The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-10-01

The hrft section % the act provides /
that The minister 81 the interior nou
the superintendent Of public works /
may enter into contract ot contracts /
With companies 10 build railroads and /
shall have the power to grant ughts |
ofway and grant such government I
lands ~ may De necessary for placing 1
thereon statiuu buildings. storahouse' .
and other structures. II seems 10 mo I
there could DO no question that this act /
contcmplates grants Of land IN cities as
we'll NJ in the country said the COY /
crnor. at was twenty two wears age /
that the government conveyed con |
siderable tract Of land in Honolulu TO |
the o. r. & l.. Company. II was about /
eleven acres.'
Mr.. Ashford said he was in the cab.
met about that time and that the Hon.
olulu grant was TO taro patches and fish
ponds.
Secretary Fisher said he thought
such n contract (referring to the gen
eral law of 1879 "'was pretty bad
contract--an extreme contract"
The waiakea Yards.
The Secretary then called attention
10 the terminal yards at -Waiakea
granted the railroad under the new
city plan, which is to involve the NOV
ing of the. waterfront to another part
of Ililo hay where 100000 wharf is
to be built. and questioned whether the
railroad was not getting too much area
for its terminal. The Governor re-
piled by stating that the o. r. & l..
, Company was in reality given too lit
tie, terminal area and has had to ex-
pand it. He had looked to the future
as the business of the Hilo railroad,
with it's. mileage exceeding that on
! Oahu, would build up large traffic. If
| people here had only known it would
have been the saving of hundreds of
. thousands of dollars-possibly millions
+ to have arranged the waterfront and
other traffic terminals in years gone by
so that the increase of business would
have been taken care of by adequate
areas. The company wanted seventy
acres. This has been cut down to
forty.
i. The Secretary inquired if there was
9 a provision whereby if the company
(, found it had too much terminal room
a it would return the extra area to the
government He thought this was i'm
portant.
The Governor replied that he could
: not answer these questions fully, but
u l.. A. Thurston probably, could. Mr..
y Thurston, in answer to a question by
the Secretary, said he preferred to
! make a consecutive statement, and the
Secretary said he would hear this to-
e day or tomorrow.
s The Secretary here pointed out the
e necessity of some documentary evil
8 dence, to 90 on record, to show the rail
road necessity for the Waiakea tract,
g in order that in the future there would
IS be something to go upon if the Terri
tory ever wished to bring action to Sc
IL cure the return of the land if it ceased
r. to be used for railroad purposes. He
thought the necessity of such a record
p obvious in which the Governor agreed
-s stating that he had found the records
10 lacking in many things during his
1T search for material to present before
'e the Investigation.
y A Stenographer' Tip.
w. w. Goodale, manager of the
. Waialua plantation, was called just as
!. he was leaving the building and asked
~ several questions concerning his pur
~ chase of number of lots and his al
u legged shutting out of other buyers OF
n lands which adjoined the Waialua plan
N tation in the Wahiawa district.
ne The Secretary said he understood
e. that in 1910 Mr.. Goodale as vice pres
ident of the Wahiawa Water Company
", n subsidiary company to the Walalu;
NJ Agricultural Company, had purchased
re jcertain lots aggregating $50 acres. Mr.
ae Goodale, while not considering tn,
ne Wahiawa Water Company subsidiar,
II to the sugar company, admitted tina
Oh its officers were practically identica
lie with those of the sugar company. TIL
III Secretary said he also understood tina
~ forty-fve acres of this land had beel
under cultivation by the sugar com
OF pany for years, and when finally puE
an chased no rental had been paid for it
~ use.
u, Mr.. Goodale said the land was frs
"a thought to belong to the plantation
"A Afterwards by surveys it was found t
w. belong TO the government. The planta
!; ton offered to purchase it, but the otfe
- was refused. Finally the lots were pu
~ up at auction after having been lai
nc out to give back lot owners access t
81. the stream, and he bought them for tn
'nSS Wahiawa Water Company, some at SO
~ an acre and Others at $3.50. The latte
les were almost useless but formed part @
~ other lands that were better adapted
nc cultivation. He showed a photograp
at of some of the steep gulch lands, snow
~ ing that they could not be cultivate
M by homesteaders. The Secretary, lool
~ ing at the picture, agreed with him.
wa The Secretary then read letter
'as which Mr. Goodale was charged wit
ult having done many things, includin
I'M. coercion of employees. The Secretai
iol said the writer did not wish his name
iey be used, on the ground that if read
ulo would incur the personal displeasure
uIe Mr.. Goodale. The latter said he won
ny like to know who was so afraid of hiI
ny "Now, man to man, if you kne'
A., would he suffer from having written
ene met" asked Mr.. Fisher.
I's "He would not,'' said Mr. GoodaI
chs emphatieally, whereupon Mr.. Fisher a
no. nouneed that the writer of the lett
t n was a Mr. Wheeler, who had conclud'
NY his letter by stating that if necessa
his name could be given. 81 am :
nu1 American he wrote.