Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-18


Lihue plantation's proposal for rail-
road construction TO the Waipouli
homesteads Of Kauai is In part agreed
TO and IN part refused by the terri
torial government.
In q communication to Rev. Hans
Isenberg. president Of the plantation
company, Governor Pinkham today an
sWers the plantations proposal OF
April 9. simultaneously he gives to
the public the first official statement
resulting from the gubernatorial par
ty's trip TO Kauai two weeks ago to
Investigate at first-hand the tangled
water rights-railroad-ho homestead situa-
ton there. This statement is in the
form OF the letter TO Mr.. Isenberg.
The governors letter is the result
Of his own visit and the work he has
been steadily at since coming back
last Sunday morning, In conjunction
with the visit and subsequent study
and consultations Of Land Commits
sioner Rivenbursh, Att0rney-general
Stainback, superintendent OF Public
Works Forbes, Engineer Furer Of Mr..
Forbes office, Territorial Forester
Judd and Territorial Hydrographer
harrison.
In reply to the Lihue proposal, the
Eoternor declares the territory's will
ingness 10 grant 3 21-year license for
n railroad rightof.way over govern
ment lands.
But the governor declares an abso-
lutte refusal TO grant rfghtof-way for
q years Cor Lihue's present railroads,
bitches. fumes, etc, situated on pub
lie lands. He points on that on Octo-
her<' I.I0I7. EI1u8s lease OF 17,455
ttfes 81 r0tsrnment land. known as
~. {1hII11 lands. expires and that the
government win mt turn over the con-
froI Of The land ana waters Of this dis
frict 10 Idhue% He says that the part
of. Lih1e's proposal which Is refused
would 4. .u1l over these lands and
water risktsl
oovernof plnkhsu1'1 Letter.
The eovefnor's lstfer is as follows:
honolulu, April Is. 1916.
Rev. Hans rehDerg, President
Lihue Plantation Co, Ltd,
Lihpe. Kauai.
Dear 81:
Replying to your company's comnu-
nicatior ana proposals under date OF
April 8, 1916. Ind your later verbal
sufgGstions, permit me to state as fol-
lows:
On October FIRST OF the year 1917.
the lease. at an annual rental OF
twelve hundred dollars per annum, held
by your company on the land or Ahu.
n,,ea Of Wailna-tlka, Kauai, compris-
ing II .l55 acres, more or less, OF which /.
about ztVv acres are n9w ul,1ss =, ahess' sS.s-
walton. expires, and, with an tne lm,
proyementt q NneetS, t
coteltion' n-. l-e-.e.e '..s....e 80 t,.,r,ts
water ueyeloplnent peltalnlns ps tne. s;
reyeru 20 us ,el'sy .n.I.s. -
Witnout e1cep.'o-- ene - ss~.s-..,, e''ss.
save the tors.s rSsse 0s eus nssssss S..s.s,s
reeertetlons TOT u 80
eooo eres unoeE tns Ss.''S ..S"s -.
lect g nemest:eo,ns - ~ ~.
therein. eno VIII oe % uSsese - e'''
administrst'cn'
On July first Of the year 1921, the
lease nov held by your company. al
an annual rental Of eight hundred dol
lars, on the lands Wafiua-kai. kauai,
and known as the Linderman lease,
comprising 2t60 acres. more or less, oi
which $50 acres are now IN cane ana
400 acres In rice. and all improve'
ments thereon WIN revert to the terri
tory OF Hawaii and under the Organic
Act be spDlecs % nomesteaolns. =.
Your company mas IA paraerapn w.
Of IFS letter stipulated.
"You to give as q right Of way for
the term OF n years for our present
railroads, bitches. fumes. etc, situate
on public lands
Verbally you expanded the etc" to