The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-04-13
GIVE US WATER.
country.

EDITOR BULLETIN Having suf-
fered the last few months the greatest
inconvenience from our water supply,
l request you to allow me some of
your valuable space to make this
fact public, and thus induce those
responsible to take immediate mea-
sures to remedy this unsatisfactory
state of affairs appertaining to the
duties of our Minister of the Interior
and the waterworks.
That the Makiki Reservoir, during
the continuance of dry weather, is
entirely inadequate to supply our
present want is illustrated by the
fact that even those nearest to it
have hardly water enough for ordi-
nary purposes during the day, while
those situated higher up, say between
Pensacola and Victoria, and on
Kinau and Lunalilo streets, have no
water at all, varying from 2 to A
O'Clock in the afternoon until from
to of the next morning. This is
easily explained, and would be to
the officials if they took the trouble
to look into the matter, when we
take into consideration the size of
the main, which is only about 4
inch pipe, and further the rapid in
crease of the population in this part
of the plains. Nor are these the
only causes of the meager water
supply, but the Reservoir has been
actually deprived of facilities to
gather and accumulate water, through
negligence and mismanagement since
its construction. TO illustrate my
meaning further about this, L will
offer the following explanation:-
"About / or u miles from the
Reservoir are situated | think 5
wells, yielding constant supply of
pure clean water, which gathers in
the nearest gulch and runs down
toward the Reservoir. Formerly
this water, instead of running in the
gulch, used to be led along fumes,
thus, saving at least of it. But
when the steam engine was introduced
at Makiki to keep the well which
was being dug at the time clear of
water for the working men employed
digging the same, this hume, costing
the government some ten thousand
dollars, was partly broken up as
firewood for the engine, and the
other part left TO take care of itself,
consequently the water has to run
| into the gulch again, and instead of
all of it or at least the largest part
reaching the Reservoir, it soaks
into the ground, while only very
small portion actually finds its way
into it. And what is almost as bad
is that the water thus running long
distance through this gulch is not
alone wasted, but is actually spoiled
by gathering in its passage all sorts
of vegetable and organic matter
which is daily and almost hourly
source of complaint and annoyance
to all neighboring housewives, tc
say nothing of its disparagement tc
good health"
If our august Majesty's motto
Tncrease the Nation,' shall bt
fulfilled, or, as out here on the
plains, it is fulfilling, and that very
rapidly, His Majesty's Minister
would do well to see that this in
crease hoped for and asked for, and
in our part of the town already
there, is supplied with sufllciency
of water.
Therefore give us water, Minister
Gulick Not much to ask for, bu,
terrible thing to want. Will yor
then kindly remember this want OF
ours while you have plenty, anC
issue your orders accordingly ant
promptly TO have this nuisanc,
ended.
l am not writing this to comment
on governmental management OF
mismanagement, but would like tC
point out this to His Excelency
Minister Gulick, that it would pay
the Government to see to an abun
dant supply of water rather, thar
pay for property burnt down fol