Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-12
SUGAR
co. NJ AXES
PROPOSITIONS
Leasing of Public Lands on the
TapiS at Meeting OF
Supervisors

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win be nothing about Kapaa lands
ON the list of unfinished business. No
less than three nropositions from the
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Rufus Z. SDaidine, manager q the
Makee Sugar Co, and w. Cox, as
sistant manager. were In attendance
on behalf OF that corporation With
Joshua d.. Tucker. commissioners OF
public lands, the meeting was consti-
tuted by Chairman r. H Trent. J. r.
Brown, Frank Andrade and S. G.
Dwight, members Of the board, A. w.
Carter and w. A. Kinney being alb
sent.
First Of the propositions OF the com
Ipany was an extension OF the lease
Iof 75O acres of cane land for two
years, to enable the company to har-
vest the ratoons, the lease being from
June, 1911. to November, 1914, so that
the product of the. ratoons would
come into the crop Of 1916. Improve
ments to revert to the government.
winch were orlginaliy estimatea .
cost $lo,VuV' Spaiding showed u oe-
tan lao actuaiiy come % szo,SvO; 7.
Moula pe. naru 70 say, ne Ieyleu -
the chairman, Wna1 the reAai vAlgs
OF the land per acre per year WouIe
pc Win the crop oL Iatoohs. Inc cur
tivation COST was POI TON OF sugar
expected. Iney eouIu not cVll'e oue
even LOT the la.oon crop 81 Inc s ss
rental lot ahotneI tWo yeaIs. = lney
aNeLaseu loul anu qualssI solls 8.
49, ICY ae ,a my -. us ss.s
$1,000 rse sons loi 49, ss..s
anu ious aoiis Lor IesvUns. p- .a1e
was ialu ~ .n0 lass .na - - s...S
elop 1912 o.ss.. = s - an It.dn-,,x ,ea
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tarlA.
Tucker stated that there was no
kick on the part OF the nomesteaners
They were planting cane, ana al OF
the homesteads hau been talzens
+ Spalding said liz acres were being
cultivated In cane by homesteaders.
To some Of them the company was
advancing $18 to $40 a month to en-
able them to live.
Trent told of q homesteader who
had earned s125 4 month outside. ev-
erv dollar Of which went into his
bomestead. vet. because he worked
outside. 4 bank was on the point OF
|tnr1ing him down on the ground that
he had forfeited IFS homestead rights
Nv d dol, Iahor off his holding. Con
tinn;ng the chairman stated thar the
hoard looked WITH disfayor on rentals
lass thar s5 an acre for cane land.
In some cases thew had got as high
&C SI5 ref was not worth S. it was
NOT suitable for cane.
Spaldfng said the company made APP
proximateIy S. an acre on payment Of
"a rental and in present conditions
the margin was close.
Trent recommended that Spalding
file formal application for precisely
what he wanted He did not think
that the board would be disinclined to
grant an extension of two years to
allow the company TO take off the
ration crop. The board had abso-
Ilutely nothing to do with homestead
ing If anybody applied for q home
stead it was up to the executive TO
act.
Brown favored giving the plantation
"a chance to get OIL It's raboons, ana
finally it was agreed that IormaI APP
Hphcatlon for the extension OF lease pe
requested OF the company.
Exenanee TOT noa9.
tucker then suolll.leu tne seeolu
propositioh OF the company, WHICH wds
the exchange Oh a rlgnt OF way lol
road, 20. traverse the company
land, for two reservoir SITES IN the