Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-21

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quired if the matter vas being prop
erly attended &c. never approached
or discussed the matter with any
member or the land board. preferTing
TO have it rest entirely on it's merits
as business proposition as presented
until Mr. W II. c. Campbell. mem
/ Der. informed me that the matter had
been before the board for cCnsidera-
| tfcn and referred to him for myestiga-
ton and report. If my memory serves
me right, l took Mr. Campbell upon
the land and PORTED ont the loc atoms,
corners. etc, and explained to him my
views on the matter.
Notifiet of Approval.
While | was attending the legisla-
| tire was notified by Mr. Tucker that
the land board lad approved my appli-
cation FOR land exchange and that he
| would have the attorney general draw
all the papers covering the transaction
as early as possible. He also said
that he was desIrous of using a part
of this land at once To open homestead
lots, as his plan was to begin the open
ing at the OUTLYING end of the main
tract and extend It townwards by fur
any demand fos lots: that this would
allow him to better Judge the demand,
and that he did not propose to oren
the entire tract at one time. nor the
best part of it first and have the
choicest lots gS>:Jled up by speculat-
ors, with the balance left on his
hands together with a lot of soreheads
who couldn't pay for what they want
ed and wouldn't have what they could
pay for, and clamor from, all who
! had bought to have the road money
spent in front of their lots. E
/ have nothing here to do with the
soundness of Mr.. fuckers views on
this subject, or. the extent of his ex-
perienca in such matters. When he
said the deal was closed I told him
he could take possession at once, and
this he did. -, .
Written Agreement Made.
The attorney.generaPs department
was very busy during the session of
the legislature and couldn't find time
to draw the papers necessary to finish
the transaction. AS l intended to
leave for the coast ON the 9Th of May
for an indefinite stay asked that the
corporated in a written agreement be-
tween the territory and myself, pend
ing the final papers, and this was
drawn by the attorney generals de-
partment and duly executed and de-
liyered to me By the territory, through
+ the commissioner of public lands. /
have since communicated with Mr..
Tucker on more than one occasion
urging him to prod up the. attorney
generals department and come
through with the final papers. The
last L heard from him was in Noyem-
Der, when he wrote to the effect that
the matter would be attended to very
shortly. ,.>.. =. ~ -.
AS to Road Location. = :. s.. = r..
AS to the road location and any part
/ had to do with it, it amounts to this:
During the legislature Mr.. Tucker
came to me and said he was ready to
decide on the initial paved road loca-
ton through the tract and had asked
Mr.. Norman Lyman and Territorial
Surveyor Wall to meet at his office
at 8 o'clock the following morning,
and asked if would be. present. Mr..
Wall and / were there at the time
stated, but Mr.. Lyman did not put'in
an appearance. attributed this to a
dog-in-the-manger attitude that is so
common around the legislature and so
prevalent throughout Hawaii Mr..
Tucker indicated on a map the section
he proposed to open first, and asked
for a discussion of the best place to
locate the roadway to be graded and
paved. All streets and blocks were
already laid out on paper, and it
amounted to a selection of the street
to be first paved. / said that it was
apparent if the object sought was to
furnish a highway connecting Front
street extension with the Volcano
road, it should run in the most FEAST
BILE direct line, while if the thorough
fare idea was incidental and the pri-
mary purpose was to serve the open
ing up and development Of the tract,
it should then run where 1t would
be accessible to the greatest number
of lots. Mr. Wall agreed in this. Mr..
Tucker stated that the road was
planned for the sole purpose of i'm
proving The tract and making the lots
desirable and valuable; that it was I
to be paid for entirely from money
realized from their sale and should be
laid down where it would be most
beneficial to lot owners; that il the
county wanted a shortcut road con-
Meeting Olaa with the waterfront, it
could build it, that was no concern of
his With Mr.. fuckers views Of the
purpose of the road and his plan for
opening the tract, there was no OPP
ton about its location.
Charge Of Special Favor.
The charge is made in Thurston's
bombshell that plan was laid to get
road at public expense to my quarry.
The fact is that the road location
adopted by the land department does
not run nearer than 1850 to 1900 feet /
of the nearest pont of my quarry lot
as crow flies. It leaves Front street
extension near the schoolhouse at
right angle turn, runs past Hoolulu
park and to within about 1000 feet OF
the upper end Of the homestead tract,
then with one right angle turn to the
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