The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-04-19

The "Kapaa deal" has been CON
cluded. The negotiations that had
been in progress for three or four
weeks were closed up yesterday after
noon and the papers were signed and
delivered.
1t was about 4:30 when the final
conference broke up, and Governor
Frear made the statement that every
thing was finished. The negotiations
began nearly month ago, when Gov
Campbell visited Kauai. For nearly
three weeks Manager George Fairchild
has been in Honolulu and the negotia
tions have been in progress almost
daily since his arrival. Governor Frear
expresses the belief that theN arrange
ments as finally entered into will ben
eft both the sugar company and the
Territory.
| The proposition, in brief, involves an
exchange of government land for land
owned by the sugar company, and two
leases of government land to the plan
tation, with two water licenses accom-
panying the leases.
The general result of the big deal is
that, whereas formerly the govern
meut lands were sandwiched in among
those of the plantation, now all the
government land is in one strip and
all the plantation land in another. Part
of the government land, including the
I-Kapaa lands, so-called, is to be leased
to the plantation.
| In addition to this, the Territory ac-
quires the additional land in Manoa
valley that is needed for the College of
Hawaii The Territory will not only
receive larger total rental for a por-
tion of the Kauai lands than it for
merly got for all, but will still have
left most of the lands that are valu-
able for homesteading purposes
Governor Frear yesterday afternoon
expressed himself as much gratifie'l
that the matter had been concluded to
the satisfaction of all parties. He said
they had all been working hard on il
for weeks and were glad to be through
with it, Thursday the conference in
the Governor s office did not break mp
until about seven O'Clock in the even
ing.
In his statement yesterday the Gov
ernor told in considerable detail what
the entire deal is and what it means
to the Territory. He said:
"What has been popularity known as
the Kapaa land question, that is to say
the question between the Territory and
the Makee Sugar Company with refer
once to the cane lands covered by
, licenses which have recently expired
has now, after five years of intermit
tant negotiations, been practically set
tied so far as ii can be at the present
time. The negotiations leading to the
present settlement have occupied muef
time during the last three or fouI
weeks. There have been, and will con
4 tinue to he, many other questions, no
. so difficult, however, concerning the so
{ called Kapaa lands.
/. The Lands Involved.
"These lands and other lands ada
p cent and naturally used in connection
! with them, comprise, in their order iron
u north to south; Anahola and Kama
lomalo, owned by the government
IS Kealia, owned by the Makee Suga
o Company; Kapaa, owned by the govern
4 ment; Waipouli, owned by the Make
!. Sugar Company; North Olohena, owne
by other private parties, and South Ole
# hena, owned by the government. Thu
government and private lands hav
been sandwiched in with each othel
At The same time the waters upon thes
II lands, In order TO be used most ad
J vantageonsly, have so be used TO som
81 extent in criss'eross fashion. Thu
:, the disposition Of the water neeessaril
plays . large part IN the question Of th
disposition OF tho lands, Moreover, poi
tons Of certain lands belong by naturs
~ contour more appropriately with othe
? lands having different legal titles
I'll A Satisfactory Proposition.
"A number of propositions have bee
\. threshed out, until finally one prove
= satisfactory and sc0re of document
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NJ 10 order 90 carry oui this proposliiol
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