site for school. The people in his
neighborhood were anxious and dwere
led to believe that the intention of the
government was to build a road on GER
tain lines that would carry II direct
ly past the school house, but the sur
veyor. or road engineer. Mr.. Bruner,
willed otherwise and the road ran u
hundred feet or more above the school
Without permission from Mr.. Silva the
people In that locality cut a road
through his lot and 1t was used By
teachers and pupils, and Is being used
by them at present. Not long ago the
land commissioner notified Mr.. Silva
that he had forfeited his rights to lot
81 for not residing upon 1t, though he
had cultivated It, A compromise was
afterward made whereby he was all
lowed to relocate the lot and build his
house there instead of on 81. He had
paid all charges up TO date, and was
obliged to lose what he had paid or
accept the situation. Mr.. Silva has
taken up the lot and paid the charges,
making double what he had agreed to
pay in the beginning, for the appraise-
ment was increased. His benefactions
I'm the way of a school lot We're not
taken into consideration nor was the
fact that his land was used as n public
highway. He now asks the government
to reimburse him, in part. for the ex-
pense he has been put to In the con-
struction of road to his place and
asks that he be paid the sum of one
hundred dollars. which Is one fourth
the amount he has expended. Should
the authorities decline to do this then
he will close the road now used as a
school road. He feels that he was un-
justly treated when his lot was taken
away from him and he was made to
pay n second time for the same land.
He Says he was informed that he
might build his home on lot 81 and
cultivate % by former land agent
here and acted entirely upon his adj
vice.
HILo NOTES.
Aug. Hamburg arrived In Hio early
Sunday morning on the Maui. He
went Immediately to the Falls of
Clyde and watched the fire on the Mar
| tina Davis from the deck of that ves-
sci. Mr.. Hamburg had just returned
to Hilo after an absence of two months
spent in California.
| 1t is said that there are more horses
on the track on practice days this sea-
son than have ever been seen there be-
| fore. Some one has suggested that In
view of the fact that so many have
been promised for the races here that
to compete on Maui. but this is scout
ed by a majority of the committee.
The ship Bangalore, Capt. Blanchard,
got away for Delaware Breakwater on
Monday afternoon with cargo of 51.-
1872 bags of sugar from Hilo. Richard
son, who shipped as cook. gave up the
place on Saturday and returned to
shore.
1t is reported that Japanese wom-
an In Kaumona was croked to death
yesterday and her body thro m into a
care field. An arrest Of "A Japanese
suspect ras been rafe.
Charles Weatherby has bee~ sppoint-
ed bookkeeper for Olaa plq I ton to
succeed ] Il. CLAY. W e ghation
will take effect at the end of July. Mr.
Weatherby vas the bookk epsr at Pu-
ma during the lie of that p antation
and has since b'e1 actirg for the
receiver in the management of the
place He will not begin his duties
at Olaa until final disposition has been
made of Puma.
The masquerade at the residence OF
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Shipman last Fri
day night rendered Miss Emile Peck
by Mrs. C. Castendyk and Miss Ship
man was very delightful affair. Near
ly all of the guests were in costume
and they presented very pretty APP
pearance some of the characters por-
trayed being familiar to those present.
1t would be difficult to say which part
was the best sustained or which cos
tune the most unique.
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