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<br />Classification of Lands ht 11110 in Aere$°
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<br />Acreage
<br />Pere stage
<br />Territorial
<br />Values by ownership
<br />Qovernment] ands
<br />Residential .......................
<br />6,055
<br />2 .1
<br />w
<br />Ga
<br />120
<br />.4
<br />Industrial .........................
<br />190
<br />.7
<br />Total .........................
<br />6,365
<br />23.2
<br />Open areas:
<br />Improve
<br />Monts
<br />Total
<br />Rands and streets ..................
<br />.¢°'
<br />2.2
<br />Parks ...........................
<br />w
<br />1.0
<br />Airport ................. ..........
<br />chi
<br />r
<br />•^
<br />National Guard rifle range...........
<br />995
<br />pct
<br />9 a
<br />Agricultural and unused ............
<br />mw
<br />➢ =y
<br />q a
<br />..
<br />20,965
<br />76.8
<br />9,900
<br />3.3
<br />1,752,487
<br />2,288,671
<br />4,046,106
<br />853,580
<br />196,100
<br />549,680
<br />1,393,857
<br />2,092,571
<br />8,491,428
<br />., H
<br />,VC
<br />1,400
<br />iY3 v
<br />O
<br />m
<br />e3 �'
<br />WSJ
<br />C
<br />'W
<br />O
<br />1,844,428
<br />O
<br />Q
<br />C O
<br />P
<br />O G
<br />G
<br />.13
<br />Em
<br />t�
<br />L!7
<br />ul�.
<br />32,171
<br />315,532
<br />132,877
<br />248,886
<br />E
<br />0
<br />TiJ
<br />Fa
<br />H
<br />!?°
<br />F4
<br />2 -1 (portion).
<br />6,500
<br />125
<br />13
<br />23
<br />139
<br />1,314
<br />2,225
<br />3,839
<br />...
<br />2,122
<br />19
<br />5,990
<br />92
<br />520
<br />2 -2 (portion).
<br />3,000
<br />74
<br />247
<br />31
<br />111
<br />28
<br />103
<br />594
<br />3
<br />667
<br />...
<br />1,264
<br />42
<br />1,736
<br />2- 8.........
<br />1,400
<br />159
<br />17
<br />39
<br />21
<br />44
<br />101
<br />381
<br />125
<br />........
<br />1
<br />507
<br />4
<br />893
<br />2-4 (portion).
<br />7,550
<br />2,882
<br />1,199
<br />57
<br />................
<br />X9,094,639
<br />186
<br />4,324
<br />1
<br />................
<br />$4,837,831
<br />4,325
<br />57
<br />3,225
<br />2 -5 (portion) .
<br />4,850
<br />368
<br />38
<br />4
<br />2
<br />........
<br />614
<br />1,026
<br />3
<br />....... •
<br />• .......
<br />1,029
<br />21
<br />3,821
<br />2 -6 (portion).
<br />4,050
<br />585
<br />........
<br />3
<br />........................
<br />588
<br />........................
<br />valuesa
<br />27,350
<br />588
<br />15
<br />3,462
<br />Total....
<br />27,350
<br />4,198
<br />1,514
<br />157
<br />273
<br />1,386
<br />3,239
<br />10,752
<br />132
<br />2,7S9
<br />20
<br />13,693
<br />50
<br />13,657
<br />a From records of the Territorial Tax Office.
<br />b Includes Right of Purchase Leases, Special Ilomestead Agreements and Special Sale Agreements.
<br />The above table shows that half of the total area of
<br />Hilo, or 13,657 acres, is government owned. Of the gov-
<br />ernment -owned lands 1,968 acres are for government or
<br />public uses. This comparatively large area includes a
<br />National Guard rifle range of 995 acres and the Hilo Air-
<br />port of 233 acres. Most of the acreage (4,193 acres) under
<br />General Leases is used for growing sugar cane or pasture.
<br />Also a large number of small lots are leased for home -
<br />sites, business, etc. Flight of purchase leases, special
<br />homestead agreements and special sale agreements are
<br />forms of occupancy in which, eventually, title to govern-
<br />ment land passes to private ownership. There are 1,514
<br />acres in this category. Of the 2,789 acres of Hawaiian
<br />Homes Commission land, 357 acres have been developed
<br />and occupied as homesites, the remaining 2,432 acres
<br />being unused. The total unoccupied and unused govern-
<br />ment land is 5,661 acres, or 21 % of all the land in Hilo.
<br />The present use of the land is as follows:
<br />The high percentage of the residential area, in compari-
<br />son with the business and industrial areas, is the result
<br />of a large number of residence lots obtained from the
<br />government of one acre or more in area and a further
<br />large number of more than a half acre in area. The 69.1%
<br />of agricultural and unused lands is highs -the result of
<br />the development of the urban area outward along the
<br />principal thoroughfares with the sectors between remain-
<br />ing undeveloped.
<br />The present unit values of land are derived from the
<br />Territorial Tax Office valuation. The spotty nature of
<br />these values is indicated by Plate 7. From the same
<br />source is prepared the following tabulation of aggregate
<br />I See "Existing Urban Resources and Facilities of the Territory of
<br />Hawaii," page 334.
<br />values of Iand and improvements in the area delimited
<br />by the 1940 Census of Hilo:
<br />Thus the total present estimated value of real estate,
<br />including improvements' s; is $15,490,891, which is equiva-
<br />lent to $663 per capita. The government -owned portion
<br />of the land with appurtenant improvements represents
<br />32.3% and the privately -owned portion 67.8% of the total
<br />real - estate values. Of the land values, the government -
<br />owned portion is 29.7 %, while the privately -owned por-
<br />tion is 70.3 %. Thus the government interest, mostly Ter-
<br />ritorial, is roughly one -third of the total value of Hilo
<br />City. #
<br />WATER. -The entire urban area of Hilo City is served
<br />by a municipal water system and two plantation systems.
<br />The principal source of water is the .Wailuku River. A
<br />ditch which diverts water from Kapehu Stream, a branch
<br />of Wailuku River, empties into the River above the in-
<br />take. There is also an intake on Kahoma Stream, another
<br />branch of the River. To augment this supply, the Kau -
<br />mana Springs were developed. In 1938 the system con-
<br />sisted of the three intakes mentioned above, five reser-
<br />voirs with a total capacity of 2,840,000 gallons, a chlori-
<br />nator, and 35 miles of water mains varying in size from
<br />16 inches to 4 inches.b In the same year water was de-
<br />livered to 2,431 servicesb of which only 20% were metered.
<br />The amount of water consumed in 1937 was 1,273 millions
<br />of gallons from the Wailuku River and 606 millions of
<br />gallons from the Kaumana Springs. Delivery of water is
<br />by gravity to all parts of the City, the lower intake for
<br />River water being at an altitude of 1,250 feet above sea
<br />level and the Kaumana Spring intake being at an altitude
<br />of about 400 feet. The system is operated by the Bureau
<br />of Water WorkS, County of Hawaii. The plantation sys-
<br />tems serve more than 900 homes.
<br />As stated above, Hilo City has a high rainfall, the an-
<br />nual average exceeding 137 inches and the maximum for
<br />24 hours being 19.2 inches. However, as the land surface
<br />has a fairly steep gradient, the water runs off rapidly.
<br />The result at times has been an insufficient supply for
<br />the needs of the City after protracted periods of drought.
<br />A serious drought occurred during the first part of 1940,
<br />when it was found necessary to turn flume water into
<br />the system and to curtail the use of water by consumers.
<br />n First Progress Report, Territorial Planning Board, page 276, 1939.
<br />Acreage
<br />Pere stage
<br />Built -up areas:
<br />Values by ownership
<br />Qovernment] ands
<br />Residential .......................
<br />6,055
<br />2 .1
<br />Business ..........................
<br />120
<br />.4
<br />Industrial .........................
<br />190
<br />.7
<br />Total .........................
<br />6,365
<br />23.2
<br />Open areas:
<br />Improve
<br />Monts
<br />Total
<br />Rands and streets ..................
<br />590
<br />2.2
<br />Parks ...........................
<br />275
<br />1.0
<br />Airport ................. ..........
<br />235
<br />.9
<br />National Guard rifle range...........
<br />995
<br />3.6
<br />Agricultural and unused ............
<br />18,890
<br />69.1
<br />Total .........................
<br />20,965
<br />76.8
<br />The high percentage of the residential area, in compari-
<br />son with the business and industrial areas, is the result
<br />of a large number of residence lots obtained from the
<br />government of one acre or more in area and a further
<br />large number of more than a half acre in area. The 69.1%
<br />of agricultural and unused lands is highs -the result of
<br />the development of the urban area outward along the
<br />principal thoroughfares with the sectors between remain-
<br />ing undeveloped.
<br />The present unit values of land are derived from the
<br />Territorial Tax Office valuation. The spotty nature of
<br />these values is indicated by Plate 7. From the same
<br />source is prepared the following tabulation of aggregate
<br />I See "Existing Urban Resources and Facilities of the Territory of
<br />Hawaii," page 334.
<br />values of Iand and improvements in the area delimited
<br />by the 1940 Census of Hilo:
<br />Thus the total present estimated value of real estate,
<br />including improvements' s; is $15,490,891, which is equiva-
<br />lent to $663 per capita. The government -owned portion
<br />of the land with appurtenant improvements represents
<br />32.3% and the privately -owned portion 67.8% of the total
<br />real - estate values. Of the land values, the government -
<br />owned portion is 29.7 %, while the privately -owned por-
<br />tion is 70.3 %. Thus the government interest, mostly Ter-
<br />ritorial, is roughly one -third of the total value of Hilo
<br />City. #
<br />WATER. -The entire urban area of Hilo City is served
<br />by a municipal water system and two plantation systems.
<br />The principal source of water is the .Wailuku River. A
<br />ditch which diverts water from Kapehu Stream, a branch
<br />of Wailuku River, empties into the River above the in-
<br />take. There is also an intake on Kahoma Stream, another
<br />branch of the River. To augment this supply, the Kau -
<br />mana Springs were developed. In 1938 the system con-
<br />sisted of the three intakes mentioned above, five reser-
<br />voirs with a total capacity of 2,840,000 gallons, a chlori-
<br />nator, and 35 miles of water mains varying in size from
<br />16 inches to 4 inches.b In the same year water was de-
<br />livered to 2,431 servicesb of which only 20% were metered.
<br />The amount of water consumed in 1937 was 1,273 millions
<br />of gallons from the Wailuku River and 606 millions of
<br />gallons from the Kaumana Springs. Delivery of water is
<br />by gravity to all parts of the City, the lower intake for
<br />River water being at an altitude of 1,250 feet above sea
<br />level and the Kaumana Spring intake being at an altitude
<br />of about 400 feet. The system is operated by the Bureau
<br />of Water WorkS, County of Hawaii. The plantation sys-
<br />tems serve more than 900 homes.
<br />As stated above, Hilo City has a high rainfall, the an-
<br />nual average exceeding 137 inches and the maximum for
<br />24 hours being 19.2 inches. However, as the land surface
<br />has a fairly steep gradient, the water runs off rapidly.
<br />The result at times has been an insufficient supply for
<br />the needs of the City after protracted periods of drought.
<br />A serious drought occurred during the first part of 1940,
<br />when it was found necessary to turn flume water into
<br />the system and to curtail the use of water by consumers.
<br />n First Progress Report, Territorial Planning Board, page 276, 1939.
<br />a Tax Office assessed values of land multiplied by two.
<br />Estimated
<br />Total values
<br />Values by ownership
<br />Qovernment] ands
<br />Private lands
<br />Tax
<br />office
<br />Area
<br />in
<br />population
<br />plat
<br />acres
<br />13y
<br />plats
<br />Per
<br />acre
<br />Land
<br />Improve-
<br />ments
<br />Total
<br />Land
<br />Improve
<br />Monts
<br />Total
<br />Land
<br />Improve -
<br />ments
<br />Total
<br />2 -1 (portion)
<br />6,500
<br />3,100
<br />0.48
<br />X1,135,359
<br />$2,276,940
<br />$3,412,299
<br />$775,535
<br />$1,763,184
<br />$2,535,719
<br />$ 359,824
<br />$ 513,756
<br />$ 873,580
<br />2 -2 (portion)
<br />3,000
<br />9,900
<br />3.3
<br />1,752,487
<br />2,288,671
<br />4,046,106
<br />853,580
<br />196,100
<br />549,680
<br />1,393,857
<br />2,092,571
<br />8,491,428
<br />2.8
<br />1,400
<br />4,750
<br />3.4
<br />2,431,917
<br />3,575,458
<br />6,007,375
<br />583,793
<br />1,260,635
<br />1,844,428
<br />1,848,124
<br />2,314,823
<br />4,162,947
<br />2 -4 (portion)
<br />7,550
<br />1,000
<br />.13
<br />416,238
<br />280,557
<br />696,795
<br />288,361
<br />32,171
<br />315,532
<br />132,877
<br />248,886
<br />381,263
<br />2 -5 (portion)
<br />4,850
<br />1,000
<br />.21
<br />65,218
<br />120,375
<br />185,588
<br />49,357
<br />19,908
<br />69,260
<br />15,856
<br />100,472
<br />116,328
<br />2 -6 (portion)
<br />4,050
<br />3,600
<br />.89
<br />1,083,726
<br />552,638
<br />1,636,364
<br />1,483
<br />7,417
<br />8,850
<br />1,082,298
<br />545,221
<br />1,627,514
<br />Total with
<br />assessed
<br />values
<br />27,850
<br />23,850
<br />.86
<br />$6,884,S90
<br />X9,094,639
<br />$15,984,529
<br />$2,047,059
<br />$3,279,410
<br />$5,326,469
<br />$4,837,831
<br />x§5,815,229
<br />$10,653,060
<br />Total with
<br />estimated
<br />valuesa
<br />27,350
<br />23,350
<br />.86
<br />$13,769,780
<br />$9,094,639
<br />$22,864,419
<br />$4,094,118
<br />$3,279,410
<br />$7,87'u,528
<br />$9,675,662
<br />$5,815,229
<br />$15,490,893
<br />a Tax Office assessed values of land multiplied by two.
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