The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-12
.B|L0 Bls ! JOKE
/ OD THE GQVERUDR
Chief Executives Position With
I Reteyepce TO Homestsads Z
Ridiculous and Serious

lighted over the Joke, filr In may mean
that Il will not get kbe much dpsirea
Waiakea and Piihonua districts opened
for demonstrating purposes until i HAS
provided system Of installatlon 81
puulic utiiites that would obvihte all
tearing up Of the streets fofevef.ff
When Governor Pinkham's lettet
came to Norman X Lyman stating ttat
there must be such system befQfo
the honnesteads could be opened, tlc
townsmen smiled at first, bnt later
frowned. II seemed TO them impossis
BILE and absurd that the governor should
make such stipplations for distfict
where farming activities are 70 be-
carried on by homesteaders.
Such stipulation would be all right
in a city tract, or in parts OF Hilo IL
self, II was argued, but impossible for
.Maiakea and Fiihonua. The Hilo board
OF trade reached the charitable conclu-
sion that the governor had made q
hlnnder. ss as
Text Of Letters Exchanged
The following are the letters exchang
cd between Mr.. Lyman and the chief
executive.
aIIon, L. Z. Pinkhan, Governor Of the
Territory Of Hawaii, Honolulu,
r. III. AZ !.
stDear Sir:-During the administra-
ton Of your predecessor In Office there
was considerable of agitation con-
eernilg the opening up OF the lands
Of Waiakea and Piihonua Immediate
~ adjoining the city Of Hilo. Many
public meetings were held and the deep
eat interest taken by all1classes Of peo.
pie. From these meetings and the APP
pEals made by private citizens the gov
erpof became convinced that the con-
iition Of affairs in Hiio could reason
ably by described as that Of land
famine, The two lands in question are
under lease to the Waiakea Mill Com
pany and to John T. Baker respective,
| " The lease Of Waiakea expires June
Ia, 1918 and that Of Piih0nua March 81,
1921, but both Of the leasees have con
scented TO a release Of portion Of the
lands 50 as 10 make them Immediately
available to the citizens Of this com
mhhity. The Compensation to be paid
10 each Of the leases was ihconsider.
able and entirely disproportionate 70
| the large benefits accrning to the public
from the opening UP Of the binds. rs
Subtle Inhuence' limited IL!
Governor Freaf and those associat-
ed with him frankly acknowledge the
pressing need Of making these LANDS
available to the public but there seem.
| Cd to be always some subtle Influence AZ
work preventing the actual realization
Of what was either demanded on the
| one hand Or conceded Nppa the other,
| 50 subtle was the influence preyentipg
| the opening Of these lands that no one
cared 10 point nnt the source from
which the oppbsitiOh came. The sub.
jeet has been up for dnscussion f6i
some years now and the need is even
more pressing At the present time than
Of any time heretofcre- That subtle
influence seems TO DO still at work. We
cannot aseFibe Il to Inertia. The las,
legislature passed an get to facilitate
the opening Of hoIpesteads from these
two government lands but the Official:
| for whom the act was passed are stand
ing still and have even got beyond the
point of making excuses. ,.N -, i.
People Have Been Patient 4;
1.-THE people Of this community with
Uut I0BAlu W IkpAGcai pfeAofchSc nave
wished you wen in your administration
Of the affairs Of this Territory. 1 ear
testify from my own Knowledge de
rived from conversations with MY
neighbors and friends that they hav,
looked and are looking to YOU TO bring
about change in the particular mat
ter which am addressing you. WsSbe
Iieve that a little energetic direction
from yon will bring about an immediat,
J opening up Of a sufficient amount Of
| these two government lands to give tn,
people o. this community an opportui,
ity to 60 upon the lands and till it
thereby becoming prosperous and usefu
;itizens. We are anxious to co-operat,
j with you in this and in all other mat
tiers which tend to the prosperity an,
4 welfare of the Territory. We beliavi
that you will agree with MS that moth
ing will advance the interest of tb,
community more than making available
good agricultural lands which can b
had by those who are willing to wofl
them at a reasonable price, We feel
however, that We have patiently waite,
for q change in these matters and tina
we are entitled to immediate and force
| tnl action on the part Of the admins
tration. 49, 20, f1spf 4
Trusting that this matter may hay,
4 your immediate and favorable consid
GRAFTON, l am, sir, very respectful,
| yours, NORMAN X. .LYMAN.''V '
Reply by the Governor
i Norman X. Lyman, ESD, Hilo, Ha
waii.-Dear Sir: Your favor of th,
twenty fifth in re opening up Of th'
lands Of Waiakea. and Piihonua, ad
joining the city of Hilo, Is at hand. 4
1 81 have recently had plat of tn
Waiakea tract and have informed then
that before 1 consented TO the opening
of the, tract they would be obliged II
provide . system Of installation o.
public utilities that would ohEiate al
tearing up Of the streets forever.
directed Superintendent Of Publi
| Works Caldwell to submit . practica
plan covering the essentials. 1t cost
less than the old way and insures tn,
absolute, non. disturbance Of the road
for installations or conneetions. (k
/ 90 await such measures In proper Of
fective and legal form. K
/ When received shall be in q posi-
| ton to move further in the matter
Very respectfully, ".' fas
| ,.Iyst"L. II. PINKHAM, F#