The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-05-19
LANDCONNISSONER
MAKES, H|L0: SURVEY
Mr.. RNenburgh Leaves Splendid
Impression Behind Him After
Inspection of Properties p.
mail Special to The Advertiser.)

hlIO, May l0.TJudglng by the com
ment eurrcnt regarding the recent ,visit.
Of Bertram g. Rivenburgh to the city
Of HiloJ the commissioner Of public
lands has certainly left splendid I'm.
PRECISION behind him. Not alone IL IL
anticipated that the Waiakea lots WIN
shortly be thrown open 10 those aesir-
ing to. secure same, but the particular
lots desired will be those offered for
selection, and intending home. makers
will not be forced to settle on the Laws
strown lands several miles distant, nor
on the property still held by ID. L.
MetEgcr under his lease from the waia.
kea Mill Company, which land MetzRer
wished to trade to the government in
return for fee simple title to- other
lands which the government can lust
ne well retain. 80
Commissioner Rivenburgh was a.
eompanied by Assistant Superintendent
of Public Works A. c. wheeler. Land
Agent u q. andrews, Supervisor Ea.
gene Lyman and Road overseer Nor.
man X. Lyman on his tour around Hiio
and Inc sexpressed himself with great
freedom when discussing the variou,
questions passed in review NJ 4
Regrets Kuhto Wharf Is Idle N n
The party set out about eight o 'eiock
on Saturday morning and visited mrs,
Of all the kuhio Bay road, since Mr..
kiyenburgh wished to experience foi
himself the bumps and chuck holes y
on this admirable thoroughfare, in or.
| der to report at first hand to Governor
Pinkham. The spacious wharf also oc.
eupied attention and Rivenburgh de.
Clared that 1t was "a shame that such
q wharf should be permitted TO lay
idle, bringing in no revenue.' In this
expression of opinion he will meet the
concurrence of all local people ex.
cepting those who reap financial benefii
from the lighterage of freightsy "a ~
From the wharf the party proceed
I'd to the site Of the hOmestead rdad
which has been provided for by Asi
I76, wherein $4,000 is set aside tor tn,
construction Of thoroughfare froH
the end of the Knhio Wharf road to the
Volcano road. There, WIS soms QusstipI
as to where the Kuhio Wharf road be
gan Cor ended), which question wa
taken up some time ago by Governor
Pinkhum VIXEN it was proposed to run
he road from Front street, diagonallS
across the Waiakea lots to Volcano
road. However, it has now been de
termined ito, lrunt' the road from tn,
kuhio Wharf road up by the Hoolull
Park thence to the Volcano road, bu
not diagonally, AID to facilitate thi
work Mr.k Wheeler, vast, verbally re
quested by Commissio ners Riyenburgl
proceed with the survey, formal con
6rmation of the verbal order to be sen
from Honolulu within the course o
the next few days. S1- aitt " \; = =.
Metzger Lands Are visited ~ K u
The Metzger quarry lands we're after
wards visited. Here lots had been jlai,
out on the plan prepared lhyi Walter
Wall, after the surveys of III. Z. New
ton and r. J. K. Evans, and the i'm
precision had BEEN conveyed to the Gov
rnor and MR. Rfvenburghl that, ,thes
particular lots were desired by the PEG
pie of Hilo by reason of their proximit,
o the railroad line. However, Com
missioner Rivenburgh has since bee
otherwise informed and announced tina
Ie could readily see that nobody woul
'equire household lots in such loes
ion and on such rocky land, SO long a
other sites were available. Since thi
land will revert to the Waiakea Mi
within less than two years., il will no
Dc considered in connection with tn
and now to be thrown open.
Adjacent to the Hoolulu Park q ne'
! Dad is to be opened. said Commissior
r Rivepburgh and he would recon
, mend to the Governor the opening O
ots on both sides of this road frs
Of all, which lots win be much MOI
onvenicnt than those formerly SUI
;ested The survey of this road, situa'
on the Puma side Of the Hoolul
Park, is also to be undertaken imm,
iately by Mr.. Wheeler. =
In discussing Commissioner River
,urgh 5 visit TO Hilo with Norman i
Lyman, the latter said that the con
missioner had left an excellent impre
sion behind. -
" Jommissio ner In Earnest
Gle seems to be very consciel
'ious," said Mr., Lyman, "and if /
aries out the ideas he mentioned, h
'iSt to Hilo will certainly not be r
. GREETED" ID - +
"In addition to devoting attentiO
to the Waiakea lots, Mr.. Riyenburp
lsO spoke of the widening OF FroI
street, close to the Waialoa River, st
ing that negotiations with the Lii
'kalani Estate had been practical
omplcted, whereby n strip of lar
long Front street would be rrehnquis
!. d in return for other property Of a
q nroximutcly the same value, XII
. He also mentioned that Form
. Governor John T. Baker had made 4
i'm verbal proposition to release
!. 'wren four and five hundred acres
!. h" pihonua lands, with the provi
: hat the lands be thrown open und,
a he 9O9 years clause of the Land Ac
This suggestion had been welcomed
Commissioner Rivenburgh who askt
'ormrr Governor Baker to submit san
Tin writing, which will be done
, IT.