The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-05-06

I'VE 20 htHH iHi =" NHl'i wv
'fsnshiss
hn.ilaf atis tiaa 10 thst there h no
.fstlaI0n 90 ANS ftFanur i1 fhe Tor.
tots ana na provision f9f any pf0.
Ufi.n tH f1f.aa Tie euurlt ~ this
luni .inI.a n.tufai reservoir ~ Fftat
lInn. in chat tha rain Is constant the
H Del fuu of water. ara gives oui The
ta.ar gradually F0 that streams vii
un nI through the year. even Through
.ttefe dr1urhts m any company
.ruuld dltrh 10 rf iul1.l 10 Boo such "a
say Oh tD drain ou. ihis water rap
g.v 20 would probably cause "a very
eadicai change. The trees would change
70 character and perhaps die out ana
la succeeded by glass or something
hot would not DO the work. the waters
you'd be- led Of rapidly and druuguis
would be Injurious 10 the streams. ana
lraably some u them would run dry.
The company has offered 10 agree
hat II this bill passes IL will rely on
he Territorial Government for all
water rights in the matter and VIII
erotlate with % and assent to all
proper guarantees. The company de-
Hred that | should withdraw my oppo-
sition on such a basis, and ! have con-
sidcred the matter very carefully; but
I think the fact of leeislating on this
subject in Congress Is a very strong
objection. II is impossible for congress
to be posted in regard to the details OF
a matter like this. II Is a private spec
ulation. and can be handled much bet
ter in the Islands than here.
How far-reachng these private in
terests are is uncertain. This is a copy
of a paper written by Mr.. futile. who
is water engineer OF the Bishop Mu-
scum Estate. / am trustee of one OF
these estates. These water measure
ments have been made with extreme
nicely and care for long periods, cover
ing months at a time In dry weather.
| will not take up your time by read
ing this paper to you, but i Will leave
IL here.
The Chairman-The stenographer will
incorporate it in the report of your tes-
timony.
(The paper referred to is as follows)
To the Board Of Trustees Of the b. p.
Bishop Estate and b. p. Bishop Mu-
scum, Honolulu.
Gentlemen: From an article IN the
morning paper l learn that a bill has
just passed the United States House
Of Representatives granting the neces-
roration for the purpose of construct
len of a ditch line. reservoirs, etc. TO
lead the water supply from a portion
of the Kohala Mountains into koha.l
and Hamakua for an irrigation project
As described in the act, the water
shed to be drawn from would include
the headwaters of the Kawainui. the
most westerly and main branch of the
waipio River. and all the Honoka ne
streams. 1t would also appear from
! the text of the bill that the proposed
water diversion would be legalized end
without compensation to riparian own
! ers not making an actual use OF tic
| supply at the present time.
At the suggestion Of Trustee ]. o.
Carter. Esq, the writer presents the
following facts to your attertion, to
| show that the passage of this bill
| would prove a menace to the interests
of the Estate and Museum in Honokane
and Waipio supplies.
! All of these streams were .yauge6 by
Messrs. Lydgate and Drummer in the
mountains and at elevation Of about
1000 feet above tide, during the sea
, son 1SS9-1S90 showing an average daily
flow at that time as follows:
!. Kawainui and Kawailiilii streams fol
two hundred and eighty days between
June. 1889, and March, 1890, 5.3 cubic
feet per second. @. NJ. Lydgate)
Honokane stream for one hundred
and forty days between November 1889
. and March, $780, Is cubic feet per sec
ond. CIV. w. Brunner)
The gaugings of the writer were con
fined to lower elevations and entirely
within the gulch. At an elevation o
] oh OIL, 10 ,,xyf
, mately at the points from which tn,
. supply to be developed on your prop
erty would be Drawn. the flow was al
follows:
Kawainui and Kawailiiii streams fol
one hundred and one days between Sep
TENDER, 1901 and January, 1902, 26
cubic feet per second.
Honokane streams for seventy-twC
days between October and December
1901 1871 cubic feet per second.
1t will thus be seen that If the flow
, during the seasons covered by tn,
writer's observation was similar to tina
which obtained during the previous in
vestigatiOns of lSS9-90, there could b,
distracted in the mountains 20 pc
cent of the Kawainui water and As pc
cent of the Honokane.
Progress made in the studies up t.
this date lead the writer to believ
that about So cubic feet per second cal
be relied upon as a total daily suppl!
to be obtained from the Waipio for tn
irrigation of the rice and taro lana
now under cultivation, and for tn
: sugar-cane interests. At Honokane i
is hoped to obtain about IS cubic fee
per second for cane irrigation.
From this you will see that the alb
straction of the mountain supply a
; proposed by the ditch company woul,
result, under the above assumption, II
loss of per cent of the requires
Waipio flow and practically of all of tn
( Honokane. Assuming that 20 cubic fee
{ per second is required at Waipio 70
= crops now under cultivation in the val
r ley, and that the remainder of the sup
4 ply could be used for new interests, yo,
S will also note that the project now be
y ing detailed for the development of you
5 water rights at Waipio would be dam