The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-04-04
tDAILRoAD- PROJECT
IN AND RAMTFfCATIoNS

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Alfred Horner began the movement
for n railroad to Kappa. He, Is presi
dent or the Hawaiian canneries Asso
ciatiUn, which raises. pines and Inns o.
cannery at Kapaa Village. He askesi
the Kauai Chamber Of Commerce 4
get behind the plan. The chainber',
homestead committee wished to be as
snred ne 60 the contracts Bihhe tjlantn
ton would mako with the homestead
Iefs and, on receiving Assurance thai
they would BE What Rad been Rrhhted
other independent PLANTERS, got behihc
the plan
Lihpe frst proposed to Governo,
PinkhaIh that its' leased lands beyoh,
the Wailua river, some 500 OF 700 acres,
Of Which $50 or more are good cane
land, althonsh never cultivated, b.
turned over immediately to the Terri,
tory, The lease win expire next year
y asked that there be a renewal Of tn
lease on the other lands Of Wailna 70
FIVE years, on expiration i'm 1917. Eihue
men said that the new lease was not :,
be ct the Old rate, but mt, new an,
increased rate. ~
Renewal Of Lease Impossible y
IL was impossible to get renewa
Of the lease on the lands, because tn,
homestead laws require that they b.
thrown open in ease twenty-five OF
more, ask IL: In default Of that, new
lease for five years or less may be
In October, 1914, however, Governor
Pinkham proposed that there be new
lease for fifteen years, which is forbid.
den positively by the Organic Act. 4
Negotiations dragged on. Lime suf-
veyed the route Of the road TO Kappa,
and found II expensive. It was pro,
posed to extend the Lihue line from
near Wailua Falls, south branch Of the
river, into and across the homestead
lands, bridging the, north branch OF the
! river over n great gulch, Of whose ex-
istence Governor Pinkhain was ignor.
ant until recently, and eventually con
Meeting with the government railroad
at Kapaa, the Governor whaling much
70 have Anahola and Nawiliwili bound
together by rail. 4 70; Z. -, Z.
/ Besides the bridge, there wohld have
been difficult and costly work in going
across the Kapaa lands. !.
Another Survey Is Made =" 2,.H'
Another survey was made which was
for road crossing Wailua river main
stream, at tidewater, with a long span
Of 500 feet or so, and thence winding
up into the hills TO the homesteads,
piercing 400 feet of solid rock under
Lindemahn leased lands by tunneiinp,
with the object OF, avoiding a crossing
Of Makee lands. This road, would cost
! $llS,000j the other would have cost
about $250,O00, il was estimated.
Lihue asked for q twenty ,one.year
RICH of,way for the new and old rail.
roads and necessary wagon roads on
government lands and for right. OF. way
for existing fumes aud bitches. Cover,
nor Pinkham suggested simultaneously
without request of lLiliue, that the rail-
road on government lands be granted a,
permanent fight-of-way by the Terri
tory, which has power to take such
action, and that IL obtain a fiffy.year
franchise for the Lire from the legisla.
ture, this to belconfrIhed by, congress
License from the Territory to use
government lands would not carry with
It the right Of condemnation of private
property, necessary TO extend the line
to Nawiliwili The railroad was to be
under the public utilities, commission
Governor Changes Policy Again
At this time Governor Pinkham ask.
ed that the negotiations wait until
the last session Of the legislature. It
met; it neared It's adj6urnment; the
Governor did not respond 10 requests
that action be hurried SO that III could
act. az. nEEtEf tas E"Nfa y ~
He had changed his policy again.
He wished TO wait until the legislature
had adj6ufned ~.
It is to be understood that the rail
road negotiations Were conducted hand.
in hand with those As to contracts with
homesteaders, which will be dealt with
in detail in another article.
7 Under date OF February A, 1915, Gov
ernor Pinkham wrote D letter TO Franl
4. Thompson, attorney for Iihue, ex
tracts from which follow:
1t VIII be the policy Of the govern
rhent to grant = free right. way owe.
all public lands subject TO the approva
Of the Governor, as Is now the rule OF
the government. y -
, . " will be the policy Of the govern
Ihentj where any lands revert TO the
government, to grant or confirm any
rights-of-way, provided they are frsi
approved by the Governor.
ut will be the policy Of the govern
Ihent to continue its customary ap
Proyal Of planting agreements between
those termed homesteaders and the mill
Railway Strictly Common Carrier
/" The railroad | regard strictly as
common carrier under government rates
to be established without diserimiffA