The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-09-03
TUCKER MIGHTY
BUSY OFFICIAL
Commissioners Elbow Deep in the
lntricacies Of Big Island
Land Tangle.
lAIail speeial to The Adver.!ssr.l

lyman elHCNithi W ne .otI.)
Hilo, August 3l.-''I make no prom
ises, but ! am very busy with a mum
Der of Hawaii land matters, and hope
soon to have them in such shape that
action can be taken"
This was the preface of statement
made by Land Commissioner Tucker,
who arrived last Thursday morning.
Tucker wants it understood that if the
matters on which he is now working,
do not come to a satisfactory conclu.
sion, the fault will not lie with the ter
ritorial administration.
81 intend to take up number of
Hilo and Hawaii matters while am
here,;,' said Tucker. fright in Hilo
the Territory has land which it intends
to place on the market, For instance,
there is the large lot on the corner of
Ponahawai and Pitman street, which
can be cut up into six or more good
residence lots.
81 intend to go to Honokaa to take
up the matter of the opening of the
large tract of land which was men
toned by Kaiser, when he raised his
objections some time ago. The trou-
BILE in Honokaa appears to be that the
people there are fighting among them.
selves. am going out there so as to
get the facts of the case at first hand.
II is our intention to open some of the
Honokaa lands for town lots, and other
portions thereof for homestead pur-
poses.
To Open Home Lots.
con the whole, we intend to open
several home lot tracts, as, for instance.
at Hakalau, where tract has been
surveyed
&c will also, if can possibly do so.
make a trip to Waipio and Waimanu
this time, but if / cannot do it now, l
VIII do so in the near future. / in
tend to have a look myself at the
lands which the Hawalians want in the
Waimanu Valley, We have had sew
eral applications for these lands from
private individuals, but we will not
let them have it. unless we find that
they are not suitable for being cut up
for small lots. We want to give these
lands to the Hawiaians, if it is at all
beneficial, just as we want to see the
Hawaiians take up the land in every
case'
The land commissioner stated further
that he would also look into the mat
ter of extending Smith street, through
the Matano Hotel, to Furneaux lane, in
order that the Hata sewer section
might be relocated there through. In
this connection he was asked how much
was available in the fund set aside for
such purposes, the moneys in which are
derived from the sale of public lands
in Hilo. Tucker answered that he did
not know how much money was in the
fund, but he did not think that there
was much left, as considerable of the
money had been spent.
Waiakea Tangle.
The land commissioner was also ask
ed whether it was fact that the adj
mlnistration had recently taken up with
Davies & Co. the matter of securing a
release from the Waiakea Mill Com
pany of section of the Waiakea lease
land, which is wanted for home lots
Tucker answered that the administ;a-
| ton had, in fact, taken up this matter
but nothIngdefnitely could be said about
it, as everything depended on whether
! Davies g. Co. would be willing to give
the Territory this release on terms
| which were within reason. The Terri
| tory had already caused to be survey
ed tract of this land which it in
| tended to devote for such lot purposes,
provided the land became available.
This tract, which comprises some PIG
acres, lies on the high elevation near
the territorial quarantine station, but
it is likely that about three hundred
acres will be opened, if the negotiations
with the plantation people come to a
head. At all events, the Territory now
intends to pass the buck up to the
Waiakea Mill people.