The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-04-21
WILL FIGHT FOR
NATIONAL PARK
COMPROMISE 1s PROPOSED FOR
KrLAURA RESERVATION
QUICK ACTION
lTrom Thlrsday's AdverLiser.l

(from Thursday's Adveriser)
"Give me the backing of the legisla.
ture on the plan for great national
park for Kilauea and I'll 60 before
congress and make a fight for it."
This was the assertion Of Prince Ku.
hio, Delegate to congress for the Terri
tory, before tho committee on public
lands of the house, yesterday after
noon
1t was after FIVE o'clock when the
deliberations over this question of such
importance to the Territory ended in
a practical agreement between the
committee and Delegate Kalanianaole
that report would be made to the
house advocating a certain policy in
connection with the proposed park.
Compromise Proposed.
At the suggestion of the Prince
compromise was agreed upon by which
the fern forest will be retained in the
limits of the reservation as well as
other natural beauties, but about 1000
acres of patented land now used for
pasturage by the plantation company,
of which Brewer & Co. are the agents,
will be left out, the outer edge of the
lava flow of 1923 to be the boundary
of the park on that side.
There was much talk in the commit
tee of the opposition which is sure to
be met with in congress if the bill pro-
vides for reserving any land a plan,
tation company thinks it needs. But
there was some very plain talk in this
connection, and in case the Bishop es-
tate and Brewer & Co. put upta fight
in congress it will be accentuated that
they are opposing a great national park
for the Territory of Hawaii to gain a
COW pasture for beef cattle.
Pigs Destroy Fern Forest.
Doctor Huddy, member of the com,
mittee, who has been over the ground
number of times and is familiar with
the lay of the land, made strong i'm.
preston on the other members of the
committee when he stated that pigs
were at this time destroying the beau
tiful fern forests of the area proposed
for this wonderland of Hawaii.
G. +. Alfonso, chairman of the COM
mittee, was heartily in favor of taking
in as much land as possible in the park,
but voiced the belief that in case CON
gress found there were influential oppo-
nents to the bill it would sidetraclS
the whole matter and the park would
be lost entirely.
Representative A. L. Castle, also a
member of the committee, was insist
emit that at least the fern forest should
be included in the park area. He as
serted that this would be one of the
most attractive features.
New Boundaries.
Chairman Alfonso agreed to take the
matter up with the land department
today and have new boundaries drawn
on the map for the park to accompany
the concurrent resolution and bill to
congress
1t will be along the line of this com
promise that the committee will report
to the house this week, probably tomor.
row.
Before the meeting of the committee
there had been some discussion in the
house over the disposition of this reso-
luton petitioning congress for the es-
tablishment of the park.
Hard to Decide.
''Tyhe land committee has had many
| hearings and so diversified has been
the evidence that the committee has
been unable to make up its collective
mind, - declared Chairman Alfonso.
Gone reason is that congress has al
ready had this bill before it and the
committee feels that it should be very
painstalSing in this matter and not
make any mistakes.
"The committee is still open to con.
viction, and as this is a concurrent
resolution there will be plenty of time
for the house to act, as it will take
only a few minutese to go on record
and the senate should take no longer.
Wanted Action.
Representative Coney of Kauai, who
introduced the resolution, complained
that he could not get action by the
committee and held that it should re
port one way or the other so that the
friends of the park should know where
they stand.
~ do not wish this park proposition
to fall through simply because of a
registered kick by few property own
eres, sent TO Washington" he asserted
~ am simply asking for fair play with
time to act"
Now he win get action quickly.
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