The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-12-23
CONFERENCE ON
NATIONAL PARK
Text of Proposed Measure That
Will Make a Federal Play
ground of KiIauea.

was advanced still further yesterday at
long conference between Governor
FTear and the commission which is
securing data and preparing it with
the view of having the volcanic tract
set aside into federal playground.
Changes were made in the map which
had been drawn, and the proposed con-
gressional bill which had been drafted
by the Governor was talked over. The
changes in the lines of the proposed
park were made so that the bound.
aries might run along property lines
instead of natural lines as they do not
now.
The changes are made in the eastern
line AMI the northern border of the
"panhandle where the line that for.
merly ran along natural ridge is
brought along property lines. This
makes the panhandle much less at
right angle with the main portion
of the park than before. Under the
old lines tho proposed park contained
about $4,000 acres, little appeciable
change in this resulting through the
new lines proposed.
! A long road win connect the Kilauea
craters with the crater of Mokuaweo-
weo on the top of Mauna Loa which
will also be made into park. These
| two crater parks will therefore be con.
nected with but a twentymile shoe
string although practically the same.
Those present at the conference yes
terday were Marston Campbell, l.. A.
Thurston, A. F. Judd, Frank s, Dodge
and W. H. Wall.
The main clauses of the proposed
bill, which is printed below, are taken
from similar bills creating the Yellow
stone, Yosemite and other national
parks but is not identical with them,
This bin is not finally decided upon,
being but the first draft subject to
what changes may be decided upon
later 1t is as follows:
"Be it Enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress Assem-
bled, That the tracts of land in the
Territory of Hawaii hereinafter de-
scribed shall be perpetually dedicated
and set apart as public park or pleas
ure ground for the benefit and enjoy
ment of the people Of the United States,
, to be known as Kilauea National Park;
| provided that the parts thereof which
are not included within the public lands
shall be secured, and the secretary OF
the interior is hereby authorized and d.
{ rected to secure the same for this pur-
! pose by purchase, condemnation or 9th
erwise, at cost not to exceed. {.
| dollars, which sum is hereby appropri-
| ated for this purpose out of any money
! in the treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated. Said tracts of land are described
as follows: Description now being
prepared.)
"Sec. 2. That said park shall be
under the control of the secretary of the
interior, whose duty it shall be, as soon
as practicable, TO make and publish
such rules and regulations as he may
deem necessary or proper for the care
and management of the same. Such
regulations shall provide for the preser-
walton from injury of all timber, birds,
mineral deposits and natural curiosities
or wonders within said park, and their
retention in their natural condition as
nearly as possible.
"The secretary may, in his discretion,
| grant leases, for terms not exceeding
| twenty years, at such annual rentals as
! he may determine, of parcels of land
I in said park of not more than twenty
acres in all to any one person corpora
ton or company for the erection and
maintenance Of buildings for the ac-
commodation of visitors; but no such
lease shall include any of the objects
of curiosity or interest in said park,
or exclude the public from free and
convenient approach thereto, or convey,
either expressly or by implication, any
exclusive privilege within the park ex-
cept upon the premises held hereunder
and for the time granted therein; and
every such lease shall require the lessee
to observe and obey each and every
provision in any act of congress, and
every rule, order or regulation of the
secretary of the interior concerning the
use, care, management or government
Of the park or any object or property
therein, under penalty Of forfeiture of
such lease.
"The secretary may, in his discre-
tion, grant to persons or corporations
now holding leases of land in the park,
upon the surrender thereof, new leases
hereunder, upon the terms and stipula-
tions contained in their present leases,
with such notifications, restrictions and
reservations as he may prescribe. All
of the proceeds of said leases and other
revenues that may be derived from any
source connected with the park shall
be expended under the direction of the
secretary in the management Of the
same and the construction of roads and
paths therein.
'The secretary may also. in his dis
erection, permit the erection and main
tenance of buildings in said park for
scientific purposes, and grant railroad
rights of way into or across said park
upon such terms and conditions as he
may deem proper. He shall cause TO be
made a complete survey and map of
said park, showing It's topography, roads
and paths, natural wonders and other
matters Of interest and shall construct
such additional roads and paths as he
may deem desirable out Of any avail.
able moneys, for all Of which purposes
the balance, If any, Of said apprOpria.
ton Of .....,.. dollars not otherwise
expended shall be available, and In aid
of which purposes the secretary OF war,
upon the request Of the secretary of the
interior, may make the necessary detail