The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-04-28
r.. - $500 ~ IIt''II' ~ ! II" IT al f.
kAPAA AOMESIEADS
will GET RAkR|OAD.
AFTER LONG DELAY
RRiss 10 ~ -.-Aa-s' ttA y
Iseubssu,In BshaH ~ tiRue Plan
tation, Agrees TO Governors /
Conditions /
sfsa 4 n 4ii $685. -
UNLESS HISTORY REPEATS q
@s1 KAUAI PlElklA IS ENDED
iitsses NJ III -r-.-4-t;ssi (at IL.
Request Made FOt Extension Of
Time To Cut Crown
-:tG Land Cane I.
UNLESS HISTORY REPEATS I
KAUAI PlLlklA Is ENDED

Unless history repeats itself, final set
Element Of the long.drawn-out Kapaa
failroad pilikia is imminent. u.
In a letter to Governor Pinkham,
Hans Isenberg, president Of ,Lihue
plantation, accepts conditions laid down
by the Governor for the building of
the railroad by the plantation 70 the
Kappa homesteaders This letter was
written yesterday before Mr.. Iaen-
berg's departure for Kauai. He ar,
rived here Wednesday morning and had
been in consultation as to the situation
Wednesday and yesterday, TN
One Condition d Made ,sa
Inasmuch as, the Governors letters
were unequivocal and as Mr.. 1senberg 8
answer Is plain, II appears that the
tangle is ended and that the homestead
ers win receive the railroad they have
needed and desired. Mr. Isenberg lays
down only one condition. That Lih1e
be granted until July I, 1918, TO harv.
est cane on Wailua crown lands and to
wind up its business. IL has been the
custom of the land Office, to grant ex.
tensions Of time after expiration of
leases for cutting ration crops and dos
ing other work. " J s.< 81, e. 81
cfs In his letter Of April 90 Governor
Rinkham asked, Mr.. Isenberg whether
his company would grant the govern.
ment access to Wailua lands to locate
reservoirs to conserve the waters and
to plan for, comprehensive distribution.
Mr. IsenberR has replied in the affirm.
alive, conditioned, upon the granting
of time for harvesting the cane =.
Fight For Justice Won ,r. r.t,'
Since the Spalding water license plan
Is thoroughly dead, II seems that the
homesteadeTs have won their fight for
fair treatment, after delay by the Gov!
ernor of eighteen months. H.. T.. /
% The Governor s letter Of April %, TO
Mr.. Isenbery, ma the reply to IL, are
as follows: q, .~-... -..[
Governors Letter .ta
''Sixty homesteaders on Kappa
Series /, 2 and 3 have in writing ihdi-
Gated their desire and belief that their
agricultural operations, require water
for, irrigation. ST ... .
"The superintendent of photography
viii, in the month of May, more def.
ilitely investigate the water situation,
although enough is now known to indir
,cate the only available water ut an
elevation that will allow water to reach
most of these homesteads by gravity
Elust come from the north fork Of the
Wailua river. These waters are now
in the sole control of the Lihue Plan
tation Co., Ltd, and will remain so
until October |, 1917.
No IJnnacessa,-v Itardsbin
al nresent' thev.are ho;Dg pseJ an
both tbe Wsilna aSd IinJermsn lao seJ
lands the Gjbne Piantst;on 20 TtG
feo s;nDlo IanJs ard orao+ onontit;eS
are heino soId 10 the KoIoa Sngar Co
"Ieoaliv-, and technicalIv aII this
must cease Octobsr' I : Ial7'
"TS;s sdmipistrstion desires not n
work anv nnnecesssrv bardshin oD anv.
one. .incmding the Libue Plantation
(omnany. Nd and believes II can he
avoided :,
uYonr companv bas failed IN nrovido
sufficient reservoir capaeity ia con,
serye the storm waters of the Wailua
river
TAre Won willing 10 advise your al.
rectors 10 at once grant the govern.
meut access TO the Waiiua lands tn 10.
cate reservations for reservoirs TO
conserve the waters thereof and to
plan means of comprehensive distri.
butionf
Asks Tho orsat,o,
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