The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-03-12
Water Works Extension.
l.DlTDR BuLLETIN:--

tlrLp hpItiti "A Now lUilllnp
planl -rian of Superintendent of
Water Works BcuwU. etc, etc. The
following extract will SNOW the
tenor ui he article: "Andrpw Grown,
Superintendent Of Water Works, is
drvisiug "a plan to imsur" a supply /
from the mains during the pru-pec-
tive or other seasons of drOuth.
There is now pumping plant at
Makiki. When necessary il sends |
from an arte.ian well into the mains |
l,i2j.tNO gallons OF water "A day. The
city consumes altogether about !
3,WWRU gallons. ! he main Source
Ui supply is th" rcs"rNUIr~ in Nuua- |
uu Valley. Thrrr is now an artc- |
sian well III tho yard uf the EXrcu-
tive building not lar from the bar
racks. IL is a s"Vrn-invh Dor" and
lluws about the same a. thc Maklki
we'll. II il proposed hy Mr.. Brown
that tcu.Iuch well hr drilled ON
the barracks lot. Then what is
wanted Is a pumpi"g plant 10 hau-
Ill" the utput uI the two wells. III"
pair wuuld yield about 2.JmOUO
! gallon, u day. The well on the EN-
"culIvr building pr"ui cs sends
/ water twenty feet above. the surface.
aud such wells may hn had almost
anywhere for the boring. The
depth II about 800 icoi, aud the cost
about s. foot. The MvCandlcss
combination has the only boring
outfit on the Islands. Mr. Brown is
for a pumping plant that would b"
Il t,,ttTI,t Ia.
enlarged on demand. II should be-
ut improved ua"hju"ry in good
building. The cost uf maintenance
would uUt b" great. Expense would
br al engineer and "a fireman a few
months ul lh" dry s"a.un. To in
crra." the prr.sur. II viii b" n"crs
>Hry tO CHlgrs" som" al ia" mains.
fh" Superintendent - campaigning
Tor sn appropriation - carry out
his prr-"ut plan.
reed not rninrg" uu the vital in.
icrrst th" quriiuu OF water supply
has for every resident L Honolulu
without exception uf rae" or nation
dlIiy, or To- my own Hruunintanc"
with the sub hjrct IL ~ rXrrTi" &C., T."
max" au "EUusc for Offering few r..
marks um il with "a view 10 having
tho pros aud cons ur every sr.ruv
ior IlS Improvement publicly dis.
Iu-s'd ia ia" pr ~ before ia" couG-
,ry j. put 10 any oNpuns" ~ adopt
,uG them.
II L. with th" latter view that
have written. 1t has hitherto hrrn
4 catis,' Ui great expense IL ilI" pub
lie and "oUsrVG, NJ iu~S that every
change "r administration aud even
Oi u,lcIai- has caused tho overthrow
Q II the uti plans and th" casting
% away of ia" experience 50 dearly
. bought before, and i, scrms TIA" ir l.
, vIsiuual GUVcrnlu"nt l. 10 be- uu OK.
rrpli"n to the rule. do not write
tins ~ "npiiuUs or personal spirit
! or on" OI Opposition to new schemes
!. Tor imprUv" eat bcraua" am we'd.
y lrd 10 TIA" old, bU, simply a. stating
what may br sly."d u historical fact,
Every u"W minister ar u.liria! H'rru-
. to haN" hr- owu hobby which m
/. rides regardless nf ia" previous ~
T. p"ri"urr az his pn"lc"r..urs, aud So
tO teach him what ls hes, aud mo. I
pract cticaht", a,.Hln costs IL" cuuui y
; exp, ns" aud Ia" previous outlay Is
e apparently looked on as thrown
. WAY. | do not wish 10 seen
;. egotlstic, but merely 10 plar,
i the results 81 nay experience III
v the water works AT lh" s"rN,,r Of ia,
T" puhIi" IN whose pay ! Baia"d II.
J. viii therefor" IN regard To the pre-,
Il cat o"!nm" first quote my remarks