The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-15

strongly that he would continue to
push the development of the surface
tunnels until he had enough water from
that source alone to supply the needs
of the plantation. The supply already
developed had enabled him to dispense
with large part of the artesian water
The upper wells and the purest water
in that valley are being used, but are
fortified by the surface water and also
| by the water from the Hanapepe river,
which belongs to McBryde Sugar Com
| pany, and the manager had ceased TO
mix the pump water with the mountain
water and that supply is available from
now on.
After careful inspection of the
pumping system at Laval the party
proceeded to Alexander McBryde's
beach house at the mouth of Laval val
ley, where Mr.. McBryde and his broth
| er Walter entertained the party with
spread. The beautiful shaded grounds
| and the fine sea bathing were fully APP
preciated by the visitors. After rest
| of about two hours the party went in
hacks to the extreme easterly limits of
| the plantation, passing through a
small plantation purchased by the Nc
Bryde company from the estate of the
j. IN.
| family. The McBryde company has
maintained and further developed this
plantation, the cane still being ground
at the mill of the Koloa Sugar Com
pany 1t is the intention of the Nc
Bryde company to develop from both
ends of the plantation and by the close
of next year they hope to have an un'
broken field of cane from Eleele harbor
! to the village of Koloa, distance of
eight miles, broken here and there by
several gulches
Passing through Kooa the party
turned westward and at 800 or 800 feet
above sea level. Reaching the McBryde
residence the party came upon the just
| ly famous reservoir system of this plan
tation. 1t is believed, and there seems
good ground for the belief, that as far
as the storing of water is concerned
/ this plantation has carried the propo-
sition further and secured greater re-
suits than any other plantation on the
| Islands. The lay of the country is es-
pecially adapted for this method of
storing water. The main supply is
/ from the Wahiawa river, which is cas-
| lily tapped at an elevation of 1600 feet
above sea level, so it can be led on and
with comparatively slight cost on ev-
cry inch of land of the company from
koloa to Eleele harbor. The Wahiawa
watershed adjoins the enormous water
supply and watershed of Hanapepe val
| ley. Unfortunately, the river in the
! last named valley lies in such a way
that it is practically impossible to uti-
lie the vast amount of stream water
without an outlay that forbids~ the
task. OF this 1 was informed by Mr..
lStoddart. Hanapepe valley four miles
inland, is probablyknot more than $50
feet above the sea level, whereas in the
ladjoinng valley the Wahiawa river bed
is 1000 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.
| "Curiously enough while we were
there some of the trade freshets came
down as if made to order. and we had
the pleasure of witnessing at the head
of the storm water tunnel built by the
McBryde company, a 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 its way to the reser-
voir system below the McBryde home
stead at an elevation of 1000 feet above
| sea level. When we left there We're
| two reservoirs brimfull of mountain
water, from which a bountiful 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, NahlaWa,
| 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 $4,000 gallons daily, and in
| ordinary weather the supply is even
| more. The value of the reservoir sys-
| tenn, and the important part 1t plays
hin the plantation development was
| thus explained to us by the manager:
The plantation has now a storage
capacity for 100000 900 gallons. 4 big
freshet will fill these reservoirs. That
would give 10000 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 5000 900
gallons, the supply is equal to the de-
| manQ. tney nave also another 1OO,UpV,-
! COO gallons stored up. which would be
! 10, 900, 900 daily for another twenty days,
and in that twenty days additional
water would naturally accumulate
from the regular sources. The mana
| ger believes If would be ten chances
to one that during the interval of time
| in using up the water resulting from
one large food. 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
fraShet water passing