The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-16
MAY STOP
SEWER WORK
Want of Funds flinders
Government.
MUST QUIT OR BORROW
Material in Hand But Money Not
Available to Pay the
Labor.

The Government is in financial trou-
BILE. It's funds for the completion of the
sewerage system are exhausted to such
an extent that the superintendent of
Public Works, the contractors for the
sewer, and the Board of Health held
an important meeting yesterday after
noon. The situation is grave one, and
under the present circumstances it is
unlikely that the sewers for Punchbowl
district, the portion of the city above
School street or Eva of the Nuuanu
stream can be completed unless the
Government can borrow sufficient mon
ey to go on with the work. Unless
further funds are available, all work on
the sewers will come to an absolute
standstilI. and the city will be without
proper sanitation.
Mr.. McCandless states there is left
in the available loan fund, $2O4, 206. out
of this, $4,000 is needed for the COM
pletion of the Kalihi pumping station,
and making the last payment for the
pump after it is started. 1t is estimated
that $1,000 for these and other items is
HtCCSSsAiy dI Oiltt. Ills IeaNeS SlbZ,ZUb
for the sewer work.
Mr.. Edwards made up an estimate
yesterday morning of the S279 600 for
the completion of the system as map
ped out for the entire city district. A
second estimate of $500 900 will complete
the system along Punchbowl and above
Liliha street. A third estimate of $751;
600 the business section alone can be
completed to the outfall and put In
running order. This means a practical
cutting off of benefits to any part OF
Punchbowl slope, above School street
into the valley or out to the asylum
The third estimate completes the Ke-
walo section also.
DR.. Wood stated his opinion on the
matter before the Board of Health en-
phatically and in strong terms. u
want to emphasize the fact" said he
that We need the sewer mostly in the
thickiy settled portions of Honolulu
our late hardships in the plague cpl
demic were due to our own carelessness
We are already upon the very verge OF
typhoid fever epidemic. 1t is increas-
ing rapidly. We are depositing it in the
ground every day and putting the
germs into the cesSpools. L want &c
say right here and now that there is
nothing so important to the city of Ho-
nolulu at the present moment as the
Oh lllS sewer SYSTEM.
Mr. George w. Smith felt certain that
If Honolulu thought another epidemic
was imminent the Government could
raise money here in Honolulu. He
thought the present lack of sewers was
progressing rapidly toward the cpl
demic stage, and that Honolulu would
loan sufficient money to the Govern
ment to carry on the work until the
legislature meets. 1t is anticipated that
the legislature will relieve the Govern
ment of its financial embarrassments
and readily make a proper appropria-
ton for all moneys expended on sewers
A motion was carried that the matter
of the completion Of the sewers be re-
ferred to a special committee to confer
with other departments and develop
ways and means to raise funds to COM
plete the entire system.
1t is estimated that along the water
front $19,500 will complete that portion
of the work; $4,000 the Makih Sec