The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-11-13
The water supply.

Inc water supply.
Ma. EpIron Much has been written. and moro
said, 10 relation to the supply Of water for the city q
Honola;u from Nsssns valley. and The sppsrsat
duty Of I" the powers that b." In relation therete.
OF course I have heard bat a fraction Of what has
been HiA-prObsbly have not rad all thsi hss sssn
Published upon the sutjects bat % Gar as my knOvl-
sdss of the matter goes. there reuaias much which
might be said. perhaps with ~prOprissy written.
I have sssn nor heard In the disOaslOn any ala
sion to the fact that two Zoe factories ss located
upon the source of which 10 At the bead
Of the valley. and the sam Of which has the mos %
the time for years past gone throash the I" reservoir
TO help make up the soppiy Cor The city
Ice has now uuquestionably become . hEed insd.
tuition Of HODOlula. aud vii remain 90 90 lOng 80
HoDOlulu has institutions worth preserving. Il ssn
Institution which like all others In the klngdon o.
any Importance. has struggled years Coz . Zoo, haad.
an existAnoe. and like them has cost some % Is
friends much money, much anxiety. much mental
and physical labor. II 10 An Institution which can
not be made TO furnish all that 10 ~r~gslrsd " ., In
this place except by = large outlay Of ospiui-thst
capital has been fe-rnIshed-bulldlDgs, machinery.
hxtnres and sppurtsusnpss pot ID plss>s and IN mao
eessfal operatiOn-it has bssa aoss a ne earnest
desire Of this oOmmunity-hss received their fall
sanction. and hearty support
They want the iee-ars wiling % reiubups the
manufactures for capital Invested with q handsome
interest on the Iavsstmenii has lhls willing. parting.
g~rumbling oOmmanisy sce to-dayi No slrf Mud
why nOti Al I have said bsfOrs. the mashln~ry 10
all In place. msn undsr pay. horses fed, carts wAh-
ing. tanks hli Of niss filtered vstsr. bot it wonft
freeze; simply and solely. becsnss there isn't water
enough in the Nuuam strsm Ci This wriiIns) to
move the machinery.
have seen nor heard In this discasslou any silu.
sion TO the fact that a rice min has been located Zoe
some years upon the same stream jus sbovs said Zee
factories. and In constant operation the year rosnd.
when there 10 a supply Of water; the proprissors of
which have invested n large amount Of capital Ia the
kingdom. both in city and country. having no lees
than four Of the Target rice pisntstonr pnder oeln-
walton. employing . large nsnber OF men-sn tan
payer-employing sChoone.. drsys. So. 40. upon
which they pay license. and tAxesi greatly aiding
the principal Industry Of the country BY fsrnishiag
cheap. abundant, and wholesome food for the laborsn
on sugar es,Assss and who add 10 the exports Of the
kingdom one thousand bags Of ri9e psr month when
they have water to keep their mAehinpry rsnnins.
This firm have also their buildings, machinery.
stores and siore-housss, sohoonsrs. cams and en-
ployees all 10 place; animals and msu fed. the latter
under pay, work or play; and 10 their machinery
running, as II should be to-day 20 add 20 our ssports'
No sir And why not, Simply and solely hsosuss
there isn't water enoagh 10 os Hauspa sizsm 10
move It. In other words. because somebody was %
shOrt-sighted M 10 permit somsbody's cews TO eat and
tread n hole in the reservoir and lei HE water out.
I don't remember 10 have seen. lately, II ever.
allusion 10 the poor. perhaps old and decrepld.
" sons Of the sol who BY themselves
or their ancestors have with great labor. and no
little skill prepared In q style peculiarly their own,
their freehOlds In which they have planted. wstersd.
and cultivated perhaps 10 near maturity their " stat
Of lifes' look at fheir long asd serrowfai faces a.
they behold their baked and cracked lois, % and
contemplate, not only the loss Of labor In cnldvsting
the present crop, but the more serious fact that
and families are 20 he nsain deprived Of
the food they had n right to expect, az In several
seasons past. bscsuss residents of Hondlnld had ass
for the water which belonged to their :" lois and
the appani had neglected to lock after and keep mp
the supply which God and their chiefs onos gave
them.
Mr. Editor, q sespon could spd ought % 10 vriiss
upon that one sut5sst. By an Abisr pen pHs mime
and preached oo,dsily 70 isatboritiss. onsi nAavs.
rights were restored. or an equivalent paid them.
These interests are suffering directly and with them
indirectly the interests Of the community at lArge.
There 10 within my knowledge ~ we'll az thai Of
others. an important matter relating 10 the impuriy
the little water there sln said stream In summsr
lime. and whenever springs are low ~ Of present.
which has mot bssu prsssItsd+ % my kuowlsAes An
liscussirg remedies kr ptessai evils; but hope
Ilready extended this Communication much beyond
he few paragraphs contemplated.
The past summer has been IN ssHsuaHy wet one
n Enusnu, as wei 10 thrcughppt ihs kissdou, and
indeed a very large part Of the globe, and there
Gems no good reason Why the Interests Of natives Or
in valley or city should suffer for want Of
Fater, in the opinion Of HAoLr.
November LIST. 1875. atsfa HHl