The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-06-05

ARTEsIAN well-boring 10 these islands Is a sub
ject that will shortly be reported upon by the Com
mittee on Public Lands and Internal improvements.
The success that has attended the enterprise dis
played by Mr.. Jas. Campbell, Mr.. A. Marquez and
others, will no doubt lead to bene6cent resuIts
throughout the kingdom. A few facts in connec-
ton with this subject might therefore be
acceptable to our readers. The Hon. Mr.. Gibson,
smember for Lahaina, who introduced the subject
to the Assembly by asking that $40, 900 be appro-
priated to bore and to assist private speculators,
told as that wells had been sunk over 5000 feet.
or nearly a mile, but it is rarely necessary to 20
SO deep before water is obtained. The depth Of the
great well at Passy, Paris. is about 1928 feet,
with a diameter of 2 feet A inches at the bottom,
and it throws up q stream Of water at the rate Of
5,59O,OO0 gallons per day to a height Of 81 feet
above the ground. Besides the monster well, there
are in Paris a great many others, varying from
300 to 400 feet in depth, and from 2 to 8 inches
in the diameter of the bore hole. In England n
is not necessary to bore so deep as on the CONT
nent and in America. the water bearing stratum
are found much nearer the surface. At Chica-
90 there are two wells, one 100 and the other
1000 feet deep, with a diameter Of 5 inches which
supply the city with 800, 900 gallons Of water
daily. After boring to the depth Of three quarters
Of a mile at ST. Louis, in the State Of Missouri,
aud obtaining nothing but brine, the undertaking
was abandoned by order of the government. 30 We
see every experiment is not a success. The deem
est boring in the world is in Germany, about 20
miles from Berlin. and was sunk for the purpose
of obtaining rock salt. A depth of 4,194 feet has
been attained, of which 3,907 feet form q salt de-
post. In Kentucky a boring was commenced In
1857, and finished in 1858. 1t is 3 inches only in
diameter and carried to a depth Of 2,086 feet, and
it discharges a supply of water almost as plentiful
as that at Paris. A well at Charleston, 8. c..
supplies / 200 gallons an hour. and delivers ii 10
feet above the surface. At Bourne, In Lincoln
shire, England, a we'll furnishes half a million
gallons Of water a day, with sufficient force to
reach the tops Of the highest houses. while at
Brighton over a million gallons are obtained daily
from artesian sinkings.
Boring in the great desert of Sahara is of very
ancient date. and the Arabs often worked for many
years before they reached the pool that was 90 eagerly
sought for. Many difficulties have to be contended
against in well-boring in the desert, not the least
of which is the drifting Of sand, but when water IL
forthcoming a sandy plain is turned into q land Of
fertility, and villages grow up where formerly there
was nought but waste and solitude. Therefore. in
spired by the example Of Mr.. James Campbell and
the recent success Of Mr.. A. MARQUEE, we may soon
hope to see and hear of many spots, at present an
productive, turned into fields Of wealth, and H.
money is wanting to further the project, there ought.
to be no hesitation on the part Of the government to
supply the deficiency. +,