The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-04-21
RE
KAPPA EXCHAN &c

On Saturday the terms of the propo-
sition for land exchange between the
| Company, which if accepted viii result
government and the Makee Sugar
III the opening up o. much OF the Ma
paa lands for homes. edding, were made
public by the Governor, after he had
been in consultation with Secretary
Mott-Smith, Land Commissioner Pratt,
and Attorney General Hemenway all
morning. Inc terms have been embOd-
led in a letter from the Land Commits
sioner to g. H. Fairchild, manager of
the Makee Sugar Company, which is
as follows:
Sir:-Taking the appraisement, dated
the 18th inst, of the Kappa land APP
praisers, W. l.. Hopper, Geo. F. Rem
ton and j. H. Morange, as a basis, the
government proposes an exchange with
the Makee Sugar Company as follows,
the details to be agreed upon later if
this general proposition is approved by
the Makee Sugar Company:
The government to convey to the
Makee Sugar Co. all the lands of Ana
hola and Kamalomalo belonging to it
below the line of the present forest re-
serve and above line running one
hundred (100) feet above and parallel
with high-water mark, excepting roads
(the government to have right-of-
way also over the road on Kealia to
the forest reserve), school. church and
cemetery lots. and the basin or fat
about the mouth of An9hola river
bounded in general on the south by the
cane fields at the foot of the bluff, on
the west by the main Government road,
on the north by the foot of the bluff
and on the east extending out indef-
nitely into the ocean, the government
reserving also right for itself or
such other as it shall approve to con-
struct and maintain a railroad across
Anahoia and Kamalomalo (paying for
the improvements, if any, taken) any
where between the shore and on hun
bred (100) feet above the present rail
way track, with the right to take for
such purpose within such limits a strip
40 feet wide, and wider where neees-
sary, for cuts, fills, trestling, sidetracks,
etc. but so as not to interfere with
the present railway, so long as it shall
be maintained. except to the extent
necessary, as by crossing its track, etc.
The Government to convey also 1917
acres of Kappa on the North side. of
the Kappa river.
The Government to grant also the
right to develop, take and utilize wat
er, water-power and electric-power
above the forest line on Anahola and
Kamalomalo, and construct and use
the necessary roads, bitches, tunnels.
reservoirs, etc.
The Makee Sugar Co. to convey to
the Government the lands of waipouli
and North and South Olehena: raise
the dam Of northerly Kappa reservoir
about ten C0) feet or so as to increase
the reservoirs capacity about 7O,O0O.-
900 gallons; pay the cost of said ap-
oraisement; and convey to the Govern
ment other lands acceptable to it Of
the value of s12 s7s.42 CNote: In this
the Government stands the
cost of all the fencing excepting one
half Q-2) that across Anahola, Kama
lomalo and Kealia).
II the exchange is effected. the Gov
eminent proposes to lease for, say, nine
years, its cane lands with water) at
the following upset rentals:
Kapaa, POSI- l acres at S9456.34:
Waipouli, 367 acres at 1885 81:
North Olehena, 1925 acres at s19O1. 81: