The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-03-07
AMENDED MEASURE
FOR NATIONAL PARK
HAS been Received
IS &s.t&f:@ W. ---= If,
Reserve Proposed To Include VOL
~ canoes Of kiiauea, HaIea-
. kaIa and Mauna Loa
BILL SETS ASIDE GREAT
= . ACREAGE AS A PRESERVE:
Text Of Letter Written BY Secre-
tary Lane Ihdorsing Project :
,.s.ss. u Accompanies Act

Ia D. d +'-I 49,
The amended bill for the establish.
Tent OF q national park in this Terri.
tory has been received here, with the
report. of the house committee favor
ably passing on the measure as amend
cd. The amendment provides that no
appropriation for the maintenance.
Supervision and. improvement of the
park In" excess Of $4,000 annually
shall be made unless il shall have first
been expressly authorized by law; and
further, that no appropriation shall
be made fer the improvement or main
tenance of the park until proper con.
veyance is made TO the United States
NJ perpetual easements and rights of.
way over private lands within the
exterior boundaries Of the park as the
secretary OF the interior shall find
necessary TO make the park reasonably,
accessible in all its parts.
Park To Include Halealaia
y According to the bill the park win
include HaIeakala, as we'll, a. KilauOa
and MaunA Loa volcanoes. The land
set aside comprises two pieces on Ha!
wal of 1896 and 1890 acres, res
pectively, with q strip Of land suffi-
GENTLY wide for a road to connect the
two. The reservation on Maui viii
comprise 81 $50 acres, taking in Hale
akala. - &c.,. .
The report in part Of the committee
favoring the passage Of the bill TO.
gether with letter from Secretary
Lane approving the project, follows:.
-. The bill proposes to establish the
Hawaiian National Park, including the
three crater areas and natural wonders
OF the three great volcanoes of Ha.
wal, respectively; Mauna Loa volcano,
kilauea volcano, and Haleakala vol.
cano.
= 8. By the. provisions Of this bill 75,-
295 acres are set aside, fout.ninths Of,
which, Is pobliesland, and the balance,
chiefly waste land, belongs to ,educa.
tional and eleemosynary trusts said to
be willing 10 code the land In large
measure stiIs f e. 81 -,
no, AppfopEiation 'Carried,,'> q ,rr.ar
8 No appropriation Is carried by the
bill, andSit Is provided that no appro
priRtion shall be made until proper
conveyances in the matter of the pri.
vate lands shall be made to, the United
states such as the Secretary Of the
interior shall End necessary. Other
wise existing claims and privately
owned lands are unaffected by the bill.
Strong reasons for creating a ma.
tional park in this district are, that
the craters IN question are among the
most remarkable of natural wonders.
kilauea Is the most continuously nc.
tive volcano, Mauna Loa the largest
volcano, and Haleakala the largest ann
most spectaeulaT crater in the world.
There 10 urgent need for the protec.
ton Of curiosities now being damaged.
scientific studies in inaccessible parts
If the area, of Importance for the pub.
lie safety, will be furthered by Fede.
Tal control and park Improvement.
Scfent.AealkY and popularly, the vol.
"anoes are arhAtioRal rather than 4,
Deal asset, and the opinions or travel
RS appear to be unanimous that this
'rea is OF national importanre for
park .preseEyation. 'N'~@ w i
'secEstary Lanes Approval ~,
y. 'T5esHecretafy sof, tho Iyfterior 70,
r SonTs shs bfnsad his Selpyt isr Psinted
:. i 'Fsb5GssS 1915.
MY Dear Mr. EeSriB.s your let
ter Of January 22f tas been received.
'nclosing H! R. Bilttp5e5, with request
for report thers9as This bill proposes
he establishments Of national park
n the Terrjtesy or Hawaii, such park
o inc Jude 10 of the great orators on
he IaanA of Hawaii and one on the
island S5gMeui. l am In favor of the
'resery>tbp Of these great natural
rondefss and would be glad to see
thegEpad a part Of our national park
'YSssm.
n Cordially, yours,
= " FRANKLIN X. LANE,
HON. SCOTT FERRIS,
Chairman Committee on the
Public Lands, House of Repre-
sentatives. "