The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-01-27
MFLAM OF THE
PU'.IC, SAYS
WILDER
Attorr Clares Attack on
John oCrossOn Is Not a
air Fight.
HIS 0F THE MATTER
WASH Letters Bring News
of t asentatiOn at the
Department.
oF THE MATTER
Letters Bring News
asentatiOn at the
Department.
,rrnn ednesday,s AdvertIser.l

INNEE mas ntNu a AVb Va AAAAAAN--A-
tempted by the wahiawa Water Com
pany,,, says Judge Arthur Wilder, of
the firm of Thompson, Clemens &
Wilder, when asked yesterday to make
a statement regarding the claims and
the charges of the Wahiawa Water
Company's representatives IN the mat
ter of the attempt being made by John
T. McCrosson and his associates to Sc
cure the water rights of the Leilehua
military reservation.
Judge Wilder believes that the Wa |
hiawa Water Company people have not
been candid with the public and have
been reeeding from one position after
another He also takes the stand that
the Wahiawa Water Company's back |
ers himt1ammed the chamber of com
merce and acted unfairly in the mat |
fer of the vote of disapproval of the |
Kau Ditch and the Leilehua bills. Chair |
man Morgan Of the chamber, declares
Judge Wilder, refused to let him ad
dress the chamber on the occasion OF |
the vote, stating that he was not
member and not eligible therefore to
take the floor. At the same time, says |
Wilder, Judge Ballou, the attorney of
the Wahiawa company, was allowed to |
LAAh rs lung anu do uliNn 90 hO WaAANN'
to, without interruption or reply.
McCrosson, says the judge, is not try |
ing to get congress to take away any |
thing from anyone, hut is simply try |
ing to make "A bargain with the United
States for the right to use water be-
longing to the United States, for which,
at the present time it is getting moth
ing.
'sThere has been conderable AimAam
by the Wahiawa Water Company peo-
pie in regard to the so-called McCrosson
Leilehua water bill, /" stated Judge
Wilder. "When it was first introduced
in congress, it came as an alleged
surprise, although the matter had been
pending before the war department for
the greater part of 1910 and with the
knowledge of the Wahiawa Water Com
pany.
ffThen it was an alleged grab or
steal ON the part of McCrosson to
take water for himself that belonged
to the Wahiawa company.
fThis surprise and 'steal' was
worked on the local chamber of COM
merce with the result that that body
in its haste to condemn the bill and
protect one of the vested interests in
Honolulu also in the same resolution
condemned another bill which had no
connection with the Leilehua matter.
"Since then nothing further has been
heard about surprise and steal.
"At the hearing before the secre-
tary of war, the attorneys for the Wa
hiawa company, Mr.. Kinney, of this
city, and Mr., Browne, of Washington,
advanced no claim that McCrossOn was
attempting TO steal water that belong
ed to the Wahiawa company. That would
have been foolish proposition to ad-
vance to such an eminent lawyer as the
secretary of war, and these astute at
torneys, of course, knew it. Neither
did these attorneys advance the PROPOSE
tion that because of some mistake in
surveying, the Wahiawa company has
been for all these years using water
belonging to the United States without
ever paying one cent for it.
Can Not Be Bluffed.
fThey did claim, however, some So
called equitable rights in the water
Whatever rights the Wahiawa company
has to this water, legal or equitable,
the courts win undoubtedly protect. In
eidentally, it should be borne in mind
that the courts are as open to Mr.. Nc
crosson, the alleged 'speculator, as to
the representatives, of the landed in
terests,' and threats of litigation in
case his bill goes through will not bluff
him at all. He is too old at the game.
Briefly, the proposition is as fol
lows:
81. The United States government
is not now deriving and never has de-
rived any benefit, financial or otherwise,
from the waters on its military reserva.
tion.
''2. The United States government
has never received any consideration in
return for the right of way (not water)
granted the Wahiawa company.
"3. If MeCrossen gets the water he
binds himself to furnish and deliver free
Of cost whatever water the United
States government wants and to deliver
1t whenever wanted and to build reser-
voirs and pipe lines for that purpose at
an estimated cost of not less than $780,
@ hpA % ppmtainlthe same.
fIsfs \ Inll e4h9derqf vi of'l poing all
this he' nStdfsfiy Wants uthe Balance of
the water not desired by the United
States government 10 make possibly one
i1adec Of grass grew whore none lpfew
before. or for anys othen legitimate puF.
pose. II may be specialization op bis part,
but II also has an element Of philan.
tiiropy 81 II That the wahiawa c6inpany
,has failed to7deVeloptas yea si; dioss
"5. II 10 conceded Tint if'fhe eoS.
erhlhehB wants 1t6 Ainaei4Hkenthis 6fop.
OsiaOB itself qet Il do lti bdEdh me
otAefpbhnl74s The ebeefhiheht dape ff8t
ganF to do itj iMecrossoh, AZ tba zee.
fetary 0f-wuri according 10 cable, has
reported h4efr aRec for tn privilege
81 dolne " than hfiy Que Else
tsatjnder Nlirlf cireuiiistasikes, Iflkave
y % y4uifmihaeH mnn whether he
thgpie 'noi ~ giyentbe privilege iHrsl
Before tho BeelttaFy Of War.
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