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i THE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL, ADVERTISER: HONOLULU, MAY 20, 1S93. f nil Ilie snoriest Route oul fosies! le To health and strength will be found and made if you invest m a WHITELY EXERCISER. In order to keep up a healthy circulation it is not necessary to strain the muscles as Is done in heavy gymnastics. The exercises necessary for harmonious develop ment of the muscular system also call into action and develop the In ternal organs and other structures; hence the rapid and permanent cure of digestive troubles. The WHITELY EXERCISER will produce health and strength; it is simple, inexpensive and the only practical form of athletics for busy people. -u-u WHITELY EXERCISERS for Men, Women or Children, just received by E. O. HALL & SON, Ld. 0 w TBI. ii mm m it u ' m" i Jl1" OPEN LETTER Secretary of John Ii Es tate Asks Questions. Takes Issue With Admiral Miller on Pearl Harbor Land Values. Associate Press Dispatch S. F. Chronicle. Q A LARGE INCREASE OF BUSINESS. NEW .YORK, April 5. The sales of the Remington Standard Typewriter, the world over, for March this year, largely exceeded any previous month in its his tory. Typewriter sales are a good barometer of general industrial conditions. o OCX00000 Honolulu, II. I., May 17, 1S9S. ADMIRAL JOSEPH X. MILLER, U. S. X. Dear Sir: I was greatly surprised to see in your omcial report or tne survey of Pearl Harbor, accompanying the reference to my statement that the price asked for Waipio Peninsula, o.-hirh fnr thfi entire tract amounts to $237.50 per acre, is less than the price paid for land in the vicinity as a busi ness venture, your oineiai cuucmsiou tvit sno.h nrioR is fictitious and that thP trnp value of the land is m tne neighborhood of $50 per acre. Marl T rpoeived any intimation or these views while you were m Hono lulu or known that you were seeking pvirtpnee as to the value of that land. T could easily have furnished you with Hsfactorv nroof of the correctness or my statement. That proof I now oner vnu 'in the following correspondence although I fear too late to counteract t,o effort nf vour official report and C 11 v. . v r the use to which it will be put by tne enemies of annexation. the Survey of Pearl Harbor the state ment has been made that the price at which the Peninsula of Waipio is held if the entire peninsula is taken, to wit: $237.50 per acre, is fictitious, and that the true value is about $50 per acre. In view of the publicity which has been given to this statement and the importance of its correction would you kindly answer the following questions: 1. Has the Oahu Sugar Co., Ltd., bought any land in fee simple during the past year? 2. What price was paid per acre? 3. How far was that land from the Peninsula of Waipio? 4. Had that land any water front age or any other special advantages? Very truly yours. (Signed) SIDNEY M. BALLOU.. Secretary John Ii Estate. Ltd. 1S9S. Honolulu, May 1C, SIDNEY M. BALLOU. ESQ.. Secretary John Ii Estate, Ltd.. Honolulu. Dear Sir: In reply to your inquiry, dated May 13th, I beg to inform you that the Oahu Sugar Co. purchased last year from the Estate of Jas. Rob inson a piece of about 7S acres of land at Aualii, Ewa. suitable for a site for its sugar factory, laborers' quarters, etc., at the price of $226 per acre: this land is situate about mile above the Peninsula of Waipio and has no water frontage or any other special advantages. I am unable to state whether this land is more or less valuable than the land on the Peninsula of Waipio. ours very truly, (Signed) J. F. HACKFELD, Treasurer Oahu Sugar Co., Ltd. D J out waste Good Money Fixing up yonr carriage. Yon if you bay a new We can sell you Yehicle just as can possibly be old worn out can make money one from us. any kind of a cheap as they sold for here. H- HACKFELD & CO., Ltd,, Sole Agents. Hamakua Plantation, Paauilo, Hawaii, H. I. Mr. J. G. Spencer, Pacific Hardware Co., Honolulu. Dear Sir: The Secretary Disc Plow I pur chased from you is giving us satisfaction. We are using it to plow under a crop of lupins. They are three feet high and very thick. Your plow turns them completely under, at the same time plowing the land fourteen inches deep. I feel satisfied that with this plow the draft for the same quantity and depth of work is as 6 to 8. That is, with the old plow, to do the same work, it takes 8 good mules; with your plow it takes only 6, and they are less tired at night. Please send me another plow by first schooner leaving for this. You are at liberty to use this in any way you may see fit. Yours truly, A. LID GATE. W; WATSON, LAIDLAW & CO.'S Centri Which does away with two-thirds of the floor space, three-fourths of the oil, and the whole of the belting required for drying sugar with the ordinary machine. May be seen in motion on application to ,uo2st. ROBERT CATTQN T'OKL NEiLL & XM. founders and Ma diinists 213 Queen St., bet. Alafcea and Richards Sts., Honolulu. Invite Enquiries for General Ironwork; iron and Brass Cast ings. Ships' Blacksmiths. Cemetery Kailings ana Crestings Made to Order: Samples on Hand. REPAIRS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. TEL. 410. Tivinin IT T.. Mav 13. 1898. I1UUU1UI W) -j rnKTCV M. BALLOU, ttb., Secretary John li Estate, Ltd., llo- 1 j, 4I ucai on. w . . even date is at iiu.ua wua-uw MV. "in the official report of Pearl Harbor the statment has been maae that the price at which the Peninsula is held if the entire peninsula is iah. or. tn wit- $237.50 per acre, is ncu tious, and that the true value is about $50 per acre. In view of the publicity which has been given to imt, bid.Lt;- moTvt !itm1 the importance of its cor- vtrrmirt t-rvn kinriiv answer tne 1 uu' jv fniirvwiner ouestions:" I will quote the questions ana an cwtr thpm in the order submitted -I r?vi vnu ,Vmv the Peninsula of . iyiu J v - . Pearl City in Pearl Harbor?" t twrrhaspd 22y.yi acres in 1889 and 1890. o "What nnp did vou pay per Atis. 1 purchased February 7, lbyu r.nrn tx rnip attorney m iact iui T.ris C. Ford and Porter L). bora, ii.x oAroc of lnnd on the east side of the ppninsnla of Pearl City for $23,286, as per deed recorded 13th day of Feb- ruarv. 1890. Liber 122. pages 138, 140. On the 22d day of April, 1889, as per deed recorded Liber 111, pages 421 and 422. And as per deed dated April 14. 1890 and recorded Liber 125, pages 63, 64, 65. I purchased loZ.zy, acres from Paul P. Kanoa and wife for the sum of 522,000.00. Tne price paiu ior the first lot was $300 per acre. Nearly one-tlnrd of the second purchase was n milp above the Peninsula. 3.- "At what date was the purchase made?" Ana As stated above. 4 "Has real estate in that vicinity rT rifrpasen m price since the date of that purchase?" A-ncs At a nublic auction here in Honolulu, October 21st, 1890, a sale of lots at the Peninsula or reari vity amounted to over $24,000. The price $1,500 per acre. r. .r vmi consider Pearl uuy x-eu O. J - . , xl insula, more or less vamaoie udu mC ,-?T,?nr ppti insula of Waipio : aujui""6 -r. An? Only so far as lmpruveiucma " T B .ly-k have made it more vaiuapie. il tt a anvprnment do not want tne Waipio Peninsula, I believe purchasers can be foiwid who win pay oni-a fnr rne wnoie. iucic iv. acres of sugar land in Waipio Penin- null 6 "How far is Honolulu from 'eari Harbor?" a no Tpti miles. .LUOl n iixrviot ?c wharf frontage m io- 4 . iiu.t o w nolulu .worth? Ana t am unable to say. 8 "If the channel to Pearl Harbor CI C uucm.u vv. - less valuable than nine uv wharf frnntaee in Honolulu?" Ans. The comparative value or wharf frontage would depend upon future developments. If vou should make any public use rf these answers I wish it made clear to the public that I have no interest whatever in this matter, except a gen- Dmi interest in the welfare of the whole country. Possibly no one in these Islands is more desirous for an-novntinn- tn the IT. S. A. than L yet I am not so selfish as to wish to see the property of Hawaiians sacrificed in the least degree for my benent. un the other" hand I doubt if any one would be more jealous for the inter ests of Uncle Sam than I. I want the United States to secure all the land it needs in the Harbor "Pearl River" at the least possible price consistent with justice to those from whom it is taken. I feel justified fully m making this statement for the reason that 1 gave the United States on behalf of the O. R. & L. Co. and this country, an option for a half mile of frontage to deep water in Pearl Harbor for the whole term of our lease (50 years) for the consideration of one dollar. I stand ready to repeat the same offer today if it is desired. Your very truly, (Signed) B. I-. D1L,LJ.GHA.1, General Manager Oahu Railway & Land Co. The substance of these two trans-, actions is this: Eight years ago Mr. Dillingham found it profitable to pay $300 an acre for the entire east side of the Peninsula of Pearl City, which, as you are aware, diners only from Waipio in being a smaller peninsula and not having the advantage of deep water close to the shore. The land at that time was intirely unimproved. Mr. Dillingham ran a short branch railroad down the center of the penin sula, staked his purchase into town lots and sold at a rate of five times his purchase price. I know of no rea son why the same venture would not be equally successful tomorrow at Waipio. The second transaction referred to is the purchase of the site for mill and laborers' quarters for the new Oahu Sugar Co. This land is inland without any natural advantages, the chief re auisites for its use as a mill site being that it is approximately near the cen ter of the plantation and that it is not sheltered from the trade winds which aid the draft of the chimney. If a plantation is obliged to pay over $200 an acre for its mill site I am un able to understand how the United States expects to get a naval station with extensive wharf frontage for $o0 an acre. These two transactions are the only ones that I know of in the vicinity ot Pearl Harbor within recent years. Un der these circumstances I do not feel that it is presumptuous to request you to inform me in turn upon what in formation you base your conclusion that the price at which Waipio Penin sula is held is fictitious and that the true value is about $o0 per acre. You will perhaps pardon me if I take advantage of this communication tn von to make Dublic another correc tion of a statement for 'which you are in no wise responsible. Congressman wnhnrn nnd other opponents of an nexation have coupled with the state ment that the land at Pearl Harbor is held at an exorbitant price, for which unfortunately they now nave your official statement, the further as sertion that the land is held oy specu lators, thereby seeking to create the impression that the land has een hnnsrht un at low prices witn tne ex pectation of making a profit from the United States. The truth is. on the contrary, that the land has not been bought or sold for the past forty years. It was ori ginally the property of John Ii, a Ha waiian Chief, who proved his title to i it before the Land commission ana received his Award in 1855. The land remained in his possession until his death in 1870 when it was devised by him to his daughter Irene Ii now the wife of Mr. C. A. Brown. Last vear for the better management of the Estate a Corporation wyas form ed in which Mr. Brown, Mrs. urown and their children hold the entire beneficial interest. I am confident that you will excuse the publicity which I give to this per sonal letter on account of the import ance of the question to all those in terested in the welfare of the Hawaiian Islands. It may be said that the fact that the land can be condemned by the United States and its value as sessed by twelve disinterested men renders our prices of little moment but I express the sentiments or the directors of the corporation in saying that we should feel that we were be traving the interests of Hawaii should we delay or discourage annexation by holding the land required by the Unit ed States at a dollar above its fair market value. Very truly yours, SIDNEY MILLER BALLOU, Secretary John Ii Estate, Limited WE GUARANTEE TO GIVE YOU YOUR MONEY'S WORTH. A full Jine of Fine Double or Single Harness, Saddles, Whips, Lamps and Lap Robes Always on Hand. SCHUMAN'S CARRIAGE AND HARNESS REPOSITORY. Fort St., above Club Stables. 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