The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-23
KEWALO DISTRICT REPORT
ENDORSED YESTERDAY

buildings, and along water courses that
are near them.
| This district is near the center of the
City and if allowed to remain in it's pres
ent condition will always be classed as
cheap land and if half as densely popu-
lated as Chinatown" it will become a
much more unhealthy spot than that
place and a constant source of. danger
to the good health of the whole CITY.
| The problem is to raise the surface of
this district above ground water level, to
provide outlets for the numerous springs
| and surface water incluelng tnat which
comes from above King street, to grade
streets so water will not stand upon
| them, to provide some way for disposing
of household waste and refuse other than
depositing it upon this land and to dis
EpoSe of sewerage and water fouled from
household use until such time as sewers
can be constructed and put in operation.
/ For the solving of these problems we
would make the following recommends
tons:
First-All ponds partially filed with
rubbish or the waters of which have be-
come foul from vegetable or animal mat
ter, should, after proper msinfection, be
/ filled with clean earth.
Second-no building should be erected
ground water is within two feet of the
surface.
/ Ground water can be varied with ref
| erence to the surface of the ground in
two ways; by drainage, and by filling.
The first way is usually the cheapest,
lbut in the present case wou4u require
pumping which would make it impracti-
lcable. Inc second way may be sat
iisfactorily carried out by three methods.
iFirst-By taking the material from the
locean. Secondly excavating basins
land making ponds and using the exca-
waited material to fill adjoining land.
lThird-By obtaining the material from
1.-THE high lands.
The quantity of material required to
raise the surface of this district one foot
: is estimated at 100000 cubic yards.
To furnish this material by the first
method would require the excavating OF
, a channel 5000 feet long. 20 feet deep and
1S5 feet wide, thereby removing the OBJ
ljectionable mud flats and making a clean
deep basin.
} From numerous soundngs made by
lyour committee, this method would seen
: feasible. The material Is excellent, but
would have to be covered with soil be
) fore vegetation would grow upon it. The
/ cost of filing by this method ought mo-
) to exceed 80 cents per cubic yard OIL
three cents per square foot for each foo
! filled.
The second method would probably cos
less but would leave only about one
, half of the land available for building
g purposes. This method should not be al
t lowed if the earth thrown out of suci
Y basins has become foul by vegetable Of
animal matter and if there is not a di
! lrect connection with the ocean in which
the tide win ebb and flow or the wate
i lis being constantly changed by running
: lsprings.
The third method is question of trans
e lportation. 1t would probably be unsaf
to cross the main streets of the City, a
s lgrade, with trains of cars moved by pow
i Ter or gravity. The cost of moving sucl
t large quantities of earth by carts woul,
lbe expensive and slow.
d The filling might be conveyed by waite
( In pipes. by the same general metho,