The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-08-04
A MILLION FOR SEWERS
WHAT THE SYSTEM WILL COST TO
INSTALL.
House Connections Will Cost Half of it
And Property Owners Individually
Will Have to Pay 1t.

BY the time that the new sewer sys-
tenn is completed and connections made
with the various houses throughout Ho-
nolulu the community will find that it
has been about the most expensive inno-
walton that has ever been introduced
J here. Strange as it may seem the
heaviest cost will not be the sewer sys-
tenn proper for which the Government
pays but the plumbing and connections
! that will be required to be made before
the houses of the city are all connected
with the sewer and cesspoos are abo-
| liShed. What this cost will be is at
present a matter of conjecture and any
estimate can be but of the most gen
eral character.
One fact is certain, however, that
while every attempt will, no doubt be
made by property owners to curtail the
expense of installing complete plumb
| ing apparatus in the house, this expense
will exceed the cost of the sewer sys-
tenn itself considerably. The feature
about this that will appeal to the indi-
vidual is that the burden will fall with
out much distinction upon those who
can i'll afford the expense, as well as the
wealthy residents.
| BY the original plans the sewer sys-
| tenn for the district bounded by Nuu-
! anu, Beretania and Alapai streets and
! DIS ltiT along Ming street as lnOnaS
| Square, was to cost in round numbers,
$3.50, ,0000. When it was decided to ex-
| tend the system so as to include prac-
/ tically the remainder of the city it
was estimated that the cost would be
! at least $250.000 more. But the sewer.
| system, as contracted and constructed
l for the Government, comprised the out
! fall into the sea, the mains along the
streets and laterals from the mains to
! the lot lines. The connection from the
! house plumbing to the lateral at the
! lot line has. in each case to be made by
I the property owner. In most houses in
which there is plumbing at present, the
! house plumbing is connected with a
cesspool in the rear. To connect with
! the sewer, which, as a rule, runs along
| the street in front, the laterals from
| the mains, which the Government has
! brought to the lot line, have to be eX-
tended from the lot line through the lot
to where it can be connected with the
| house plumbing. If this extension is
carried under the house or building it
! self, it must be of iron pipe. If it is
| not carried under the house it may be
/ of Vitrified sewer pipe not less than
/ four inches in diameter
This connection with the sewer sys-
tenn mpst he made by the property
owner at his own expense. If there is
no plumbing in the house it must be
put in.
1t is estimated by those who have
| looked into the subject that the aver
age length of the pipe or sewer which
! Will be necessary to make the connec-
| tiOn is one hundred feet. In the ma
| jority of instances, the houses are To-
Gated some distance from the property
| line. Only four or a six-inch pipe can
be utilized in making the connection.
The installation of the plumbing appa-
ratus in houses where none exists will
no cir 1D 10 81.
Some will aim to have the most elab-
crate kind, while others will content
| themselves with the least expensive
Piping varies in cost, but as this viii
constitute one of the big items of ex-
pense in the majority of cases, the
, cheapest variety will no doubt, out of
necessity, be the most generally used
While all of the business places abut
on the pavement, directly on the prop
erty line, the residences are not so sit
uated. Some are within ten feet, but
there are others which are as far back
as 300 feet. Most dwellings are so fitted
that the piping will have to be carried
to the rear, which means an expense
heavier than the designers of the sys-
tenn probably first counted upon.
The average cost of putting in these
connecting laterals is estimated at so
cents foot for four-inch piping. For
siX-inch the cost will be more Then
tras which will add to the cost, and
where plumbing is needed that will
have to be added Then existing cess
pools will have to be filled up. So that
it is estimated that the average cost OF
connecting. house properly with the
sewer system will be $100.
a conservative estimate places the
number of houses which will have tC
l be connected at 5000. Some say as higf
as 5000. 1t will be seen that if the larger
figure is correct, the cost to property
owners viii be at least $500, 900. which
in round numbers, is to be the price
of the sewer.
People well posted say that there is
, no law by which the Board of Health
can compel property owners to connect
with the sewer system. On the other
hand, the board has the right to con,
denim any vault as a nuisance and q
menace to public health, and Ii is prob
:, ably by this means that recalcitrant'
: will be wheeled into line, for wlthou
i any closet whatever they will, out o
; necessity, be forced to install tht
plumbing apparatus and connection.
: dry earth closet, however, is admitted
i by engineers not to be a nuisance, anC
> there is a chance of property owners
{ trying to avoid the expense of connec
tion by installing one of these.
SO that after the Government hal
paid half a million dollars for the sew
er system property owners VIII have L
d pay another half a million to put it II
+. | operation.
Y 1t is now expected that the outfal
@ and the syster, Waikiki of Alapai stree
e will be ready for use in two months an
[ "A half. Contracts are now being mad
= to put in the house lot laterals com
s plete with the exception of the connec
n tion with the house plumbing, seven o
d eight weeks from now
HAS FEW EQUALS.
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re and good work the Singer Sewing Ma
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