The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1880-05-26
Arsesian wells.

A flowing artesian well in this strstaless country
is 80 contrary to received theories that It Is eV-
dent something is wrong Theories are very dear
70 their owners. and when the hard facts are dead
arainst them why all the said owners can say Is
80 much the worse for the facts II these Cali
foruiA uell-borers are to come here and start
water for a.. where by rights no water ought 10 be-
who knows what other strange things they may
turn Cd. For ali We know, they viii be drilling
into some vein Of coal or iridium cryoite Just
where He are sure that szch things can by no pos
sibility exist
Here the enterprising Marques has sII men
pipe yelling over with copious pellucid stream
from ever so many hundred feet down. and has
thereby zdded some thousands Of dollars to the
value Of his land which his nelghbor, the honor
able ASSESSOR for this district has no doubt, al
ready made a note Of We all knew that there
wss plenty Of water at the sea-leyel or little
above IL: but where does the pressure come from
thai forces it up in such little fountainr II IS
not heat for the water is cool as 1t is clear II
r-ust be mechanical, or as the books term 1t,
hvdrostatie pressure and that implies tight con-
tsinsr. tight tube or stratum. II your water pipe
has u bad leak. or neighbours pipes are all run
ming. YOU have no pressure. Marques fountain
does not spout up forty feet above the upper water
lsye-s. without having some pretty tight strata of
some sort above and below il, extending well back
into the mountain
But orr mountains are a mass Of broken spongi-
ness. they consist from top 70 bottom, of layers
Of lava. heaped il :fsz.tic iuegularity. The SUI
face water permeates through them like great
sponQes 70 the bottom, finding nothing ike
stratum 10 arrest it, until it approaches the level
Of the sea At sea-legel YOU are always be sure to
ind water. II dry regions often braekish- The
Level permanent water rises little inland, higher
ns the outward Hoz is stronger
The artuna pressing up Of water above this level
recesSitRtAs the conclusion that the structure Of
the rocks below the sea-leyel differs in some i'm
portsur respect from ANYTHING Ii sight above
What that difference is calls for special investiga
ton. which must be aided by the records which
the engineers have preserved uf the nature OF the
lHvers Of rock passed through.
HYPOTHESIS are sometimes useful in suggesting
the line Of investigation, and sometimes amusing.
We venture % offer hypothesis as to the condl-
ton Of our lower rocks II Is this; that lmperv1-
Gus strata Of elAyey sediment have actually been
formed az successive levels within the porous
masses OF Lava below the ssa-lcyel- 1t Is In the
uatEre OF the case that such astrstnm must form
wherever considerable quantity Of water Is ooz-
inE out at the sea-level, as II does everywhere
along the shores. The water flowing down through
tl1n. holds quantities OF fine mud in suspension
Arrived near the sea4evel and comparatively at
rest IL at once precipItates its mud, packing every
crpv1ce and pore of the epongy rocks TO many
1-rrss IN 5er%k ,zith 4 coupact stratum of fine
CLAW Thiz stratum viii obviously have gentle
inclination upwards into the interior, sleeper as
the TOW of water Is more abundant. NOW let a
slow. gradual subsistence OF the land be IN pro
rress TINS stratum viii continue 70 grow upward,
and become of great thickness Let sudden sub
sidenoe Of some yards take place, and new stra-
tum will begin to form, with an interval between
L and the old one Between the two strata the
waters are confined. with pressure from the IN
cinAtioa inland and we fnd the conditions requir-
ed for the flowing Rrtesian well Ii seems quite
likely that such successive s1osaoences OF the ian
have occurred In former periods IN this island. and
hence that succession Of layers Of clay exist
throughout the rocks below the sea-leTel
In support Of this hypothesis II seems evident
shat such clay stratum did form at the level OF
the sea, Antecedent 70 the comparatively recent
elevation Of the entire coast of the Island from ~
20 80 feet. as eremplihed by the coral Lodges OF
Honolulu. and the shell-benks of Pearl River.
why at Waialua- at Pearl River, IN Honolulu, dc
copio1s springs pour out at precisely what was the
former Level Of the sea Simply, because the clay
stratum then formed still EXISTS TO arrest the vatel
from descending lower. II is evidently stratum
Of considerable uniformity and density. or the
springs wo1ld not be 30 uniform in character.
Our hypothesis accounts for flowing wells lit
Tie above sea-leTel like those Of NJ Campbell and
NJ Marques Should flowing well be created al
high leEel, we shall have 10 Try again. Go on
gentlemen. bore away for your facts; II will &C
harn but we vii find HYPOTHESIS to III them II
tealnch plates viii not stand your rifed guns
why. we vii ron something thicker.
Last Saturday evening, Miss Ingles and Mr.
Bradley took farewell beneht at the theatsr, or
which occasion was presented Marion, or thu
Pride OF the Market which was Witnessed by full
hlasa- On Saturday evening next Miss Nelson
and Mr. FranrOueur VIII have farewell benef
teniered to them, whom we hope a good hons,