The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-18
ENGINEER Herring
will Make Plans For Sewerage
System Here.
VISIT LIMITED To A MONTH
Has Had Years of Elk
perience in Profession.
Made Plans for I66 Cities-Filtra-
ton a SCience-Three Systems
of Purifying Water.

Among the passengers by the Ala
media yesterday was Rudolph Her
ring who is probably one of the best
known consulting engineers in the
| United States Mr.. Herring's visit
here is the outcome of F. S. Dodge's
mission to the United States early this
year and he comes at the request of
! the Government to make a thorough
investigation of the conditions here and
to- report upon plan of sewerage sys-
tenn.
The distinguished gentleman's expe-
rience in such matters covers a great
many years, and in his capacity as
engineer he, alone, or in connection
with others, has furnished plans, speci-
! fications and estimates for the NUM-
cipal governments in 166 cities in the
United States, and his points of re-
search extend to all the large cities in
England and on the Continent of Eu-
rope His stay in Honolulu will last
but month, during which he will in
vestigate the conditions, and then,
plete his plans so that when adopted by
the Government any first class engi-
neer will be able to take them up and
continue the work.
! Mr.. Herring received a representa-
tive of the Advertiser in the parlors
of the Hawaiian Hotel last evening,
but had little to communicate as to
the plans to be adopted here.
"You are rather early" he remarked
pleasantly. q know very little about
Honolulu yet I have hardly begun to
learn anything. You know, 1 only ar
rived at noon, and I have not had
time to look around"
But you have an idea as to the sys~
said the reporter.
'ENot the remotest. Everything will
| depend upon the conditions, and they
must be studied. My time here is linn
tied to a month, but from converse
lions l have had with Mr.. Dodge,
think can ascertain all l want in half
the time. The hard work, the studying
of plans to meet the conditions comes
afterward. 1 hope that in six months
! from the time l leave here l will be
able to submit plans to your Govern
ment upon which it may act. | could
! not recommend any special system of
sewerage for Honolulu, because anOth-
| er city had it in use. The conditions
there may be entirely opposite those
of this place.
And it really takes a great deal of
istudy; the quarantine must be looked
| into, and the best methods of dispOs
! ing of the sewage. The day l left New
York l signed the reports recommend
! ing certain plans for Baltimore With
my assistants we have been four years
studying the situation and drawing
our plans. l do not mean to say that
I personally have been working con-
stantly for that period on devising the
plans, other things have been cropping
up to which | have given my attention.
/ 1t was the completing of these plans
which delayed my departure from the
East for Honolulu. Now that the plans
are complete work will probably begin.
1t was the same with New Orleans, and
those are the only cities of any i'm
pOrtance in the United States without
proper sewerage systems. Tomorrow
l expect to take my first look around
Honolulu, in reality to get my bear
ings''
Replying to a question regarding the
water supply for Honolulu, Mr.. Her
ring said:
1T is one of the questions the Gov
eminent has asked me to look into
and suggest, if l can. suitable filtra-
ton system. ! see here in this paper
a report made to the Board of Health
by one of its members. but l have not
had time, really. TO look into it. Law
Irence, Mass, has a system which is
really very good. and is no secret; any
one can build it. The mechanical sys-
TENS We have not yet found it advisable
to recommend. and they are not gener-
ally used. the natural ffltering pro-