The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-04
SEWER NEARLY COMPLETED


TEN consists of \ inch iron stone pine.
Flush tanks are placed at every dead
end of each sewer and man-holes at
intervals OF 900 feet throughout the sys-
tenn.
This, in connection with the pumping
plant and reservoir on the Beach Road
constitutes the original sewer system.
The work has nearly all been com
pleted. The largest part of work yet
to be done is a little over block Of the
principal main on Halakuawila street,
two blocks on Alakea street and two
blocks on Fort street from the water
front to Halakauwila street also remain
unfinished. Some on Queen, Eva of
Fort and also part of Kaahumanu
street are being laid. One block on
Punchbowl mauka from Queen to Ka-
kaaku street and a block and n half
from Fort street on Allen is also un-
finished. There is also block on Fort
street and block on Militant and a
block on Queen streets which have not
been Joined as yet This constitutes
about all Of the sewer system according
to the first contract, which has not
been completed.
1t was in April of the present year
that second contract for the extension
of the sewer system was awarded Vim
cent and Belser, $140, 900 being the
amount named for the second part of
the WOIk lIlS tAlenSlOn mas dlIllOSl
been completed and but for the unex-
pected shortage in the appropriation the
work would have been pushed to an
immediate completion. AS matters now
stand there is a deficiency of probably
$3.50 on the total cost so work will
have to stop until the legislature can
appropriate a sufficient sum to cover
this deficiency
The section of the city where the ex-
hoe 81 Lot, fg
bounded by King street from Thomas
to Punahou street, mauka on
Punahou to Beretania street, waikiki
on Beretania to Alexander street and up
Alexander street to Wilder avenue also
taking in an extra block and a half
waikiki on Bingham street to Metcalf
road. The line then runs down Wilder
to Punahou out as far as Manoa road.
Down Dominis street to Makiki street
around to Kewalo back to Wilder
avenue. The cross streets mauka of
Dominis street starting in this district
are tapped for half block along Ana
puni and College and a block and a half
in Makiki and Keeaumoku. One block
on Nowewehi is not touched. From
Wilder avenue and Kewalo street the
boundary runs eva along Wilder to
Spencer avenue down Spencer to Hack
field street. down Hackfeld to Lunalilo,
to Alapai. Extensions for half a block
beyond this boundary have been made
in Alapai street, Spencer, Hackfeld and
Kapiolani streets. Connections are
made with all of the interecting streets
within this district. The system has
also been completed from Punchbowl
and Beretania nearly to Luso road
The piece not finished in this district is
along King street from Waikiki road
to within about 1000 feet of Thomas
square.
Following is the district where the
work had to be discontinued on account
of the shortage of funds. Along Luso
road to within a short distance of the
stream beyond Punchbowl road, eva on
School street from Luso road to Lilha
street, and along Liliha from King to
Judd. The plans further call for the
line to be carried along from River
street beyond Liliha street and also tap
the railroad station and a block of Iwi-
lei road. The principal streets within
these boundaries are also to be severed
Nothing further can be done though UNI
til the appropriation is made Liliha
from King to School has nearly been
finished and some of King eva of Liliha
is nearly done. In addition there has
been completed a small portion of Vine
yard but the balance will remain with
out the sewer system until the Legis-
lature acts.
In excavating. the contractors en-
countered great difficulty with the coral
for II was hard to work in and the
further they got toward the water front
and the deeper below sea level the
greater quantity of water was en-
countered. The main line is from II to
Is feet below sea level while other por-
tons of the system are but 8 feet II
was the water which cost the contraC-
tors so dearly, for it has been necessary
to run gasoline pumps day and night
throwing out the water from the eXca-
walton for the main line. In some
places the ground was found hard
enough to support the pipes but where
ever 1t was thought to be soft the pipe
was bedded in concrete. This was done
with all of the larger pipe. The connec-
tons of every joint were made with CO.
ment. Great care was taken in testing
the pipe and in closing the joints on ac-
count of the line being below sea level
and there being, in consequence, more
danger of its leaking. This is especially
so with the concrete section. Some
leakage is bound to occur however but
with the care that has been taken II is
not believed that 1t will be material.
The most important phase of the work
came toward the last and this was the
for house connection To
every piece Of property along the line
OF the sewer system a six inch connect
ing pipe was run. This was done to
ease the cost of connection upon the
property owners. In cases where there
was a permanent sidewalk the extern
sion was run simply half way under
meath the sidewalk but wherever the
was not permanent the pipe
was carried to the propertyline. House
holders and property owners are requir-
ed TO install proper plumbing apparatus
in their places and connect with the
sewer system, IT will require some time
to install this part of the system how
ever after the city will have finished it's
share of the work. The private con-
nections will probably cost more than
the entire system is expected to do.
With the fall gained and flushing of
the sewers at necessary intervals the
engineer figured upon being able to
bring the sewerage to the reservoir on
the edge of the water, without difficulty
IT is In the final disposition of the mat
ter that the complicated portions of the
system consists. The reservoir is an
enormous underground vat built of con-
crete, 100 by 100 feet by Is in height,
with capacity of about l 900 900 gallons
The main sewer carries the waste into