The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-01-19

The gusnufy of maiefai required
raise iNf surface of thH dIftfHf nHt
foot Do esiimuied al coo D1l cubic Iaff
10 furnish this material hy the nrs
method would require tbc pNeaFatIn
20 a channe. 5000 feet long g0 r.
deep. ana i1i feel wide thereby p
moylng he Objectionable mud haa az
making a clean, deep basin.
From numerous soundlnrs mad
by your committee this method
would seen feasible The material b.
excellent but would have 20 be covered
wIth SOL before yrEc alton Won grOs
upon d. The cost OF niing by the
method ought no. 90 exceed 80 cent
per cubic yard or three cents per square
foot Tor each foot filed.
The second method would probably
cos lcss bu, would leave only about
one-haif Of the land available foI
building purposes. This methou should
not be allowed II the earth thrown out
of such basins has become foul by
vegetable or animal matter and II thers
Is not a direct connection wi y the
ocean In which he tide will ebb ant
ilow or the water Us being constantly
changed by running springs.
The third method Is a question oi
transportation. Il would probably be-
unsafe to cross the main streets Of the
city, at grade, with trains Of cars NOV
ed by power or gravity. The cost o.
moving such large quantities OF earth
by carts would be expensive and slow
The filling might be conveyed BY
water in pipes, by the same genera
method In use by the dredgers in de-
posting their dredged material or
land. After the Government Pumping
ant, now under contract, is in oper-
a,on, ii is probable the water from
Makiki stream will no. De needed for
domestic use. In this event the stream
could be damned and the water used 20
COW y filing material from the noun
tains to this distric,.
The estimated cost of getting this
material from the mountains should
not exceed So cents per cubic yard OF
2 cents per square foot, for each foot
of filling.
Third-Ditches should be dug about
800 feet apart in existing or in propos
ed streets for collecting surface water,
in luding that from above King street.
and as outlets for the numerous springs
and ponds in this district. They should
have masonry floor and side walls, ne
inner surface to be smooth, so as TO DO
easily cleaned II any ioul wafer is al
masonry side walls and floor should be-
continued to the ree1. They should
| lead by the most direct way to the
| ocean and, unless supplied with run
ming water, should be constructed so
the tide will ebb an. flow in them.
| Fourth-All streets should drain in
to these bitches ana from them should
rise by a craze OF not less than siH
inches in one hundred feet.
The minimum grade recommended
by the Grade Commission Is four feet
above city datum.
Lots should drai. by ditch in their
rear leading to the main bitches.
Fifth-There should be at least three
feet of open space under all DWELLING
in which the air AN fully circulate
Building laws should be enacted re
quiring an unobstructed open space
around each dwelling.
Sixth-It is an imperative necessity
that sewers be constructed in all
streets upon which buildings are locat
ed and they should be contracted for
at once so they may be completed by
the time the sewerage pumping plant
Is in operation. Until such time all
waste from faucets should be con
Quoted into the main bitches. Earth
closets only should be used.
Seventh-No household waste OF
rubbish should be depos..eu on this
district or on lny other land near in
habited dwellings but 1t should be tax
en- daily to sea and dumped at least
two miles beyond the reef or destroyed
by cremation.
Eighth-A general system of streets
should be laid out any grades estab-
lished for the whole district
Ninth-Owing to the natural insani
tary condition of this distric, daily in
spection should be made by a com
petent Board of Health official.
We desire to call special attention to
few of the most Objectionable local.
ties and believe they Should receive this
immediate attention OF your Board:
All ponds between Punchbow street
and the ROAD leading to the Govern
ment Magazine are foul and should be
| fled with clean earth.
Laniwai and Cook streets, near their
intersection, is mudhole and should
be graded.
I ne stream that rises near the corner
of King and South streets is choked
with sewerage and should be cleaned.
This stream should be enclosed In
masonry walls which should be ex-
tended to the reef
Respectfully submitted.
ERNEST H. WODEHOUSE,
WALTER p. WALL,
| F. b. EDWARDS.