The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-28
FL TER WATER
Board of Health F avors
Reser goir Plant.
Awaiting Estimate of Cos: Before
Asking Council Of State to Make
Necessary Appropriation,

There is a unanimous feeling
amongst the members Of the Board OF
Health 20 fiITate the water cf the Nuu-
anu reservoirs so that at the source o.
the city's supply All danger 10 the
health OF the inhabitants will be re
moved. The subject q 6lterfng III.
reservoir water supply has been
brought up before but IN each case was
pgeon-holed and no action has lsaen
taken up 10 the present emergency.
President Cooper q the Health
Board was asked yesterday as t.. bis
personal views in Tie naatter, and stat
ed that ne was most certainly in fa,r,,
OF the proposition. Either tho rsear
Voir water supply should be fltarea
or closed in," said be. 1T 10 n MO-
position which VIII cost a,toges no,
something like 800. 900. put no n,atta
what the cost, il ought 10 be CARRIED
out The superintendent Of Public
WORKS mas the matter IN hand at n,es.
ehI ana as soon as lis eSttmates arr
ready they viii BE- presented 10 the
Board for approval Tire Council nt
State will then probably be asked tc
convene TO make an appropriation as
an emergency measure"
Mr.. George w. Smith Of the Roaro
SAID ne was very much n fayCr IF the
hIterlng measure, and tlflat il WAS 2
matter which ShOuld te pushed unti,,
an appropriation was maze for putting
the plant into operation For wears
the measure had failed Of support from
the legislature and There mad been {
seeming opposition To installing the
system. Il hope, concluded MIR.
Smith, that we can hammer away at
the project until an appropriation
comes for the BoaTt7 70 so ahead with
the work.
DR.. Wood is also favorable to the
project and Will press the proposition
upon the Council OF State.
The following rer-nrt Of the Minister
of the Interior to the legisl nature as
sembly in 1890, is evidence that even a
decade ago filtration was deemed na.cess
sary for the general health OF the city.
The report, in full, reads:
Filtering.
The subject OF flteJiDg the water
supply of the city haS more than once
been the subject OF report 20 the Legis
lature. The large expense incidenta
to a proper system OF tiltering has
heretofore prevented the application
a principle which has been admitted
by every one to ,tsa necessary to the
securing of proper drinking water for
the city. Special attention has been
paid to this subject during the past
period, and inquiries and inVestiga
tons made as to the best method OF
securing the desired result. The CON
clusiOn arrived at has been that the
Hyatt Pure Water CUnpany's system
of fltering will secure ~ far the best
results for the money expended.
fltering plant which Will probably be
sufficient for the hmm ediate present, to
be located in Nuuanp Valley below the
storage reservoir, with running ex-
penses for the biennial period, viii.
cost not TO exceed S2S, 500. The system
is such that it can Re extended at any
time by the simple attachment Of ad-
ditional filtering tanks. An approprr
alton IS asked for the purpose of car
rying this proposition into effect. The
water from Makiki Valley it is believ-
ed will not require fiItering after the
water is brought down in the pipe,
which is now on the gr0und ready for
laying, asst viii then run through the
main instead Of through the open
bitches as at present.
The above reoou1m and
amounts proposed to be spent, are
large. and may appear 10 some mem
bers of the Horeo to be beyond what
the country can now afford; but l ann
confident that an examin alton of the
facts and requirements Of the service
viii convince the House that the ex-
nanditure a. the present time of this
an cunt OF money for the purpose In
dic,ted will be economy, and is fully
warranted by the Importance OF the
water works service and the additional
revenue which VIII be derived there