Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-01
make. good and keep their land.

painters ~ CCSICe the IOHleStedQeT;
into selling their homesteads TO the
larger interests is undoubtedly pres
ent in the Territory, also that it has
not been found to have any founda
ton in fact, in influence with the
government sufficient to injure the
small growers.
Water Licenses Up.
Secretary Fisher took up in some
cctail the question of leases and Ii.
Censes. declaring that he was at O
loss to understand the public advan.
tages of the water licensing system
when a lease. if the agreements were
acceptable, would do the work. He
also seemed curious as TO why the
land board is so restricted in it's pow
ers and its jurisdiction. Frear point
ed cut that the board is unpaid, and
often hard for the members to get
together, that they could hardly at
tend to all details of the land law
and water rights administration.
Fisher asked: IF such is the case.
VIII! not abolish the land board, par
ticularly when often even more i'm
pOrant matters Of water license
must be submitted to the Governor
instead OF the board. Fisher init.
mated very strongly that the water
licenses should be passed upon by the
board.
Several Of the specific complaints
made by the delegate were passed
ovei by the Governor, Mr.. Fisher
and Mr.. Ashford, as it appeared that
all parties were satisfied that the
facts have already been made clear,
either at previous hearings or during
the trip of Mr.. Fisher around the ISL
andE Other allegations in the COM
plaiit were referred to only briefly,
the Governor explaining his position
whichever Fisher or Ashford asked
quedions.
Referring. to the Moaula lands at
Pahsla plantation, Secretary Fisher
agail commented upon the point that
the government ought to give all the
publicity possible to intended home
steal openings and wanted to find
cut The people who wanted the Mo-
aula lands told specifically that they
coul( get Wood Valley lands. FTear
said he could not say until he had
consulted the land records.
HE general rule seems to be
largely due to the delay in getting
surveys" said Mr. Fisher in speaking
a little later of the time elapsing be-
fore homesteads are actually opened.
At tbs point Fisher asked Frear for
prsctieal suggestion for improving
the Seed at which surveys are made,
saying there seemed much delay in
gettig the surveys made. Governor
Freai pointed out the physical and
other difficulties that made surveys
very slow. He said the physical diff
ficulRs can not be overcome, but that
now hat the great mass of applica- |
lions filed just after the organic act
was inended are being cleared away, !
the Surveyors will not be so swamped
as thy have been.
uniotBtshop Street.
AftF some discussion of various !
MATES of detail in the various
chargs and complaints, Governor
Frearturned to the matter of the inn
migrat agent acts passed by the last |
Legisature, but just at this point Sec
retarj Fisher asked William Wolters |
aboutthe proposed condemnation of
Bisho street extension and the clos I
ing { Union street. VOTERS. was |
calledto the chair and declared that |
it wal not until after the Brewer es-
tate Ians for it's new building were
matuIh. that any attention was paid |
to thaclosing of Union and the open
ing otBishop street. Wolters declar-
ed tht his point is that the closing
of Urbn street is against public in
teresthn in favor of the Brewer es-
tate. He thought the land commits
sionerand the Governor had acted
very Sange Nin the matter
Fistr Frear for an explana-
ton, ad FreSr said that business in
.terestsand public opinion alike were
in favf of the plan of closing Union
and e3ending Bishop street. = [
Secrtary Fisher finally seemed to l.
lose ptience with Mr.. VOTERS OBJ
lection to the Governors action, say
ing hecould not see just what VOL
ters' pint was, and that it was hardly
fair TIT the government of Homo
lulu sIuld be run according to his
IDEAS
At It's point w. w. Thayer, VOL
ters' aorney, came into the discus
sion al the result was a lively de-
bate Ger the whole Bishop Union
street iprovement resulted. The de-
bate cAted considerable fun in the
Senate chamber, Mr.. VOTERS, how
ever, 'raaining serious and insisting
that Ex-Governor has been acting in
the intRsts of the Brewer estate.
Secretat Fisher said that he couldn't
pass onhe merits of the fight very
well, sdfar as the proper street
widths be concerned and that he
could hfdly see how a hearing be-
fore hfT would straighten out the ,
trouble. Amid more merriment than
any 9th hearing has brought out,
the entii controversy was ventilated
with thainal comment from Fisher ;
that it s lined to be a misunderstand- !
ing all found. MarstOn Campbell Z
was CALI on to say whether he did 6
or did nj tell VOTERS he would not I