The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-09-13
MOLOKk|
MAT TIERS
Board of Health
Considers Water
Supply.
(From Thursdays daily

NROLOKAI and the complaints of
IV the lepers occupied nearly the
Ava entire session of the Board OF
Health at It's regular meeting yester
day afternoon. The water question
was given a thorough investigation
and the matter left to a committee for
final consideration. The supply of PAL
al, about which the lepers made com
plant. and in fact all grievances which
We're aired upon the occasion of the
visit of the Board to Molokai were dis
posed of at yesterdays meeting.
( Messrs McCandless and Pinkham
who accompanied the Board on its trip
with view to investigating the water
conditions. reported at length upon the
results of their findings, and We're given
IA vote Of thanks by the Board.
Mr.. McCandlcss stated that the pros
pcct of getting a flow of water from
artesian wells was absolutely out Of
the question, and though he said he
was in the well business himself, he
couldn't advise the board to spend
money upon a proposition of that kind.
He thought a pumping well possible,
but ii must be sunk to a depth of over
one hundred feet, and a windmill was
not practicable for drawing the water
from the well. A steam pump would be
necessary in his opinion; the machinery
for which would cost about $1,000 to
which must be added 81 900, the expense
OF digging the well. Besides this there
would be the continual expense of an
engineer to operate the machinery, and
for fuel, etc. A well of this kind might
give about million gallons OF water
every twenty-four hours, and about
twenty acres of taro land could be wa
tered from such a supply.
Mr.. McCandless advised against an
artesian we'll of any kind, and outlined
a plan which he thought would be more
practicable. though more expensive at
the outset. He said that the easiest
way was 10 bring water from Waikolu
valley where twelve to fifteen millions
of gallons of water was going to waste
daily. BY the use OF twelve-inch
pipe three times more water could be
brought to the settlement than by the
digging Of \ we'll. He suggested that
the most feasible plan was, to pipe the
water to the reservoir, and then " fur
'ther piping at this time was too expen-
sive. to bring it to the settlement by
means OF bitches. He did not think this
would affect the flow through the pres
ent piping.
! l.. Il. Pinkham made report to the
same effect and concurred in all the
suggestions made by McCandless.
l.. G. Keen, plumbing inspector, said
ha pnip,Ilal u.ith IN NEta ~
pressed. and suggested that either a
tunnel through the mountain or a pipe
around it was feasible Superintendent
Reynolds stated that enough water TO
supply twenty additional acres Of land
would be sufficient for all purposes and
suggested that it might be possible to
lay the new pipe alongside the old, thus
saving the expense OF tunneling rock,
etc. The matter will be left to further
investigation and a report viii be made
at the next meeting.
COMPLAINTS AS TO WATER
The petition Of the residents of Paialii
for more water Was received and filed
Supt. Reynolds reporting that he had
already made arrangements To replace
the inch pipe complained Of with two
inch pipe.
w. X. Makakoa also complained about
the water supply, and the secretary was
instructed To notify him that arrange
ments had already been made &c
remedy the difficulty.
THE LEPERS' PETITION.
The petition of the lepers, signed BY
! A $. Hutchinson as chairman OF the
, committee, was then presented to tn,
board. This is the same as was reac
. at Molokai last Saturday
: The resolutions called for three
things; larger supply Of pa,ai, tt