The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-05-15
VACANCY HALTs
WORK OF BOARD
Land Board Members Charge Gov
ernof with Neglect in With
holding Appointment.
[From "Wednesday Advertiuer.l

(From Wednesday Advertiser.)
The members of the land board had
good deal to say yesterday about the
neglect Of Governor Pinkham in failing
to appoint commissioner to replace
w. A. Kinney, Kinney having left Ha.
wall for good but without tendering his
resignation as member Of the land
board About eight months ago. The
attorney general declared that a va.
cancy occurred.
Governor Frear declined TO appoint a
successor 10 Kinney on the ground that
he did not care to make All appoint
ment which might embarrass his sue
cessor Since that time the board has
been short handed and much delay in
attending TO various items Of public bust
ness has resulted. The board request
cd W. w. Thayer, who was present at
the meeting, to use his good Offices in
pcrsuadiug Governor Pinsham to norni-
nate fun board without further delay.
Commissioner Strike snags
Chairman A. w. Carter and Commits.
sioners =. @. Dwight, r. II. Trent and
Frank AhdTade were present yesterday.
Whenever matters came up where one
on the other Of the members were in
capacitated 10 act for direct, or ethi-
cal reasons, the remaining three mem
bers could not constitute a voting quo
rum and that particular item Of bust
ness had to be postponed,
This course ensued yesterday in set.
ting q proposed land exchange between
the Territory and the Bishop Estate,
and again, when the granting of IL
cense to the Hawaiian Irrigation Com.
pany to build bitches and tunnels across
public lands was under consideration.
In both instances Chairman Carter stat
ed that he was party at interest and
could not act in his official capacity.
A proposed exchange of twenty.seven
acres of Pail land in Koolau for six
acres of taro land at Wailee was au-
thorized. The government gives High
Sheriff William Henry about twenty
seven acres of remnants that are most
ly gulch and side hill and gets six acres
of kuleanas adjoining the Reform
School Commissioner Trent went on
record as being opposed to exchanges
of large acres for small ones.
Approved by tucker.
iiJ. ID. Tucker said that this was a
trade where the government got the
best end Of the bargain and that the
taro land was needed by the Reform
School. The Wailee tract had been reg
ularly appraised by l.. @. Ables, Will
liam savidge and 4. l.. Sehwarzberg, he
said On this showing that the OK.
change was one sought by the govern.
ment and not by Henry the board on
voted in favor of it.
The board authorized an exchange Of
land in Manoa Valley between the Col
legc of Hawaii and the Mid-Pacifc In.
stitutc, Equal areas are traded which
will straighten out the boundaries of
tho two properties.
Action Is Deferred.
Secretary w. w. Thayer then present.
ed the request of the Hawaiian Irriga-
ton Company for right of way Ii
cense through the Kohala forest re-
serve at head of waipio guleh. He said
that while the consent Of the land board
was not legally necessary the Governor
considered that all land matters should
be submitted to the board for their
consideration, While their approval was
not absolutely necessary it was in ae-
cordanee with the governmental policy
to ask their approval. This. provoked
considerable discussion in which An
drade, Dwight, Carter and Trent, Ter
ritorial Secretary Thayer and John T,
MeUrosson for the ditch company, took
part. @ j
Dwight, Andrade, MeCroNon and
Thayer thought that the matter should
be settled. Carter said that in ethics
he could not vote on the question be-
cause of his connection with the Parker
ranch and tho Parker interests. Trent
approved Carter's stand. II was finally
voted to hold special meeting for the
consideration of this license next Tues
day afternoon at three o clock. J. II
Brown is expected TO return to Hone.
lulu Sunday so that the board can
then have quorum without depending
on Chairman A. w. Carter. Trent said
that II the Governor would also in the
mean time, I'll the Kinney vacancy, il
would very materially help the work