Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XLVI, Number 46, 3 December 1909 — ME HE MEA LA E KUAIIA MAI ANA O LANAI MAI A W. G. IRWIN MAI. [ARTICLE]

ME HE MEA LA E KUAIIA MAI ANA O LANAI MAI A W. G. IRWIN MAI.

O ke Kumukuai i Hauwawaia he $350,000 —Hoolaha ka Hui e Manao nei e Kuai ia Lanai i Kahua Kann Pulupulu. O kela aina panoa maluna o Maunalei, ma ka mokupuni o Lanai, nona ka iliaina aneane he 12,000 eka, he aina maikai loa i ke kanu i kekahi mea kanu, e hooliloia aku ana i aina kanu pulupula nui ma keia hope aku, ina e holopono ana na mea e hoolalaia nei e kekahi hui o eha lala. Ke noii ponoia mai nei a hiki i ka ike ana o na lala o ka hui i ke kupono 0 na mea a pau i ko lakou manao, no ka lawe a lawe ole paha, alaila ia wa e maopopo loa ae ai na mea a pau. Ua lawe puia ke Kauka Wileox e hoomataikai ia Lanai ina he kupono ia aina i ke kanu pulupulu, oiai he kauaka akamai loa ia ma ia ano hana. O na kukakuka ana no ke kuai i ka mokupuni o Lanai ua hanaia mai nei ia ma Kapalakiko i kekahi manawa i hala koke aku nei a ua haawiia ke koho ana, a o ka huina oiaio loa nae aol« i hoopuaia ae i ke akea, o ka huina nae i hoomaopopoia he $350,000. O na keonimana na lakou e hoolala nei no ke kuai mai ia Lanai mai a W. G. Irwin mai oia no oT. McCros3on, Francis Gay, Aubrey Eobinson ame Frank Thompson. O ka holopono o kela hana e manaoia mai nei oia no ka loaa ana i wai e hiki ai ke hoohana aku, a maluna oia mea ke kalele nui ana i ka holopono, aka auhea ka wai. Ua manaoia mamuli o ko Mr. McCrosson akamai loa ma ka imi ame ka hana ana i na auwai, he kanaka akamai i koino pu e liana i ka auwai eli o Kohala a pela me ka auwai eli o Hamakua e luki ana iaia ke noonoo i ke alahele e hiki ai i ka waimapuna o Maunalei ke laweia ae a kahi 1 makemakeia, no ka mea, fta ka hoomaopopop aku ua nui l.»a na mapunawai o kahe mau nei ma Maunalei. 0 ka nui o na eka o ka mokupuni o Lanai aia ma kahi o ka 100,000, ua lilo ia mau eka a pau ia W. G. Irwin, ka mea nana i paniku iho nei i ka tnoraki o Charles Gay. Aia no o Mr. Gay maluna o Lanai kahi i noho ai, ysia nae aohe ona kuleana maluna oia aina Lkeia inanawa. Ma na lolie i hauwawaia mai he makemake loa ka o Mr. Irwin e lilo koke o Lanai ike kuai. Mamua o kona haalele ana iho ia Hawaii nei ua hoike ae ia he elua mau manao i waihoia aku iaia no ke kuai ia Linai. Oka hui o Waterhouse Trūst Company ka mea nana e lawelawe nei no W. G. Irwiu maanei no keia kuai o manaoia nei no Lanai.