Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-09

at 10 cents a foot would be $l350 an
acre. The selling price being 1854
to $1,000 proves to US conclusiyely thai
any reclamation project, In addition
to creating sanitary lands, also great
ly enhances the value OF such lands
Care Should be Exercised.
| | believe the utmost care should be
exercised in preparing the notices fol-
| this work. so that there will not be a
repetition of the difficulties encounter
ed in the kewalo sanitation.
| am satisfied that the owners oil
property throughout this tract should
know the cost OF their improvements
before the commencement of opera
tons and each property owner should
be furnished with a map of his land
area, with the amount of fill necessary
| Plus the overhead and engineering
charges.
There should be careful prepare
ton both from an engineering and
legal standpoint before the presenta-
ton of notices to owners.
Territory Owns Land 10 Area.
/ would also draw your attention to
the 90 acres of land belonging to the
territory in this section, leased to Chi
nese and others. The leases expire
in 1915 and 1916. / respectfully re-
commend that there be no release of
these properties for a period over one
year so that the same may always be
available within reasonable time for
reclamation.
&c
of this entire scheme that requires
some thought, and that is relative to
the IS acres above mentioned. The
territorial government, as in the case
of private individuals, will have to
pay for the retaining of it's lands. So
in this case the revolving fund would
not apply unless the lands we're sold
before condemnation proceedings took
place
Another feature of this improvement
is the street layout. 1t must be- borne
in mind that the sanitation fund is
created for sanitation purposes only
and upon the completion of the fill,
/. e., of making sanitary the insanitary
lands. the territory's responsibility
would cease. The road problem would
then be up to the owners or the coun-
ty.
May Build Up Fine Section.
A beautiful and artistic section of
Waikiki can be made of these present
lands. You are no doubt familiar with
that portion of the Queen Emma es-
tate leased to the Territorial Hotel
Company, upon which are now located
several of their cottages and the Mo
ana tennis courts. This land was re-
claimed and l doubt very much whe-
ther the same could be bought for less
than 80 cents a square foot and it was
assessed at $500 per acre, or frac-
tion over cent per square foot, which
is the same rate as applied to other
unreclaimed lands in this district.
This reclamation had it's origin dur
ing Governor Pinkham's administra-
ton as president of the board Of
health, but 5on a much larger scale
than that which l now present to you.
The scheme merits your worthy at
tention and should have the support
of the entire community, which know
is interested in the development of
that section of Honolulu which has
been for many years past an obnoX-
ious, insanitary and mosquito breeding
swamp. =:
therefore again respectfully re-
quest that you urge the adoption Of
the scheme and the increase of the
sanitation fund at the incoming ses-
sion of the legislature.