The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-07-14
|NLAOEANATONAL
| PARK is OPPOSED
by BISHOP ESTATE
WIN Fight Project Unless Bound
aries Of Reserve Are Settled
Satisfactorily
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
FAvoRS UNDERSTANDING
Conference To Be Held With
Governor 10 Hope Of Reach
ing Agreement

p, That the Bishop Estate win fight any
further Legislation in favor of the hi.
lauea National Park Inless there is un
arrangement regarding boundaries,
more satisfactory to the estate than
appears in the, bill which Congress
passed for the creation Of the park,
was the statement made yesterdt.y Ct
meeting of the, directors UfSthe
chamber of commerce.. After good
deal Of discussion, President George W.
Smith was delegated to act for the
chamber, in a conference with the Gov.
eruor and representatives of the Bishop
Estate, and try to settle the boundary
questions. ~. " o. B.
n. H. Petrie suggested that the mat.
ter was really one between the Bishop
Estate .and the federal government.
and said he did not see why the cham.
Der should take part.
Governor Appoints Conferee l....
1t was reported by Secretary. Ray
mond O. Brown that Governor Pink.
ham had named A. +. Judd as con-
fierce for the government. y ~
81 don't see why we should support
or oppose the Bishop Estate or any
other owners, in controversy over
boundaries" said Petrie. @-a. -. 49,
Joseph +. Sheedy said that the
Bishop Estate had requested that the
chamber help, in y friendly settlement
of the difficulty, and 4, /. Spalding
then made a motion that President
Smith be delegated to confer with tho
Bishop Estate and the Governor, in an
effort to settle the matter.
~ President Smith called upon A.
Lewis, las a lawyer, for an expression
of opinion as to what would be the
status of the chamber, if il made an
appearance in the prospective eontro.
versy, as mediating friend of both
sides.
considering that the agitation for
q park at KilaueH has been a public
matter" said Mr.. Lewis, "and as long
as we> have been requested TO assist
in establishing boundaries, perhaps We
Should do 50. - Fep lD,r ; vt,
Private Interests Concerned
"The PARK has already been estab-
Rshed by act of congress. There is
no appropriation carried by the bill
establishing the park. When II be.
comes necessary for congress to ,appro-
pirate for the actual este blishment Of
the park it will be legally necessary
to satisfy all private owners, inclpd
ing the Bishop Estate, whose property
is affected. In taking part in an effort
to arbitratc and settle differeRces We
DO not take the side either of the gov.
ernment, of the Bishop Estate or of
any other property owner. - -. .~,
Secretary Brown said he had inform
alton that the Bishop Estate would pro.
test against the park bill, unless there
were some changes in the boundaries.
1t appears that the bill as passed takes
in a lot of the Bishop Estate which the
estate does not want to lose, and which
il claims is not needed for the park.
Mr.. Petie repeated his argument
that he couldn't see why the chamber
should 60 into the matter.
Spaulding Amends Motion II
Mr.. Spaulding amended his motion by
adding prOViso that the chamber
action in the matter should be entire
ly in the public interest, the park being
public matter. With this amendment,
the motion carried. .-.
"Governor Pinkham informed me-
said Secretary Brown, "that be would
be very glad to have a representative
of the chamber confer with him and the
representatives. Of the Bishop Estate re.
garding the boundary"
e. A very large part Of the area set
aside by the act Of congress establish
ing Kilauea National Park, is Bishop
Estate land. In fact the Bishop Is
tate property includes about half of
the crater Of Kihuea. The idea of the
conference of the Governor, the cham
Der of commerce and the representa-
tives of the estate, is to reach a bound
airy agreement so that there will be
no contest in Washington when the
matter of anappropriation for the park
is brought up. ~ '..'&
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