The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-24
SENATOR METzGER
sgCMES TODEFENSE
OF HIS LAND DEAL
But Whether Or No Territory Has
Concluded That Swap
Was Illegal
MAlAkEA RELEASES
y ITSLEASE OF TRACT
Writing From Oregon Scion
Comes Back At Messrs.
e: z. Thurston and Lyman

y4h d lengthy letter from Baker, Ore
Egh, where he is row engaged in the
eontraeting business, Senator D. E.
< Mqtfg6f, gives his side of the land
atul between himself and former Land
G6mtnissioner J. ID. Tucker. SO far as
the Territory is concerned this deal is
now definitely "off," as the new land
sohlmissioher, B. g. Rivenburgh, again
made plain yesterday.
Rf'tWe have concluded this transaction
itillcgai in that the "swap" was not
made FOR public purposes said the
connisslonet yesterday, after having
Aaard the g!st Of Senator Metzger $
ritter. Consequently, it matters little
Eint i said about past history. Mr..
Netsger Is, Of course, at perfect Iiber.
tBfto defend himself IL he believes he
Igt been uniustly assaulted. With that
y naturally have nothing to do.
Waiakes Releases Lease
III have treated the whole matter as
though Of two years ago, and this
s,tcfnlng received from the directors of
the waiakea Will Company their for
nal release Of their lease upon the three
handred and ffty acres needed for
stretching room for the city of Hilo
SIlst as soon AZ possible after the com.
l'letiOn Of the. trip, which Governor
Ainkham wishes me to make with him
20, Kauai next month, l propose 60
ing 70 Hilo and finding out for my
eelf what the people of that commun-
~ want. Then we are going to get
trnsy with the surveys and road build.
ing, 90 that the tract can be thrown
open with the least possible delay"
u GOyernok Pinkham declined to make
eny comment upon the Metzger letter.
ut speaks for itself, as 1 see it," he
- Senator Metzger does not spare word.
IN his letter OF reply to the charge,
that the deal between himself and
M. Tucker is outside the law. The LEI.
ter mis- the best part Of three newspa
Der colaHhns and takes in the whole
history ID the sffair from the begin
ming as be sees 1t.
Ahsails Thurston and Lyman
u. A. Thurston and Norman X. Ly.
man come in for most of his attacks
or the many things he says regarding
Mr.. Thurston the following is goOt
specimensss 81
~ Owning newspaper and writing
mail special bombshelI correspondent
% to II Is o great system. You can
Jnst make IL appear that the enemy il
being blown to fragments. 1t is what
e.feW owners regard as the power of
the press.
go But, when Mr.. Thurston takes his
per IN hand and sits down to his con
genial, task Of writing bombs, he will
make most any Of our 'explodees sit
no and take notice. The mail spe-
cial' was presented in the writer s hap
pest veinj II was great pleasure and
10 was Just in his best element but
neyertheless he studiously and careful |
" laid out the material in his compel |
ing item one item two style"
After paying his respects to Mr.
Thuruton, Senator Metzger gets down
70 "a description of the details of his
ownership Of the quarry site. The
land upon which the quarry is situated
10 SAYS, was leased from tn" Waiakea |
Mil Company in February 1910, "for
the purpose of opening up quarry in a
Part Of IL, in order to protect myself |
from the extortiOnBte rate f. reed f,Om
me bv the Hilo Railroad for hauling |
from Kspoho. In this was not entire |
~ a,ecessful. for under Mr. Thurston p |
skilful manipulations the railroad pick |
aitmy bones at the rate of 90 cents
~ f1n for Hauling F-om the~e Will |
q the same time it performed for
others substantially similar serve
49, 40 cents and later offered to do |
ne identical same work for others for |
90 cents. The land is both pahoehoe |
r'|I g,a the latter being covered in |
places by rather dense vegetation.
About IS acres of this tract lies mauka |
N the railroad track"
ll1tzgsr Takes Up Survey
Ne proceeds with a sketch of the
movoment for securing the land, for
homesites and a description of how the
Iols were laid out. Tom Cook, the sur,
ttyof he says, was instructed to sur
Vty Q tract to include part of the
Land really wanted, "and to lay out
lock and street system following the
rkpress wishes Of a public meeting held
TOR that purpose. In order to include
The acreage called for in his instruc
iIons. Senator Metzger continues
~ HVOh hau elLheT 10 lncluhe part
Of my lot or run sharp angles around
II, .hs IL protrnded into the tract
!, He then describes how he made his
to Thicker, and insists that he
had been Informed that the Governor
he'd APPROX 81 his suggestion. In taking
l1 The road matter he says,
tfThe charge Is made in Thurston 5
lombsheii that plan Gas laid to get
J road ut pablo expense to my quarry
The fact l., that the road location
,1epted by the land department does
BOT nm nqarer than 1850 to 1900 feet
n fhe nearest point of nv quarry lot
,sta ,ow Aies. II leaves Front street
. TIchsiop neSr the schoclhorse at
|iI1t angle turn, rurs Uast II OF II
n@fL and Ia within about leo f. of
ia nI,per epd ~ M hOml 'strnd net,
hen with oBe light angle luru t. tn