The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-01-28
TUCKER SETTLES
WAIAKEA SQUABBLE
Land Commissioner and HiIOites
Thrash Out Grievances-Peo-
pie win Be Consulted.
lMMI speeIal 10 The AdvertI.er.l

(Mail Special to The Advertiser)
HILo, January 24.-Thc waiakea
land squabble was Strengthened out, at
least apparently 20, at an informal
meeting which Land Commissioner
Tucker held at the land office last
| Thursday afternoon. 1t started rs a
, conference between the land commits
sion, Agent Williams, Senator Mctzgcr
and one Of these backing the petition
for the opening Of the home lots. As
il went on others dropped in and took
n hand, notably G.. G. Kennedy, j. 4.
Scott, John Bohnenherg, Thomas Cook,
Otis English and Others
The meeting started in very lively
fashion, and the discussion was exceed.
ingly frank, the result being far more
satisfactory than is that of the great
public meetings which have in the
past been found to be lamentably bar.
rem of real results.
In the first place Tucker pointed out
IN the map the PIG acres which the gov
eminent has selected for home lots.
Thursday was the first time those
present had been given definite idea
of where the lots were. AS n matter of
fact there had been no map in Hilo
1
day.
Surprise was expressed that the land
selected should have been found unsat-
isfactory. The answer was made that
while it was not as unsatisfactory as
the tract which it was thought mt first
had been selected, owing to statements
that it did not run makai of he road,
while as matter of fact it did, the
tract selected was not satisfactory to
those who were behind the petition.
In the first place it was stated that
the Waiakea people understood that
Davies & Co had told the government
to select the tract it wanted. The
Waiakea people were therefore sur
prised that the government should have
, selected tract which was not the one
which the people had asked for, and,
furthermore, tract which had a num-
: Der of disadvantages.
The land commissioner answered that
the people had had chance to express,
: and had expressed, their approval of
the administration IS scheme as outlined
on the map. Tucker was under the i'm
preston that they had done go at the
(. famous mass meeting. Tucker was not
present at that meeting. He was told
| by several of those who had been pres
emit that the railroad right of way and
, the warehouse sites were the only mat
! ters which had been discussed at all
. definitely at that time. SCR.
!, Tucker Hears News.
!. Tucker was also told that the admin,
istration should also have known what
d tho petitioners wanted in view of the
l. fact that they had stated their wants
=. in the original petition which asked fol
. the land "adjacent to the land Of
g Makaolu and Hoolulu Park s 70 +
The land commissioner in his 'eturI
surprised the petitioners by saying tina
y this was the first he had ever heard Of
= the existence of this petition. 1t wa!
!, not i'll the files of his office, nor hat
= any one ever told him about it.
: The reply was made that the petition
. had been sent to the Governor about
:, July, 1911. The petitioners thought
n they had right to presume that the
government knew what they were af
s. ter. when they had so stated in theil
I. petition. Tucker answered that this
IS had happened before he took office rs
|, land commissioner. AS a matter of fact
|. if Marston Campbell, who was then
i commissioner, had desired to do so, he
+. might have Strengthened out this, as
Z well as many other troubles.
The point that the tract picked out
was undesirable for many other reasons
was also dwelt on. 1t was then shown
a that it includes the powder house, the
j pest house, the tuberculosis hospital
I the garbage dump, quarry and sew
I eral rights of way.
y "Who wants to live next to pest
, house-or a powder housed" asked
:, Bohnenberg.
Tucker said that he would not like
to do so himself, nor would he want to
. have anyone else do so. 1t would y
> necessary to move these institutions to
= another location, if the tract was fin.
ally opened.
What the People Want.
i The talk drifted onto the subject OF
:. what the people really desired. 1t was
,, pointed out that there was some unused
!. land near Makaoku which had been
T. asked for in the petition. Furthermore
: there was large tract of land lying
/, between the Wailoa river and the
!. Hoolulu Park, and large tract adj
i adjoining this section, all of which
/, would be more desirable for home LOT
;. purposes than is the tract selected
!. Some of this land has been asked~foI
!, by the board of trade for park pur'
poses, namely the strip between the
Hoolulu Park and the Wailoa river. but
/. it has not been so set aside, and theri
;. are many who believe that the land
may be used to more advantage fol
homes than for a park at least the
greater portion thereof.
C. C, Kennedy, who knows more
about Waiakea than any other man
r said that there was some very good
!. land in that section.
n The discussion was crystallized
!. through few questions by Metzger
! who wanted to know IL the commission
d er would lend his aid TO the proposition
J. should the people of Hilo send him 9
d request definitely outlining just what
they wanted in this line. Tucker said
d that he would do so. Met2ger asked
q II II WAS essential that the request be
i confined 10 one single parcel, oil
/ whether several separate sections might
4 bee included in the request Tucker
!. answered that there might be- several.
!. Tucker said that while the el6 acre
a tract presumably will he opened. there