The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-09-23

servation, and then broadened that by
adding "and the development of the
natural resources Conservation had
too miserly sound, while development
meant increase and growth. He re-
ferred to the fact that reclamation on
Hawaii began some thousand years ago,
when the Hawaiians practised irrigation
on a scientific scale and conserved their
water supply by tamping their taro
patches and bitches, "iust as you line
them now with concrete, - he explained.
The Governor reviewed the results of
the visits here of Newell and tho other
reclamationsts, with the alternative
ideas advanced of the extension Of the
federal reclamation service and the
reclamation of the resources of the
countrv Wy the territorial government
Now another alternative had presented
itsclf-that of the reclamation by pri-
vate persons. All three included the
idea of homesteoding the land, that be-
ing the plan favored by Washington.
| An instance of the work being at
tempted bv the Territory was that of
| the Kappa lands, (Which we hope to get
through, if the land board will ever
pass upon it, said the Governor
As an instance of what private cap
ital is ready to undertake in the way
of expensive reclamation works, the
speaker referred to the plan to carry
water from the Hilo district into Kau,
! through cement ditch ninety miles in
length. To cary out this plan, how.
ever, would require special congress
sional action, the local legislature not
having. the authority to guarantee the
water company anything in regard to
| the land, the longest lease on which
could be for only fifteen years, with
the prospect of having it taken for
homesteads sooner. Such ditch as
this would have to be built on capital
from long-term bonds, and those supply
ing the money must have some guar
antee that the lands they stood ready
to reclaim would continue to be Gus.
toners for water.
81 have heard every year for the
past thirty years that we have reached
the limit of our production, said the
| Governor. 81 remember when fifteen
thousand tons of sugar was regarded as
the most that could possibly be raised
on Oahu. One hundred and fifty thou
sand tons was regarded as an extrata.
giant figure for the Territory to ever
reach. Last year we raised three times
that amount. / do not think that we
| have much more than reached half of
our limit. / know five pieces of gov
eminent land, with the water for them
in sight. one. hundred thousand acres,
which will bring our sugar production
up two-thirds, to between eight hun
dred and nine hundred thousand tons
The Governor stated that the ques-
ton of reclamation by the Territory
rested altogether on public opinion. we
can do the work if the legislature Will
vote us the money.
The Nuuanu Dam.
After Connie Marina, from the Park
Theater, had TOLD a number of anus.
ing stories, Marston Campbell was call
ed upon to tell of the Great Nuuanu
Dam. Mr.. Campbell made a meaty talk,
declaring that it was well within Homo.
lulu's reach 10 have the best water
system in the world He declared that
the Nuuanu dam was a money maker
for the community and that there was
water enough now in sight for city
of one hundred thousand people. "But
can't get IL TO the consumers through
small pipes he said
Pearl Harbor.
A. G. Lewerenz, the navy engineer in
charge of the work at Pearl Habbor.
spoke of the progress of the work and
told what there would be at the great
naval yards when they are completed.
Mr.. Lewerenz address was practical
and removed a number of misconcep-
tions regarding the Pearl Harbor yards. |
He explained that there was nothing
of a fertilization nature in the work |
he was doing. A navy yard is manu-
featuring center and usually placed !
whore defense Of the yard itself is not |
necessary. At Pearl Harbor, where the |
yard would not be out of gun range in |
ease of hostilities, there would be |
forts, but not in direct connection with |
the yard. 1t is not probable, he ex.
planned, that Pearl Harbor win ever
be kept up as a great navy repair sta.
ton, such as the New York yards, |
which employ from four to five thou. |
sand men continuously, but the YARD |
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