The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-03-06
BIG STICK is
WELDED BY
GOVERNOR
Chief Executive Sends Letter
Urging Commissioners to Grant
Nineteen-Acre Site for Cannery
to Hawaiian Gamers Company;
Trent Describes How He Re.
scented Pinkham Interference.
LFrom Thursday Advertiser.l

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At the regular meeting Of the terri
torial land board yesterday afternoon,
the principal business was the consid
GRAFTON Of the application Of the Tia.
waiian Canueries Company for the sale
of 10 .s5 acres Of waterfront at Kappa,
Kauai, for pineapple eannery site.
Chairman A. W. Carter and Commits
sioners s. c. Dwight, r. IT. front,
Frank Apdradc and J. F.. Brown were
present. Secretary J. +. Brown read
a letter from Governor Pinkham, as
Honolulu, T. H.,
February 20, 1914,
'tJaceb Brown, 49, -
Secretary Board Of Land
commissioner, HOnolulu:
. 'tDear Sir:--After close inquiry anl
investigation, am convinced that the
Hawaiian Canneries Company should
be granted the full acreage at Kapas,
Kauai, that they have applied for, to-
wit, about nineteen acres. j therefore
suggest that you take action at once
on this basis, that this enterprise may
promptly be established and the home
steaders have a market for the produce
they contemplate raising, part cularly
pineapples. Respectfully,
81. IL. PINKHAM,
Governor Of Hawaii. /"
The secretary was directed TO &c.
knowledge the receipt Of this communi-
cation.
There followed a very general dis.
cussion Of the appraised valuation Of
the land as fxed by the appraisal board,
as previously reported. The members
were unanimous in their opinion that
the appraisement could not be accepted.
Commissioner Brown said that as far
as the question Of necessary acreage for
la eannery was concerned, he was in
favor Of allowing nineteen acres. He
quoted the law in fun TO show that the
board had 10 take the actual necessities
of the case Id consideration. t'For the
purpose of showing that we are not
merely holding up this proposition,
shall vote in favor Of setting apart the
full nineteen acres, 2 said Brown.
/ Commissioner Carter said that the
form Of the appraisement was such that
IL could not be eoncurred in. Oomrnis.
sioner Andrade agreed with Brown ami
Carter, and for the purpose Of bringing
action entered motion to aUth0r,zs
the offer Of 10 .35 acres of beach prop.
erty ut Kapaa for the erection of n
cannery at an upset price Of 500 per
acre. This motion was seconded by
Brown. 49,
Trent Tells Of Conference.
r. II, Trent then stated that about
week ago Governor Pinkham had rent
for him and had charged him with hav-
ing opposed the application Of the Ha-
waiian Capneries Company for the Ka-
paa site for personal reasons. Trent
stated that he had replied 70 the Gov
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Trent further reported that he had
stated TO the Governor that he csuId
not conseientiously vote to allow the
disposition TO one single concern Of so
large an area Of valuable waterfront
property, when by all evidence that
had been presented to the board ten
acres was sufficient for the actual neees-
sites OF the enterprise, and the law
provides that the land board must sat.
isfy itself as to the actual necessities
OF an enterprise.
Board Exonerates Trent.
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