The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-09-05
MAPS
OUT new POLICY
FORAOMESTEAD|NG.
Proper Roads wlp Rrecede Open.
ING Up Of 40 Tracts IN
a,e. ~ Future D. s,,.
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COMMISSIONER RETURNS
~ FROM INSPECTION TOUR
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Hopes New, Plan Viii Prevent
Failures and WIN Aid II
YsAa Settler il slh.'

Opening up of tracts Of valuable gov.
eminent land TO homesteaders In Ha.
wall under the most advantageous pos
sible conditions Is the message brought
back to Honolulu by Bertfam @. Riv-
enburgh, Territorial land commissioner,
Who returned yesterday after ten days
spent on the Big Island. sh z2.
Under the new homestead plan the
tracts of lands win not be. thrown
open for public entry until sufficient
roads have been built to enable the
settler to bring his product to market
without the, heart-breaking obstacles
that have been the discoufaging fea-
ture Of many Of the previous settlement
efforts. a..- .l n -...,..
Heretofore land settling projects In
the Islands as well as elsewhere, have
resulted in many failures due to, the
fact that settlers suffered for want Of
suitable highways. In many cases II
was necessary to allow the crops grown
to rot on the ground rather than face
the expense of getting them to market
through roadless country. The want Of
roads has in nearly all homesteading
projects been the cause Of failure. =.
= Under the plan that has bean
worked ont, by the land commissioner
In connection with the Governor, il Is
proposed to first survey and construct
decent roads into the territory to be
opened up. It Is hoped that by this
method settlers viii feel encouraged. to
make an effort to settle the land. With
,.the, coming of their crops they will not
Fbe, obliged to waste all their labor and
expense because Of poor transportation
facilities. In fact under this plan most
;of the hard work will be done in iad-
vance and the settler can 60 to work
with the assurance that his product
will be promptly brought to q ready
market. r%e ""s f-,ea&'
While in Hawaii tRiyenburgh made o
tour of, the entire island. He was Ae-
companied by Mrs. Riyenburgh and
theiE son. During his stay on the is-
land the commissioner was busy every
momenti obtaining datan s.
Tracts Available Soon p
i Et'Theraq. williamson be considerable
acreage available for homesteading,''
announced Commissioners Rivenbufeh
yesterday. cup in North Kohala the
Kauhuhu Tract, consisting of about 700
acres, will be opened up very soon. This
is good land, and i anticipate there will
be many applicants for it as soon as It
is surveyed and plated.
Then there is the fine Weloka
Tract, near Laupahoehoe, which has
200 acres. This is all fine cane land
and is now under lease. It is prob
able that it will be undivided as
soon as the 1917 crop Of cane Is on
"Another good tract of cane land
| will be the 1925 acres in the Lepoloa
Tract, beyond Hakalau. This is still
to be surveyed, but when this Ii done
it will be opened up for homesteaders.
GAS for the Waiakea homestead
house lots, these will be surveyed and
appraised as soon as the new Waia-
kea road, which will be built at once
as there is $4,000 available for this
work, is completed. Advertisements
for bids for this road work are now
being printed. After the appraise
ment an upset price will be set on
these lots and drawings will follow.
hope, that, they be, distributed by
the end Of this year"