The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-12-17
TO PURIFY THE WATER
MEMBER c. \. BROWN REPORTS
TO THE HEALTH BOARD
Facts and Figures Concerning a
Couple of Methods of Filtration
Estimates from the Manufactur hra.

Emile Macfarlane of the Kapiolani
a meeting of the Board of Health.
The total receipts including a balance
of S1,333.O4 on hand November I, were
$1,42664. The expenses of the home
amounted to S242.65. The balance on
hand December ! was $1,12O.49. There
were seven confinemcnts during TIL"
month.
Mr.. George Boardman, manager of
a Chinese immigration company, made
a request that the Board allow him 20
bring Chinese laborers from Northern
China to Nagasaki instead of Hong
kong to be examined by the Hawaiian
Government inspectors. Mr.. Board
man said that the people whom he eX-
pected to import to Hawaii were ag-
ricultural people. They would be ac-
ceptablc laborers to the planters. he
said. Action deferred.
Superintendent Meyers, of the leper
settlement, informed the Board by let
!
on the plains without apparent cause.
The stock had been received from Ha-
wall a day or so previous to the discoy-
cry of the dead cattle. Supt. Meyers
stated that the cattle might have been
shipped without water and that upon
landing at MoIokai had drank salt
water, causing their death.
| Mr.. c. \. Brown made report on
| filtration.
The Norwood Engineering Company
of Boston manufacturing the Wilson
water filter, agree to furnish on board
at San Francisco, filters of sufficient
capacity to filter 2.5OO.OOO gallons of
water per day of - hours, for the
sum of $3.50. This is for gravity
filter. \ high pressure filter for the
same capacity would cost $4,000, the
! freight and insurance from San Fran
cisco to Honolulu to be paid by this
Government. In addition to this there
would be an expense of $50 month
for an expert to. come out and put up
| the filters. All expense of foundations
and building to be paid for by this
Government.
The Cumberland Manufacturing
| Company. who manufacture the War
rem patent filter, agree to furnish
eight filters, with capacity of $780,
600 gallons in "A hours, for $11 800 fur
nished on board at San Francisco.
The expense of freight, insurance and
construction of the foundations and
building and an expert at $50 per
month, to be paid by the Board Of
Health.
The Morrison Jewell Filtration Com
pany. of New York, offer to put in
their patent for $16,325, f. o. b. in
New York, with cost of freight, in
surance from there to Honolulu to be
assumed by the Board, and in addi-
ton the cost of an expert at 5000 a
month
1t takes 100 tons of quartz to do the
work needed for 100000 gallons of
water, or for eight tanks. The quartz
used comes mostly from Wisconsin,
and costs $40 Il ton there.
1t takes 20 pounds of alum to purify
100000 gallons of water and costs
$l.75 per 100 pounds.
In his recommendations Mr.. Brown
says:
"Aftcr seeing both methods for fill
tration, it is my opinion that the me-
chanical filters would do what was
wanted here at much less cost origin
ally and for running same than the
reservoir method
IL shall send samples of the differ
ent kinds of sand that can be found OF
the islands to each of the above-namet
firms, and if they decide that il can be
! used, it will lessen the cost of running
the filters very materially"
, The whole matter was referred to ;
committee of the physicians of the
: Board. The committee will meet il
+. conference with Mr.. Brown.
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