The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-05-18
ASKS FOR
CHURCH LOT

LHUhLH lUl
Az application made by Elder Loren
90 Taylor Of tho church OF Jesus
Christ of i-atter DAY Saints. for an acrc
~ land Tor "a site ai knuan Kauai. has
locn passed along hy AcuuE Governor
Atkinson to Land Commissioner Pratt
to nnd out whether there So any pro-
sis,n in ths Land Law ~ the Terri
tory whereby such grant can be-
made.
u don't think there ls any pro-
vision" said the l.aud Commissioner.
but he b. making a search for A.
Attorney General Peters. who may be
called upon To pass ON the matter la
The last analysis. says that he does not
think there IL amy such provision in the
law. eithor. There are however lot
OF references in old laws To church
sites, putting them under the jurisdic-
tion of the school department. although
there does not appear any provision
for the granting of such sites.
There are, or were. two church leases
i'm the Territory although one Of these
has now expired. This was "A lease to
the Evangelical Church on a lot In Kau,
Hawaii. containing three and seven
twentieths acres OF land. The rental
charged FOR this loasehold was one dol
lar year. The Catholic Church holds
two and three-tenths acres on a thirty
year lease on Kauai paying the sum
OF one dollar for the term OF the lease
hold.
Church property Ia exempt from tax
alton by the law OF the Territory. but
OF course there liz no official church
and so no provision. so far as has yet
been found. for the setting aside OF
lands from the public domain for relig-
ious purposes
vicinity are rapidly becoming normal
is evidenced by the fact that nearly all
railroad trains are being operated on
regular schedule.
In addition to trains being operated
TO San Jose, Del Monte and Santa
Cruz, trains leave the Third and Town
send street station for Tres Pinos daily
| at $3.50 p. m, and for Los Gatos daily
| Except Sunday ut 5 p. m. Inbound
| trains arrive from Tres Pinos at 10:35
a. m. and from Los Gatos at o a. m.
The narrowgauge line between San
ia Cruz, Glenwood and Boulder Creek
is now conveniently served by several
! daily trains. Passengers en- route to
points on this line can leave Third and
| Townsend streets mt a. m. or 3 p. m,
or leave the Ferry station Mt a. m,
! making direct connection through to
1 destination via Paiaro and Santa Cruz.
| Returning trains arrive at Third and
| Townsend streets mt 1918 p. m. and
: 4:30 p. M, and at the Ferry station at
! ll;5S II. m. (the Coaster). Passengers
1 from these narrow- gauge points can al
30 make connection with through trains
, for points on the Coast line, Los
Angeles and the East, Mt Pajaro.
| In view of existing conditions the
| Southern Pacific Company has instruct
ed its agents that the same rates apply
| to narrow gauge points, via Pajaro and
Santa Cruz, as were in effect when
trains were running direct through to
4 Santa Cruz, Wrights, etc.
| The regular schedule of local trains
/, from Third and Townsend streets will
J be resumed as soon as equipment is
i released from other service and water
( is supplied, which will probably be in
the course of few days.
For the sake Of convenience through
trains to Los Angeles, via the Coast
| line, will continue to be operated from
Oakland pier in connection with regu-
lar ferry service. This condition, how
/ ever, is temporary, and as soon as
street ear service to Third and Town
send streets is in operation trains will
start from that point.
QUESTION OF NSURANCE
IS OF VITAL MOMENT
| An understanding as to what the in
surance companies propose to do has
| been obtained by the committee of
| forty's subcommittee on insurance. 1t
! was secured yesterday at n meeting in
| the Hamilton School of this sub-cOm-
1 mittce with n committee from the Fire
| Underwriters Adjustment Bureau. The
, statement there made was, in brief,
| that the insurance companies would
treat policy holders fairly; that no at
| tempt would be made 20 take advan-
! tage of mere quibbles or tcchnicalities;
that losses on buildings destroyed by
: FIRE would be paid as soon rs adjusted,
and that the adjustment of losses would
I proceed as rapidly as possible. The in
surance in the burned district is esti-
1 mated by the underwriters at $200,000,-
! 900.
| The committee Of insurance men con-
sisted Of George w. Spencer, chair
man OF the Adjusting Bureauj Whitney
| Palache, chairman of this bureaus cx-
ecutive committee; w. II. Lowden and
| Washington Irving. Chairman William
II. Nelson of the insurance sub'commit-
tee started the discussion by asking
4 for some assurance as Ia what the com