The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1906-11-27

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installed" said Mr. Smith. "and Will
l believe in dividing UP lands that wa,
yet IL seems to me that Lanai is on
of the poorest places to utilize fc
such a purpose. One great difficult
is the lack of water. There were man
more natives living on Lanai IN III
past than now"
He said the island was becomin
more and more barren and there is n
land suitable for cultivation. The sal
walton OF Lanai lay in its being unde
the control of some intelligent man o
capacity who ran develop 1t along tn
only feasible line, which was grazing
and then great paddocks would hav
to be built. 1t would be folly for in
dividuals to try grazing on a small
scale. He was much surprised at tn,
valuation placed on the lands by Mr.
kidwell which, in his opinion, was too
high. In his opinion $4,000 would b,
closer to the mark. Some of the lant
was not worth ten cents an acre
Eben Low thought the government
should hold the lands until the leases
ran out.
II. E. COOPER'S OPINION.
H E. Cooper was asked for an opin-
ion. He stated in reply that he was
really speaking on behalf of Mr.. Gay.
On the other hand he was quite fam
liar with the property, 1t having come
under his notice while he was a govern
ment officer. He had personally in
spected the property. He said he was
the one who had extended an invita-
finn IN Mr. NfcCnpdIasc fo ,,fSit tho
island. He did not think it was safe
for man to give an opinion without
going there. 1t might seem strange
under all circumstances, that Mr. Gay
should want to acquire the land but
things had come to an acute stage with
Mr.. Gay. He has already spent $75.-
900 in building great stretches of
fences. and putting in pipe lines and
In a general effort to develop his lands.
Financial men are not willing to go
into his venture without good security.
AS to the property of Irwin and
Spreckels he stated that Mr. Gay had
an option thereon, the price being
5000 for $4,000 acres. He must Sc
cure ownership or leave the island. The
water supply was serious question.
A former company had spent $4,000
cash in boring for it. AS to the eff
fort to establish the Maunalei Sugar
Plantation he considered that was al
most criminal as there was no water
supply there and none could be devel-
oped. The island could best be devel-
oped as grazing proposition If one
man or a company controlled it and
built paddocks. have my own manao
about small farming and am enthusiasts
tic about it but the great paddock
system is the solution of the problem
on Lanai.
mo individual man should be in
duced by the government to go over
there to take up small holdings of
lands and try to make him spend his
funds endeavoring to establish a small
stock farm. He would meet with fail |
ure.
There are many pals there where
even the goats become dizzy travelling
over them and the island is scanned /
with ridges
Mr.. Kidwell gave an entertaining
talk on the physical features of the is
land, its barren aspect, ETC., and said
that perhaps, after all, his appraise-
ment might be a little large. Without
4 good, water supply the island would
be practically valueless to any one.
Some of the island was being denuded
aven of it's layer of soil by the winds.
Col. Samuel Parker talked of the is
and and his visits to it in the old
imes-23 years ago when there was
plenty of rainfall there He recounted
1ne visit there with w. G. Irwin when
he rain even pelted through the Hay
;elden house. 1t was a time when he
wanted to freeze everybody else out
IN the island. AT that time Claus
Spreckels promised to let him and
irwin have a<% the money they wanted
o buy the land, but they didn't get
hem.
Senator-elect Knudsen said the whole
rouble with Lanai at present was the
ack of water. 1t was a desolate look
ng island at present.
L. G. Kellogg said he had visited
sland with view to placing an invest
nent for some mainland people. He
ound the water question confronting
lin. To carry water from Maunalei
iulch to various parts of the island
would cost $50 900, and one tunnel 5000
ttl lollS Nouit ioNt W NC wv ~
present there was hardly enough water
m the island for domestic uses.
George Markham made a sort of
Fourth of July grafton about populat-
ng the island and making it bloom like
garden with homesteaders. Roose-
'elt wanted it populated and Mr.. Sar-
rent was here from Washington and
T only the Governor would appeal to
he higher authorities much could be
one to break it up into homesteads.
Mr.. Hayselden's letter favored the
as proposed, He had lived
n the island for about thirty years. He
bought 100000 was twice as much
s. the lands in question We're worth.
he rainfall was scant and uncertain.
he water supply would not cover 100
ores of land under irrigation.
1t was entirely unfit for homestead
purposes.
The meeting lasted until 545 p. m.
Governor Carter thanked the assem-
lage for their attendance and interest 4
n. the matter.
ONE DAY LATE.
Ernest had been to a children's party ,
ma aatan i, N that ha could pnssibly put