Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-02

who is specially good at finding out
the source of titles aud locating knle-
anas. He has to find IL out from ka-
maaiaa testimony, II took him five
months 10 survey that 1900 acres. and
he found. instead Of three or four kn-
leauas, 81. Here Is q map showing
all these little holdings scattered
around OF irregular shapes, and the
consequence was that we found that
so much area was taken up by these
that We had TO get the plantation To
convey us another strip to make up
the difference.
Fisher: What is your suggestion
about the remedy for the delay?
Governor: | think the difficulties
are physical and can not be overcome.
There will not be so much delay In
the future, because we were swamped
with applications just after the amend
ments to the Organic Act were pass
ed. Now we are catching up-we
haven't so many applications NOW.
Fisher: How many surveyors do you
use?
Hard to Get Surveyors.
Governor: When the amendments
were put into--were enacted-there
were, think, three or four field par
ties. Then . We added were
apparently three field parties, then
we added eight field parties besides
their assistants. And then, In add
ton to that we employed other sur
yeyors in special cases. for instance,
to this Wood Valley case We sent
to the Coast for additional survey
ers. OF course, there is an objection
to having a surveyor from the Coast
as he would take longer time than
one from here, because, he would
have to learn the conditions here.
and a survey has to be made extreme
ly careful on account OF all these
titles.
Fisher: You think. however. ut
now that the rush is over you will be
able to take care OF these surveys
more rapidly?
Governors: Yes.
Fisher: Now, what is the next?
Governor: There is the immigra.
ton acts. That Is new matter.
Fisher: You covered the specific
homestead cases in the complaint and
in the subsequent data.
Olson | don't think the Governor
discussed the .Paumalu. Wheeler mat
! ter.
Governor: That was brought out
IN Mr.. Goodale's testimony yester-
day.
Fisher: You have looked through
the records and found ont what were
the facts as to the prices paid for
= -, ~ Agsas M
correct as to the $50 an acre OF the
cane tracts and that Mr.. Wheeler
/ thereby was in error.
! Governor: What Mr.. Olson refers
to is another letter to which Mr.. Good
tale referred. a letter which Mr..
Wheeler wrote to you and which Mr..
! Goodale took and did not return.
1 The facts are these: On October
81. two gentlemen called on me and
presented this letter, unsigned. stat
ing that Mr.. Wheeler had written 1t
out tentatively, but had not decided
whether or not to send IL to me. and
the principal complaint In Il was that
he had not been paid for g portion OF
the homestead road which he had con-
istructed under contract from the Su.
tperintendent OF Public Works. The
next day / wrote to the Superintend-
ent OF Public Works for a. report on
the matter, and the followiK0aay
received his report. Two days later
called the Attorney General and the
Auditor into conference and the situa-
4 ton was this: The Superintendent OF
Il Public Works had let contract for
$50 for the construction OF small
stretch of road, under-the impression
that there was that amount Of money
available. The Auditor found that
there was only $69.42 available and
so refused to pay the bill. but when
the matter was brought TO my atten-
ton / concluded that the law would
permit the payment OF that $69.42 and
that the balance would be paid later
on under an appropriation of the Leg
lfsIature. Accordingly, the $69.42 was
paid at. that time. Later on, some
other money became available and the
haIanpp was maid