The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-07-16

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ranf " 81 ihe Intention WI ihe Ml
uftdp company to develop frnm both
ends Nf iha plantation lnf ht Uho close
of nost year het hor0 iH have an uf.
hretru ueid no naHr ffUm riarie tatt1r
to thc village III KUioa distance a.
eight mlira' hfohen here ana hpro By
several rulchos
Passing through Koinp tho marty
turned westward ana nt coo of 500 feet
above sea level Reaching the Mcilrtdo
residence the party came upon the Just
~ famous reservoir system vt this plnn-
tation. II IL believed and there seems
good ground for the belief that ~ fnr
as the storing ~ water is concerned
this plantation has carried the propo-
sition further ana secured greater re-
suits than any other plantation on the
Islands The iaN OF tho country ~ Cs-
pecially adapted FOR this method ~
storing water The main supply is
from the Wuhiuwn river. which liz cas-
ly tapped at an elevation or 1900 feet
above sea level SO II can be led on. and
with comparatively slight cost, ON ev-
cry inch OF land OF the company from
koloa TO Eleelo harbor. The Wahiawa
watershed adjons the enormous water
supply and watershed of Hanapope val
ley. Unfortunately. the river In the
last named valley lies in such way
that II is practically impossible To uti-
lize the vast amount Of stream water
without an outlay that forbids the
task OF this I was informed by Mr..
Stoddart. Hanapepe valley, four miles
inland. is probably not more than $50
feet above the sea level, whereas In the
adjoining valley the Wahiawa river bed
is / 500 feet above sea level, with the
result that the storm water OF Wahia-
wa is entirely within the control of
those who are fortunate enough to be
its owners.
Cautiously enough, while we were
there some of the trade freshets came
down as II made to order. and we had
the plea sure of witnessing at the head
Of the storm water tunnel built by the
McBryde company. practical exhibit
ton of the utility OF their reservoir
system. The water was seen passing
out of the ditch through a tunnel 1000
feet long, make it's way to the reser-
voir system below the McBryde home
stead at an elevation of 900 feet above
sea level When we left there We're
two reservoirs brimful of mountain
water. from which bountlful stream
is taken every day for use on the
fields below. The plantation, outside OF
Hanapepe Valley, has exclusive con-
troll of the surface water of three per-
petual mountain streams, Wahiawa,
Laval and Kahaleo, and a large inter-
est in the waters OF Koloa. comprising
the east wing of the plantation. These
streams, in dry weather, are calculated
to yield 100000 gallons daily, and in
ordinary weather the supply Is even
more. The value of the reservoir sys-
tenn, and the important part ii plays
in the plantation development was
thus explained to us by the manager:
The plantation has now storage
capacity for 400 100000 gallons. A big
freshet will fill these reservoirs. That
would give 100000 900 gallons daily FOR
forty days, but during those forty days
at least 5000, 900 gallons daily will come
into the reservoirs from the normal
sources of the company's systems, and
the probabilities are that the amount
will be more, but taking even 100000
gallons, the supply is equal to the de-
900 gallons stored up, which would be
10 100000 daily for another twenty days,
and in that twenty days, additional
water would naturally accumulate
from the regular sources. The mana |
ger believes II would be ten chances
to one that during the interval OF time
in using up the water resulting from !
one large flood, company would have
one or more floods, which would keep |
carrying the water supply along indie
pendent of the pumps. The manager
pointed out to us two large reservoirs
that carried the plantation last winter
with little or no pumping. The day
our party was there a freshet occur
red in Laval Valley, which. in the alb
sence of reservoirs in that section
went down to the sea.
ION Friday night the company d.
vided In two parties, one stopping at
Mr.. McBryde's private residence, and
the other at the plantation house at
Eleele. Early on Saturday morning
these reunited and were driven to the
head of the reservoir system, and wit
messed the freshet water passing
through the tunnel. From there the
party was driven to the pumping sta
ton at Hanapepe. where the pumps
were run for the benefit OF those pres
emit. The party went down into the
valley and made personal inspection
Oh lie ueNelOpHlent WOTk lot surface
water being continued by Manager
Stoddart. The bed of the Hanapepe
Valley, as explained to the party, con-
sists, for some seventy or ninety feet
below the sea level, Of boulders and
oose gravel, and 1t was from this for
nation that pure surface water was
being drained by the tunnel"
The party left satisfied that the man
lgement had reached a sure and en-
,irely satisfactory settlement of the
water question, and they believe that
he pumps will have to be used but
short time during each year The es-
ate covers a vast territory, compris-
ng some $4,000 acres, the upper part
being used for ranch purposes from
which the beef supply for the laborers
md employees OF the plantation is OBJ
aimed.
a noticeable feature OF the plantation
Is that It Is on a fee sim
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