The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-02-22
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cotimissIoner fucker Says
Goodbye and Thanks Board I
For Backing Him Up 81
METzeER HlLo LEASE i.
DISCUSSED At SESSION
KanakaDui and Tucker Report
Diifsreaily ON Excnsnne " I:
Waimea School Lot
From Friday Advertiserl

Land Commissioner Joshua ID. Tuck
er made his farewell address to the.
land board yesterday afternoon at the
meeting held at the public utilities
commission rooms. ''i,, y
Many important matters were dis.
cussed and the chairman, Dr.. J. H.
Raymond, read the riot act TO the,
other members over the way in which
action had been taken ON matters sub.
mitted to the board for consideration
but not in concrete form. Z I,
Before the meeting convened the
charges of the people OF Hilp that
someone had been trying to put sonie,
thing over on them by, the ekchange
Of the lease Of D. E. Metzger for the
fee simple to seventeen acres Of land
containing quarry, were discussed
and it was stated that the matter lad
been discussed in the board meeting
and ON the earnest solicitation pf WI
IT, Campbell, the member from Hilo,
the exchange and sale had been APP
proved. Campbell had informed the
board, il appeared from the minutes,
that the land which was SURRENDERED
was good for building PURPOSES
ana that the quarry would be- a good
thing for the district, as its rock would
supply splendid road material. EjFts
Metseer 0iisred 'sd6od Price III
Aistzgsr, II appsars, made an offer
Of twenty seven dollars an acre for
the seventeen acres he was offering 70
buy and this was considered il TAFT
price. This was ON March %, last
year, during the session Of the legis,
lature. The members of the eommis.
sion were Of the opinion that the mem
Der from Hawaii had been honest IN
his Recommendation and that he had
not tried e. put anytbihg over on them
by boosting the trapsfeh Some OF the
iiemkefs seemed 70 think that some;
one In Hiip Was sore because Merger
had faiieh I'LL 3 q good thing, ~ II was
true that 1e was receiving $500 :.
month from the''aaarty and that thai
was Why the roar was made, w
The natter Of the approval Of the
transfer Of the school lot at Wsimea
Kauai, which has not been completed
vet although q $4,000 school building
tnhSs Dden 4ofeENYa itlbluIuOn, WAS ~ ~
source Of a good deal Of heated tall
ON the par. OF the land Commissioned
who claimed that an adverse report od
| his reeornmend dalton had been made By
Sam Kahskanui, the government sur
veyor for purely personal reasons. III
The land was appraised by the land
commissioner at $1,000 for three acre.
| in the center Of Waimea. The land Y
be exchanged for this is under leas,
| to the Kekaha Plantation and contains
some thirty acres abept two miles
from waimea but on the government
OPPOSITE constsntiSns ...,. -, .,.,,o,.
1t was stated BY the land commits
si0ler that the large piece was wpIti
| eighty dollars an acre, and that y wa
not good for the raising Of, cane, beihl
/ very rocky, and possibly might he pses
to grow eoc0ahuts IN II the soil wa
| first blasted. *, VI H. RS II a', 81 A
4 f2Kanakinui reported that this Ian,
1 had d i400.foot frontage on the gov
| efament road and contained some thir
4ty buildings which were used for, IL
borers quarters near the Kekaha pip
and was more valuable than the tire
acres adjoining the school lot in Wal
inca, on With cane was growing "a
! the time and which, he claims, wa
appraised entirely too high at $500 a
j acre. The giving Of fee simple till
/ to the large piece would cut off egres
4 from the government road to the sea
1 shore and he advised that IL the trans
fer was to be made land for roads b
reserved from the large piece.
The commissioners had approved tn
transfer prior to the report made b
j the surveyor, and when they considers
the report Yesterday DECIDED to /,
j scfnd their action and fe-approye tn
matter, with the exception that the
reserved the land for the road to tn
sea. The land commissioner said tha
this would be 9perfeetfy agreeable I
those Interested In the deal. - "@'
4 Tucker States His Case n KY IL sig,
Tucker then told the board that. n
reason Tor the report Sof the, sagysyt
was BECAUSE of q personal ditferenS
ttbey had had over the rental OF u
Hand OF Kaneloa, At Waikiki, which III
surveyor had secured from the COVER
,I'neHt for the sum OF twenty five 'dolIai
la year, but that as Tucker thoughtful
lwas entirely inadequate he had force
Kanakanui to pay A200 &iI,year for u
II new lease. This Is the reason, sd
u Tucker, why Kanakantli tried TO thr0
/ doubt ON the report 81 the. land con
missioner on the Waimea transfer,.
n Z An exchange Of remnants Of COVER
! msnt land intths Allen Estate Trae
/, Makiki, for land over which the go
eminent had built u lfume was a
proved and the Iand will be exchange
4 FOR seven and a half cents p foot. Th
: win be paid by the government to u
estate and by7 the estate TO the COVER
i meht TO make me hiattsr equal. IN
: transfer has been hanging fire since
A. King was minister of the interi'
=, of the republic. N h8gl3
d "A twenty+ons year right of way Ov'
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