The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-12
MOL 0KA|
MAT TIERS
Board of Health
Considers Water
Supply.
1T ACTS UPON
SOME COMPLAINTS
The Results of Saturdays Visit
to the Settlement
Shown.

IL" the iepefS occupied nearly the
| 40 entire session of the Board of
| Health at its 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 pai-
al about which the lepers made COM
plant, and in fact all grievances which
were 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 it's trip
with a view to investigating the water
conditions, reported at length upon the
results of their findings, and were given
a vote of thanks by the Board.
Mr.. McCandess stated that the pros
pect of getting flow of water from
artesian wells was absolutely out of
the question. and though he said he
was in the we'll business himself, he
money upon a proposition of that kind
He thought a pumping we'll possible,
one hundred feet, and 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 $4,000 to
which must be added $1,000, 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 a 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 well of any kind, and outlined
plan which he thought would be more
practicable, though more expensive at
the outset He said that IT, easiest
way was to bring water from Waikolu
valley where twelve to fifteen millions
of gallons of water was going to waste
daily. By the use of a twelve-inch
pipe three times more water could be
brought to the settlement than by the
digging of a we'll. He suggested that
the most feasible plan was to pipe the
water to the reservoir, and then if fur
Their 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.. e. Pinkham made a report to the
same effect and concurred in all the
suggestions made by McCandless.
E. G. Keen, plumbing Inspector, said
he conceded with the views already ex-
pressed, and suggested that either
tunnel through the mountain or 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 report will 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 a two
inch pipe.
w. K. Makakoa also complained about
the water supply, and the secretary was
instructed to notify him that arrange
ments had already been made to
remedy the difficulty.
THE LEPERS' PETITION.
The petition of the lepers, signed by
A. S. Hutchinson as chairman of the
committee, was then presented to the
board This is the same as was read
at Molokai last Saturday
The resolutions called for three
things; a larger supply of paiai, to
have the roofs of buildings covered
with iron sheeting to keep out the
rain, and to stop the use of water for
irrigating taro lands. Superintendent
Reynolds stated that he had made ar
rangements for an additional supply OF
paiai at so cents apiece, the board to
pay the freight; the secretary was in
structed to so notify the committee
Mr.. Reynolds further stated that the
shortage in the supply was caused by
the lepers, who had persuaded the ma
tives to take their paiai to Honolulu
in order that they might sell their own
product to him at an increased price.
He also reported upon the request
| for iron roofs, stating that this was an
unnecessary expense, as none or the
houses were leaky, and were always re-
paired as soon as found in that con-
dition. The petition was denied.
| The complaint as to water supply
was referred to the committee having
| the other matter in charge.
| OTHER COMPLAINTS BY LEPERs
| Kalua, native, presented a request
| that her husband be allowed to join
| her at the settlement. This case was
| before the board last week, and in the
| meantime was investigated. 1t has
/ been learned that the woman-s nus
band is married for second time, and
has wife and two children living In