The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-05-12

Judge Samuel B., Kemp, assistan
United States district attorney for Ha
waii, filed in the local federal cour
yesterday petition in the name o.
the United States against the severn
owners of the land known as the Irwir
Site for the condemnation of thes,
premises for the use and benefit of tho
United States government. On ithi,
tract will be erected shortly the million
dollar federal building authorized BY
congress. $685., i m ~
The petition was filed at hall. pas
one o'clock yesterday afternoon aht
printed copies Of the original win b
served on the defendants named in
IT. Under the summ6nA issued yester
day in this case by Judge Clen6ns the
defendants are notified to appear ID
court and answer the petition within
twenty days from and after the service
OF the papers on them. -: t.h79 4
THAT the value Of the aforesaid
tracts and parcels of land and Their
appurtenances, sought to be condemned
and acquired by your petitioner, Is the
sum of two hundred thousand $500.
O0O) dollars in lawful money OF the
United States,V reads the petition,
thus setting the highest price for the
whole that the government will pay the
owners J"Jas - e..
Reason and Purpose Of Suit
As to the reason for the condemna-
tion suit and the purpose the govern
ment wishes to put the premises to, the
petition says:
"Phat according to law your peti-
toner, during all the times herein men.
toned, was and still is, invested
with the power, right and ca.
.pacity to purchase, ACQUIRE con.
denim and hold all such real estate.
Wherever situate within its jurisdiction,
rs may be for any purpose necessary
10 the due exercise of its powers and
duties; and in pursuance of and to said
power, right and capacity, said plain.
aif aud petitioner has been and is now
iesirons of purchasing, acquiring, con,
demning and holding those GER
tain pieces and parcels of land
and their appurtehances situate
within the limits of the afore.
said Territory and hereinafter more
particularly described, for the erection
and maintenance thereon of certain
public buildings for the use of the
United States postoffice, United States
custom house, and other governmental
Offices at Honolulu, Territory of Ha.
wGii. and for other public purposes of
the United States of America, the same
being public uses to and for which said
tracts and parcels of land, and their
appurtenanees' are necessary and indis-
pensable, and the title of said tracts of
land hereinafter described is such that
fee simple title therto cannot be &C
CURED by direct purchase, thereby
making condemnation proceedings nee
essary.''
Almost Three Acres
In general, the boundaries of the SO
called Irwin Site are as follows: Be
ginning in Militant street at the east
corner of Grant 1881 to the Music Hall
Association, and running 1915 feet
along the sOutherIy boundary of Grant
,i25l; 90 feet along the southwesterly
boundary of Grant '325l to the north
westerly side of Militant street; 1853
feet along Militant street,; 3s6, feet
along Queen street; 332.42 feet along
Richards street; 2S5.25 feet along
Union, Square, and 1874 feet along the
northwesterly boundary of Grant 1881
to the point Of beginning. "
The whole tract contains 125.sS3
square feet, more or less, or almost 2S9
acres. The tract is made up of the fol
lowing original ten awards and grants:
Ten Distinct Pieces
l.. c, A. No. u r. p. No. las to
Nakookoa for Kalakini, Containing
6O71a fathoms of land; l.. G. A. No,
7l2 or 1904 r. =. No. 1913 to Pele
for kahaio containing 0.l6 Of an acre
more or less; l.. @. A. No. IT'S, r. p.
No, 1865 to Naopae, containing 80
fathoms and ID feet more or less; r.
p. No. 40 to Theodore iShillaber, con.
thinning Sl2 fathoms and Is feet more
or less; L. C. A. No, S5l5 II. p. No.
G77S to Keoni Ana, containing 6I5- 1000
nCres; l.. c. A. No. 2ol9 to Pupule, con
Thinning l7O.4 fathoms; l.. C. A. No.
G4"s-B. X. p. No. 1866 to Kanakaiki,
continuing O,3 acres; l.. c. \. No. 9g2
X. p. No. 1923 to ". Kalama' for
Nnkookoo, containing 226 fathoms or
ol9 acres more or less; L. C. A. No.
2Ol Il. p. No, 40 to Kaneulupo, contain I
ing l2S fathoms and EFFECT; R. ?.
No. 1881 to the Music Hall Association,
cohthlmhg llO3S square feet.
Said above ten awards and grants
together with a lane extending between
J.. {. A. 7l2 on the one side and l.. |
I. a. 2nl and l., G. A. IT'S on the
other side constituting and forming
I h" whole Of the block Of land bounded |
by Union Square, Militant Street.
Queen Street and Richards Street, and |
hereinbefore particularly described by
metes and bounds" the petition ex-
J lHins.
Wonted For Federal Building
The petition further shows that the
necessity For the purchase OF this tract
arises from various Acts of congress
and also from the rapid increase in the
volume OF postal receipts In Honolulu
ana also from the judgement and de,
c;siOn of the Honorable the Secretary |
Of the Treasury of the United Stutcs