Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-28
PNKHAM THINKS
LIHUE TROUBLE
B'CLARIFYING
Letter From Plantation Presi-
dent Leads Governor to
Expect Early Settlement

Governor PinKnam today expressed
the belief that settlement will Bt
made In the Kauai trouble, following ;
brief study Of a letter which he re
ceiyed yesterday afternoon from Rev
Hans lsenberg, president iof Lihut
Plantation Company. The better wa:
not handed to the governor until late
yesterday as he was leaving the office
so that he has not been able to study
II very carefully, he says s..-.
"A brief glance al the reply to my
letter" said the governor this morn
ing, leads me to expect it possible
to come TO alfuIl understanding anc
an enlightened settlement correspond
ing to the laws imposed upon us b.
the Organic Act"
In letter sent to Governor Pink
ham late yesterday afternoon, Rev
Hans Isenberg, president of Lihue
Plantation Company, agreed to the
proposals advanced by the governor
asking one extra eoIditien--that the
company be allowed until July 1, 1918
in which to harvest its cane from, the
Wailua crown lands. .
Access will be granted to the gov
eminent to Wailua lands now for the
purpose of locating reservoirs for Stor.
age of irrigation water. H.
In order to overcome the many If.
ficulties that are bound to arise at the
expiration of our leases wrote Mr..
lsenberg, the Lihue plantation is
willing to render assistance to the
government and the homesteaders as
far as reasonably may. be expected,
realizing that success in the future
will depend for all the parties on fair
business methods and on the willing
ness to give and take. j will show
this willingness on our side by stating
that we will, upon condition that we
be. permitted to have up To July j,
1878, to harvest the Wailua lands and
wind up our business, grant to the
government access to those lands to
locate reservoirs to conserve the wa.
ter of the river and to plan means of
conservative distribution. We are
also willing to let the government be-
gin the construction of any reservoirs
or other conservation Improvements
on the Wailua lands at any time, upon
condition that our water supply re-
served to us under the Wailua lease
be not Ainterfered with and that our
crop be not unnecessarily injured.
Accept Offer of License.
In regard to your first letter of
April Is, / beg leave to state that we
accept your offer to grant us a 21-year
license for the new railroad, as stated
nv taYn o1e x4or
position that where your (our1 com
pany has fee simple land on which It
obtains a water supply and is now de-
sirous to. convey 1t by ditch. trestle,
pipe, flume or tunnel over government
lands to other company-owned fee
simple land, the government will on
reasonable terms and time grant a
license Tor the purpose designated
and also your proposition that where
transportation facilities are similarly
involved fby which we understand you
to mean that where the company has
fee simple land on which it has cane
planted and desires to transport il
across government land to other com.
fee simple land) the gov.
will by license grant neces.
sary rights-of-way over government
lands both of the latter propositions
being conditioned on our granting to.
the Territory of Hawaii similar rights
OF way under similar conditions over
fee simple lands owned by u.s.
Regarding the refusal of the govern.
or to grant rightof-way to bitches
and fumes on government lands, and
his proposal to grant license instead
on reasonable terms, . Iahue express.
es the belief that about the only diff,
ference made viii be the using OF