Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-08-02
Reply By Single In
Building Site Matter.

the least acting in bad faith with Gov
ernor Carter in making a new offer,
and furthermore he would release us
of any, obligation in consideration of
what we had done; that the fact that
the Territory would save sl7,500 JUS
titled this and that we were in duty
bound to our clients and the commun-
ity to make a new offer. We there
upon sent the following cablegram:
June Is, 1907.
"Cortelyou, Washington, d. C.
Can now deliver you Mahuka site
as agreed with Bishop street opened
King to Merchant. Government will
accept dedication extension Merchant
street. Ready deliver abstracts dis
trict attorney. Business community
want this.
"WATERHOUSE TRUST CO."
and Governor Atkinson at the same
time sent the following cablegram to
Governor Carter:
June Is, 1907.
ITO Governor Carter, Washington,
ID. c.
"Shingle has now raised money to
open Bishop street to Merchant at no
cost to Territory and made new offer
to Corteyou. Have signified willing
ness to accept dedication of street IL
Mahuka site is accepted. Please wire
status of matter.
"ATKINSON."
These cables were the result of cor
respondence with Acting Governor
nd Mr. On.
perintendent of Public Works, as fol-
lows:
June IA. 1907.
Hon. A. L. c. Atkinson, Acting Gov
ernor, Territory of Hawaii, City.
Dear Sir: II within ninety days
from date we deed to the Territory OF
Hawaii, for one dollar, a strip of land
sixty (6O) feet in width and extending
from King street to Merchant street,
, along the southeasterly side of the So
called 'Mabuka site proposed for the
Federal building, to be used as pub
lie street in the city of Honolulu, will
you accept the same for the Territory
of Hawaii and guarantee that the
same will be improved and maintained
as are other public streets in this city?
Awaiting your reply, we have the
| honor to be,
VERY respectfully yours.
HENRY WATERHOUSE TRUST
"R. w. SINGLE,
| president"
And also a like letter to Mr.. Hollo-
way:
"June II, 1907.
Henry Warehouse Trust Co., Ltd,
Honolulu.
Gentlemen: In reply to your COM
munication of the 14th inst, | would
say that | will be willing to accept, on
behalf of the Territory of Hawaii, a
proper deed for a strip of land sixty
feet in width, extending from King to
Merchant street, along the southeast
erly side of the so-called Mahuka site,
for nominal consideration, with the
understanding that this property is to
be dedicated to the public as a right
of-way for road purposes.
yours respectfully,
&C. S. HOLLOWAY,
superintendent of Public Works
No letter was sent by the Nevadan
on the 18TH because these negotiations
with the Acting Governor were not yet
completed; but on the 9th of June.
having previously cabled the Secre'
tary, we sent a formal offer, as fol
lows:
"June 81. 1907.
Honorable George B. Cortelyou, Sec
rotary of the Treasury, Washing
ton, d. &.
Dear sir In confirmation of our
cabegrams of June 18th and June %,
1907, as follows
"Can now deliver you Mahuka site
as agreed with Bishop street opened
King to Merchant. Government will
accept dedication extension Merchant
street. Ready deliver abstracts dis
trict attorney. Business community
want this
Prepared to deliver Mahuka site
according terms of your letter April I'd
can now deliver abstracts-an-
swer'
I'VE beg to say that we are now
prepared to deliver the Mahuka prop
erty in accordance with the original
proposition, having raised $4,000, the
amount necessary to purchase the land
opening Bishop street from King to
Merchant, as required in the accept
ance of the bid of this company for a
Federal building site.
1--WE have the assurance of the Act
ing Governor, in letter under date OF
June Is, 1907, from the Superintendent
of Public Works, a copy of which we
enclose, that the Territory will imme-
diately accept dedication of the street
if Mahuka site is accepted, and we are
informed that he cabled Governor
Carter at Washington on June 18th OF
this acceptance.
| eve shall be happy to be advised
whether we shall deliver abstracts for
examination, or what further steps we
should take in the matter.
yours respectfully.
"HENRY WAREHOUSE TRUST
| Co., LTD.
ALBERT N. CAMPBELL,
Treasurer.
| In answer to this, our representative
In Washington was apprised that the
Treasury Department desired to make
a location which really would satisfy
the business and community interests
of Honolulu and that this might pos
sibly be more strongly and fully pre-