The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-08-30
LANDS
SUBJECT Of
DEBATE

spread sn over the 6oo- yesterday.
Gove-rcS Fres- took up the matter OF
the Eap2S lS1is-so csl,ei-with Land
Commissioners Pratt. Col SrsliinS
who owns the NSkse Sugar Conrsry,
Secretary Mo:t-Sn;,h and Attorney
General Hsnenwsy. The maps were
DEAN maps ot the six ahuprsss On the
wia6ward coast o. Kausi involved.
-Four ot these have been under lease
% the MSkss Sugar Company. TIE
Lease ot three ot them expired last
April The lease OF the other expires
il > year Or So When the leases sx-
pirs su the buildings and other I'm
p-ovenents Including the bitches and
other irrigation works revert 20 the
government Now the question arises
what SHAH be done with this land
which hss ROW and soon Will revert
10 the government II includes au
kinds Of land-c2ns land. pineapple
land. rice land. taro land. fat land
suitable fox tpwn sites. school and
church sites, landings. railways and
rights Of ways snd everything Of the
kind that makes land valuable.
1 Col Spaliins wants 70 lease the
cane lands again. or rather he would
/ they can be leased fo- only i've years.
/ On some lands and only TWO crops on
Others can be counted on during I'VE
years.
To make the situation clear. the Ma
kss Sugar Company plantation occu-
/ pied these six shupuass. beginning
with the northern line OF Lihus plan
vsriol: oIshana, Waipouli, kapaa.
hs2Iia, kauslomalo and Anahola.
with the exception that s small part
Of olsh2nS IS under lease 10 Lihua
Plantation These ahupuaas are each
approximately mile wide and extend
from the sea 20 the mountains several
miles The sOuIhsrly one, Olshana. Be
/ longs 70 the government The next
one To the north, Waipouli. belongs 20
/ Col Spsldins- The next one. kspaA,
belongs 10 the government Then
comes heslia bSlnnsins 10 Col. Spald-
/ ing. and then the next two, kamalo-
r-lzlO and Alahola, belong 70 the gov
erunent- II the government owned
the whole tract. Or If Col, Spalding
/ owned the whole tract. or If Col
/ Spalding's holdings were all in one
I BODY and the governments holdings
I IN body. the problem would be very
much simpliasd. Then each could
/ provide 3 water system for its own
I land something that Is not as easy
I where the land Is held in alternate
strips as now.
I ! tentative suggestion Is that II the
I government could make an exchange
I. with Col SpaIdias by which il secur-
\ 81 Wsipouu- and Col Spaldiag Ka-
I ulaIou4lo and Anah0Ia, then Col
I Spalding's holdings would be in one
4 body and extend from the Kapaa
river north. and the governments
I holdings would all be in one body and
would extend from the Kapaa river
\ south 70 the Wailua river These
/ holdings Of the government would
then be capable Of being watered by
one comprehensive system OF water
supply. conservation and irrigation
Whether there Is sufficient water sup
Ply % irrigate absolutely all Of this
body Of land IS not known al present
But Z system could oe created which
I would come nearer doing Il than
/ where the ownership OF the land is in
! alternate strips Thsre are 3 number
/ Of STRAINS in this body OF land Well
/ 1lauks- there are 9 number OF eligible
Reservoir sites With q vel planned
/ water sysIsm il would be compara-
tively easy not only 70 water the
[ greatest possible area Of the body OF
/ land. but % divide It equitahly be-
tween the different portions, so that
/ than the cane lands IN this body OF
/ land couIi ba leased with water rights
70 Col SpaIiing OF any one else al
I Al equitable rental and az the same
I time al the other land in this body OF
land would Be sure Of its equitable
/ portion OF water. whether II were used
/ for pileapples. FOR gardening o. farm
ing OF housslsads. u hons sites or
any thing else
This project for handling the land
i sssus 50 plausible and az least at first
blush 50 feasible that il VIII be studied
II some detail before any disposition
j Of the land IS uzds- This involves
/ first Z consideration OF the possibility
i and zdvissbIlIIy OF an exchange OF
lands with Col SzpIding- This would
I involve Z careful appTaiseneut OF the
lands the government IS 70 get from
L Col SpeIdiug and OF the lands Col
i SpzIzf1z IS 70 get from the govern
n=uc- Then there viii b the question
q 2 water supply and Conservation
system for the consolidated govern
msnC lands This would probably best
b hzudled By means Of q license sim
lar 70 that granted the KohzIz Ditch
I Company. by which a corporation could
b organized 70 conserve and diztrib-
uts tae waters. giving every portion
q land its equitable share
After this the question would arise
~tzt 20 do with tfe cane lands sit
uzted o1 this body OF government land
whsthsr % divide than up into small
: holdings 70 u granted IN settlement
associations O oth=-sise under the
fzEs. OF leased as z body 70 the high
81 bidder, CoL Spalding OF anyone
eZss- While the land department has
received z god many applications for
: r1e lands OF Kzpza and the other
government znuuuzzz suitable for