The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-05-01

usual manner. by the Hon. Godfrey Brown. Clerk
of tie last Legislature. The session adjourned
to meet at 10 O'Clock to-day, May lst, 1880.
HOUSE OF MOBILES.
Their Excelencies, ]. o. Dominis, s. Z. Kaai, j.
NJ. Kapena. s. G. Wilder, Honorables P. Kanoa, e
r. Bishop, II. a. Kahanu, P. Y. Kaeo, W. I. Martin,
J. P. Parker, H. Kuihelani, J. MOsnauli, il Dow
sett, a. ;. C~leghorn, P. Isenberg. S. \. Castle, g..
Rhodes, J NJ Smith, c. II. Judd, J. E. Bush.
REPRESENTATIVES.
g. ". Pbilipo. :. K. Kaai. a. Kalauli, 5. K Ma
hoe, J. Nawahi. J. K. Kaunamano, james Woods,
J. ". Kalua. W. VI. Gibson, J. A. Nahaku. George
Gleudon, J. X Hsnuna. A. E. Kunuiakea, e. h.
Lilikalani, r. II. Baker, James Keau, II. \. Kahu-
la, J. L. Kaulukou. e.. \. Kalams, H. Q. Mahi,
Geo Wilcox, Kuapuu. Jno. Kakina, F. W, Beckley.
HE stranger, on Grst arriving in these islands
will quickly notice the fact that while the wind
ward sides are always green and fertile the lee
ward portions are generally barren. Like the
Sahara Of Arabia it would seem to require a mir
acle 10 the face of natural indications to create
water. Thinking people have, however, argued
that from the formation of the Islands water
must be found on the IeeWard side. The only
way to prove theories regarding the matter was
W AuoNAAutiuk q CAIOo VI SAPOAAhChN6 "AASN
would soon prove their truth or falsity.
The importance Of testing the Artesian well
system has been strongly advocated in the
columns Of the ADVERTISER during past years,
and when at this date we are informed that ex-
periments undertaken have thus far proved sue
cessful we feel pleased at the attention paid by
able and intelligent citizens. The latest expert
ment in boring for water was undertaken on the
grounds belonging to MIR. Marques, at Makiki,
under the auspices of Messrs. Macfarlane, Corn
we'll & Co., who have invested a large amount OF
capital in improved machinery and imported it
here, and alse secured the services Of competent
well borers.
The location chosen was not by any means the
most favorable one, and boring was commenced
about seventy-fve feet above the sea level. The
first initiation or surface water was found at a
depth of t~hirty-six feet, and at a little distance
below the sea level the supply of water was con-
sidered as inexhaustIble for a pump. At 1875
feet a strong running stream was encountered of
two feet in depth, and at a depth of g little over
three hundred feet the grand flowing source was
reached, capable of supplying three thousand
gallons an hour. The flow is continuous, through
a six inch pipe, and the water rises to over four
feet above the surface. The engineer advances
the opinion that If tight-piping was used down
to the bottom of the bore, instead of the loose
joints, the water would be raised some thirty or
forty feet. The success of this experiment will
assist in convincing unbelievers in the arte-
sian well theory that faith and capital have
been invested to prove the feasibility of the
project and has met with success, and Messrs.
Macfarlane, Cornwell & Co. deserves credit for
the enterprise and perseverance displayed, and
their success will assist greatly to justify the
public in supposing that artesian flowing wells
may be raised anywhere on these islands. The
ADVERTISER has for years past advocated a sys-
TEN of irrigation on these islands and now comes
this discovery of artesian flowing wells, which
when more generally established must prove a
blessing to Hawaii nei. The boring for the next
we'll will be commenced on the plains, on the
lands belonging to His Majesty the King.