The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1889-06-25
PURE DRINKING WATER.

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HoIister & Co. in their soda factory
and also water for use Of cities
which seems to be a great improve
ment over every other method ye
adopted. By the last mail we re
ceived letter from the Company
which they desired inserted in oul
issues, and as the subject is of specia
Importance to the health of the city
We cannot do better than to give it q
prominent place in our columns, as
under:
To the Editor of the ADVERTISER
Honolulu, H. |.
DEAR SIR: Our attention has been
called to the editorials appearing in
your valuable paper on the subject
of purifying the water supply of
Honolulu, and we take the liberty
of sending you under separate cover,
some literature descriptive of our
system, which we hope you will find
interesting, and should this subject
assume more serious consideration
in the future,a perusal of this litera-
ture would enable you to write more
intelligently with reference to the
success of filtration on large scale
The adaptability of our system to
the publication of large water sup
plies is unlimited, it simply being
necessary to increase the number of
filters, the size, or both number and
size-the larger the plant the better
the results obtained. At Holyoke,
Mass. we have in the different Paper
Mills over twenty-four ten-fOot diam
eter filters which aggregate daily
capacity of over six million gallons.
1t would not be difficult or imprac-
ticable to connect all these and many
more filters to one main delivery
pipe. At Atlanta, Ga, we have
plant of twelve filters, each ten feet
in diameter, with a guaranteed daily
capacity of 100000 gallons, but
recent test showed that the plant
could easily purify water at the rate
of 100000 gallons. At Long
Branch, n. j., we have a plant of
eight filters, each ten feet in diam
eter, with a guaranteed daily capa-
city Of 100000, but which, when
tested, showed about 100000 gal
Ions. At Newport, r. l., we have a
plant of filters built of masonry de-
Iivering daily 100000 gallons. We
have recently closed contracts with
the cities of Richfeld Springs, n. Y,
and Shreveport, La, 100000 and
100000 gallons respectively.
A few years ago we submitted to
the Secretary of War, I. S., plans
and proposals for tiltering the water
supply of our national capital, Wash
ingtou. D. c., which contemplated
fourteen filters each ten feet in dia-
meter, guaranteed to deliver con
jointly 40,00O000 gallons daily, the
consumption Of the city. The gov
ernment of this city is controlled by
three commissioners appointed by
Congress, and the adoption of our
system necessitated an appropria-
ton by Congress of the amount
necessary to build this plant. At
the time our proposal was presented
to Congress extensive improvements
in the Water Works of Washington
were in progress, and the authori-
ties did not feel justified in adding
to the already enormous expense in
perfecting the supply of the city.
We do not consider that we have
any competitors in the United States,
as we are pioneers in the art of sue
cessful water publication on large
scale, owning and controlling sixty
patents which cover and include
every conceivable form of filtration.
Our success in the publication of
water-like all good things-in-
duced others to enter the same field
and appropriate to their own use our
patented devices and processes
which have been secured to us here
in the United States and the princi-
pie countries Of Europe. We have
suits pending IN the United States
Courts against all of these so-called
filter companies for infringement of
our rights, with every prospect and
possibility Of an early decision in
our favor. We have consulted the
best legal talent and there IS no
question as to the outcome of our
litigation here. We have already
won suit against one of these
pirate companies, compelling them
to retire from the business; another
case has cen decided in our favor,
and it Will not be many days before
decision will be had in our coagu
liant case, which is a fundamental
principle of filtration. This deci-
sion viii obliterate the remaining
Infringing companies, as water can
not be successfully treated and
rendered healthful and free from
harmful contaminations without the
aid Of this important device and pro
cess.
Leaving patents entirely out Of
the question, from what we can learn, /
there is not another company in ex-
istence that can show a plant of
filters which have been In successful I
operation for any considerable length .
OF time. We have and can now show
filters which have been IN operation
for over five years, delivering unin-
terruptedly a supply Of bright. clear,