The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-09-20
GOVERNMENT LAND .
IN SHREDS' AND
PATCHES WANTED
Odds and Ends, Fish Pond and
Swamp Land In HiIo and Ha-
wall Acted Upon For Leases
BY Board of Land Commits
SionerS
Busy Time When Commissioner
Campbell Makes Special Roc
concentrations Partial List of
Lots and Other HiIo Property
Leases Approved BY Board

LEASES approved by bOdTu
Little patches, here and there. OF
government land over II HrIo, where
interest in Government lands Just at
this time, wrtn Governor Mccarthy and
Land Commissioner Rivenburg over
there nosng around, is at white heat,
took up a large part of the time of
the land board when il met this week,
for Commissioner w. H. Campbell had
list of these little odd corners, fish
ponds and kuleanas belonging to the
government which lot of people, most
ly Japanese and Chinese, were anxious
to get.
In nearly every ease in which formal
application had been filed with the
board for these lands, Commissioner
Campbell made changes in the price of
the leases, or sales, or in the years the
lease was to run. Among these propos.
ell leases was an application for 3,775
acres at WaakCa, near the KuhiO
wharf, with house on it, by TerrtOr-
ial Treasurer Delbert E. Metzger.
The application was for twcnty-one
years at $50 year Commissioner
Campbell explained the circumstances
and how Judge Metzger had improved
this property and recommended that
the lease be granted for ten wears, in
stead of twenty one, at $50 a year. 1t
was approved.
IT was announced that Supervisor
Eugene H. Lyman, Of Hilo, had with.
drawn a former application for n
piece of land bordering on the Waialoa
river, but reterates his wish to lease
patch of land near the old railroad
wharf at 1925 a year. The commissions
er s recommendation was for the patch
to 90 for ten years at $40 a year, and
this was approved.
The japanese Odaishi Temple, in
Waiakca, made application for a trihr
over half an acre of government land
in Waiakea for ten years at $40 a
year, and this was granted The TEN
pie will be enlarged
Interest conferred on the application
Of All Wing, of HiIo, for lease of the
Waiakea fish pond for twenty one
years and offered 1900 a year for it,
Campbell reduced the lease to fifteen
years and raised the rental to $3.50 a
year, stating at the same time that
there would he competition for this
pond even at that price, which was ad-
opted.
Down near the Wholesale fish market
on the WHIaloa river, where the sam,
pans gather. is 52,794 square feet of
government land, just whcr" the Japan
cs" kddcs of the fishing fleet fall all
over themselves having a good time on
dry land. X. MatSuno wants this land
and has offered 500 a year for it f"'
81 years or huv it outright.
A hard hearted and soulcss board de-
cided that MHtsunO could have the
kiddics' playground for ten years at
$3.50 year, and it was so ordered The
kids can swim.
Between the railway and the WaiaIoa
| river is 4 lot which belongs to the
Territory, but r. Yonrmori wants it
and he will be given the chance to bid
| IN the lease for ten years at $40 a
| year.
Three lots on the Cocoanut Island
road, Waiakca, arc sought after The
| board decided that r. Nakahishi could
| have one lot, lOOxl5O, for ten years,
at $50 year. K Sotamoto could have
another lot Of $500 square feet, for ten
| years at $lj a year Nohuiiro Yos
| himo can hav" the third lot at $40 a
| year for ten years.
Chow Yam offered the Territory $50
| year for two acres Of swamp land on
| tn" Walaloa river, and it was decided
he could hav" "A chance for it at this
price for ten years.
IshiZuchl Zinsha, applied for 1925
square feet of land in South Hlo for
$50 year; this was allowed, but the
lease will be limited to ten years.
| Pretty Rough Grazing