The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-18
LAND SWAP STRS
IRE Of PATIENT
PEOPLE OF H|LO
Hon. Norman Lyman Explodes
Bomb Under Prominent Terri
toriaI Officials
ttGr irt& -+4l+4-, ~ ~:
GOVERNOR PlNKHAM NOT
SURE or THE DETAILS
Deal Not Yet Contaminated BY
Which Metzger Gets Quarry
Site On Hawaii
cMail Special To The Advertiser,


hILO, February IA bomb was ex
ploded in HilO this week. Not an aeri,
al bomb, nor u Teutonic nor an allied
power Internal machine; but q sure
enough bomb shell all the same.
The man who exploited 1t was Hon.
Norman Lyman, member Of the house
Oh representatives from Hilo; secretary
to the chairman of the Hawaii county
supervisors; road supervisor of Hilo,
and general all round father cOnfessor,
boss, inspector, builder, booster and I'D,
wiser OF road work in tins part of the
Territory. ....
The explodees, under whom the afore-
said bomb was touched OF, were no less
"A distinguished combination than Gov.
erpor Pinkham, Land Commissioner
Tucker and Territorial Senator d. T..
Metz. er. Splintcrs from the bomb may
yet puncture the anatomy of other
loading statesmen, but to date there
are no other casualties reported.
Fragments Of Bomb
The details Of this bomb story are
as follows:
Item l. Metzger has lease of
rbout l4O acres Of government land at
Maiakea, a half a mile or so out in
the wilderness, beyond the Hilo Rail
load Tel minaT grOun s. II was leased
70 him specifically for a. rock quarry,
when he was <Innected with the build
ing of the HilO Break water---and that
10 just what il is ft fora rock quarry.
il is tight .frOze., down pahOehoe lava
flow, without soil enough on it to fiji
one of the senator 3 plug hats.
The lease expires two years from
Loxt June, wheteupon the quarry would
TNert to the government.
Item 2. About a half mile from the
Metzgers quarry, between the railroad
yards and the Waiakea NIL, near the
Waiakea River, there is some land
suitable for homestead house lots.
This land also belongs to the. govern
ncnt beiRg~part of the land of ~Waia-
kea, under lease to the Waiakea Mil
Company until June 1918.
HiIo Is Land Hungry
Hilo is land hungry-wants room in
which to expand, and can I get it, be-
cause the land about the town Is held
in big blocks and the owners won Z
sell. For years HiIo has hungered to
have this Waiakea piece of land open.
ed for settlement, so that her citiZens
could buy small homesteads, buiId
Bungalows thereon, plant flowers in tbs
front yard and vegetables in the back,
with chicken. coop aud COW on the
site.
After long negotiation with the gov
eminent and the Waiakea Mill Com
pay, -" latter released the niece Of
land desired for honest ads from thei
tease, and government orders were Is
sded to survey it into lots and streets.
The portion so released did not include
the Motz. err quarry lot. But the pro
jet never seemed to get any further
until the "Waiakea Settlement" pro.
Jeet bersme a point of chronic irrfta.
tion and a synonym for how not to-
10 it,
Camped on Bsby's Trail
Then the Hon. Norman Lyman was
elected md went to the last IeRisIa-
tnre and got an appropriation to run
road through the homestead tract.
Now the Honorable gentleman has
erml'ed on the tran of this Legislative
tAby Of his, so az to make sure that
II was mt chlOrOfOrmed in its infancy.
Last week, in company with others.
lac was examining the map of the pro.
POSED road and HON stead settlement.
on which it appeared that instead OF
the ftnd desired being cut up into
lots vi streets, long street had been
run tsh diagonally to the Metzger
quarry lot, u large portion of which
has been cut up into lots. w..
The suggest on was made to W II.
Hobby, the local public works. engi.
m hut hn Mnt
premises were not fit for homesteads.
aud that no one had asked or wanted,
lots in that section.
80 j have discovered" replied Mr..
Hobby. 4
Then why have hose lots been cut
upq' was the next inquiry, "a
~ do not know, this survey was made
before had anything to do with it,
reniied Mr.. Hobby,
Reason for Change
u was at this stage Of the game that
the Honorable Norman exploded his
bomb.
b 81 ran tell you whv the road was run
down there and those lots cut up" in,
teTiectCd Mr.. Lyman. cit was so as
TO get road at hubble expense down
to Metzger's land. -
ftWhy. MetzGer has no land down
tbHre.g All he has is a lease, which ex-
pres two years from next june" was
rcfi'cd =
eeNse nothing " replied Mr.. LYMAN.
''Netzoer has fee simple to fifteen
ac-es 90 Gunrrv ut that point which Is
a eold mine TO him He is selling rock
or % that quarry at ten cents ton
~ he Brcnkwater Company, and fifteen
crpts . ton to everybody else and is
r'aLir" in th" neigbhorhooI of $500
r-Sr'h out Of it, That is the rea-
son he has zone awav from Hilo, he
h~- snhstantial income from this
'crnsrr rnd don't need to stay here aud
Wei INV more -
- Hnw do YOU know thisi" was in
qlired Of Mr.. Lyman.