The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1886-06-15

Tn wattyr Question came M WY prom
inently during the late fire AZ Mr.. Louis
sons roSidenee There certainly was not
water enough for the engines to play upon
he burning b1ildinS. The question nat
urally came, whyf The answer Is readily
given- bscauSe the engines were drawing
from three inch pipe instead q the maln
The water supply o. the portion Of the
city where Mr. IsouiSSon resi6ed l. and
has beer thoroughly inadequate. We
know OF one gentleman who refused 70
take most eligible house near Emma
street purely On tins question u wateg
supply he found that the pressure Of
water would not reach 70 his upper rooms
except AZ rare times during the day Had
TIE I'M conpSnies attached their hose 20
the man Al M. Afongs corner. or had
they even put Il into the strearn which
runs past tho Rev ;. E Bishops residence
there would have besa wSter In fairly
good quantity. 50 far, there was evidently
lack OF wisdom, or % kn0wledge IN those
who were directing the fre engines
Now let Us see where the fault hes with
others than those who are called hastily
out as the hremen are
The Legislature hES voted IN the past
ample funds towards enlsrging and I'M
proving the water supply OF the city. The
present Goverumeuf have paid 8 hand
some SALARY 70 Major Bender 70 ride up
the valley and have q lcok as 70 what Is 10
he doues they have moreover, bought pipes
Which once cumbSred the rosd. hut which
now are nicely stored -for s consideration.
and this Is all they have done for Hone
lEla's wate- supply. Ne, We beg pardon.
they have iune more. they have sold water
right and left. until there vas no more
water 10 sell They have subdiyided what
they had to sell The fact 5 that the
Government have been dishonesty selling
Whist thew had not 70 sell. and have been
in- them pay full price for les quantity
of water. A water privilege Of 50 Unnu
ally, once supplied far more water than i
Row supplied This explains why water
l. not on hand The Government has
greedily sold what L has not g0s. and
has sweut In the fees- when II could
cet them. The true blame lies with the
Government. or really with the Minister
Of Interior. HIS duty has b5en 10 see th8t
the water supply i aiequate. No man
knows better what can be done When q
ire oeeurs, OF course there l. not enough
water. The pressure II most places Is in
adequate because the supply has been di
vided Of. in others. the supply Is far be
low the demand. and as IN the ease Of the
LoulSScn tre : Utterll inadequate 10 PIT
oct even the me1grest blaze.
The whole matter rests with the InsSR-'
Gnce Companies. 4 little preSSgGe ffou
them could Es-- tire 6s0yerninent TO pro
vtde adequate water supply in case Of ire.
Let Us do without some OF the nCnSensical
expenditures Of the past. let Us save on
military. on foreign tours, on the pergul-
sites q the Secretary Of the Board q
Health. ca dozen useless follias N which
the public money Is FILTERED away. and
let Us have u proper water supply. II vii
surprise people here when they come to
think that the water supply system Of TINS
city depends on what Dir Wilder pushed
forward during ms administration, and
that tins precious set Of wiseacres, who
now hold Office. have hardly done one
thing towards bettaring what Mr. Wilder
did for city Of much sualler.naejs than
Honolulu has in 1886.
Condemnation with regard 70 the Gov
erumeut policy OF the water matter can
not be too strong They are practically
responsible for the destruction caused by
the recent fires. In every eE>e recently.
II has been the lack Of water which has
resulted IN such great disaster. The pipes
are here. Heaven sends Us heavy RUNS. We
have wei pad engineer. Why We have
not an adequate supply OF water the -Ba
Der only knows A daily wrong l. being
perpetrated upon the citizens Of this city.
But then. Ike many other wrongs. what
are VOC tr15re- 70 DO rh7srt II - A. Ions
as the Insurance Companies abroad don't
kick we presume the insured here VIII
pocket their claims There Is q speedy
remedy however. and It rests with the In
surGnee Agents to apply IT,