The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-05

Carter. Esq.. the writer presrn-s IN
/ following facts to your after tiOn. Z,
show that the passage 81 this bill
would prove "a menace To the Interests
Of the Estate and Museum In Honokans
and WaipiO supplies.
All OF these streams were saus.5 by
Nessrs. Lydgate and Brunner In ms
/ mountains and at elevation OF about
5000 feet above tide. during the sea
son 1SSs-ISsO. showing an average daily
| flow at that time as follows:
kawainui and kawailiilii streams for
two hundred and eighty days between
June. 1853. and March. 1880. So cubic
feet per second. -. II Lydgate.D
HonOkane stream for one hundred
and forty days between November 1889.
and :iarch. 1880. Is cubic feet per sec
ond. CIV. W. BrunnerJ
The gaugings OF the writer were con-
fined To lower elevations and entirely
within the gulch. At an elevation OF
about 500 feet above tide and approxi-
mately at the points from which the
supply To be- developed on your prop
erty would be orawn. the flow was as
follows:
Kawainui and Kawailiilii streams for
one hundred and one days between Sep
tember. 1901. and January 1902 26. 9
cubic feet per second.
Honokane streams for seventy-two
days between October and December.
1901 33-1 cubic feet per second
II Will thus be seen that IL the flow
during the seasons covered by the
writer's observation was similar 20 that
which obtained during the previous in
vestIgatsDns OF Isss-s0. there could be
abstracted In the mountains 20 per
Of fts .,.l Al
cent OF the HonOkane.
Progress made In the studies up to-
this date lead the writer to believel
that about IS cubic feet per second can
be relied upon as a total daily supply
to be obtained from the waipio for the
Irrigation of the rice and taro lanos
now under cultivation. and for the
sugar-cane interests. At Honokane IL
Is hoped 20 obtain about IS cubic feet
per second for cane irrigation.
From this you will see that the alb
straction OF the mountain supply as
proposed by the ditch company would
result. under the above assumption. In
a loss OF 8 per cent OF the required
Waipio fiow and practically OF all of the |
Assuming that 20 cubic feet
per second - required at waipio for /
crops now under cultivation In the val
ley. and that the remainder OF the sup
ply could be used for new interests. you
will also note that the project now be-
ng detailed for the development OF your
water rights at waipio would be dam
aged to the extent OF IL per cent.
From available rainfall statistics OF
IsS9-9O. u appears that the drought cx-
Derienced at that time was far less Sc
ious and OF much briefer duration than
hat OF the season included In the gaug-
ng period of 1912. 80 that the direct
Itream flow comparison probably shows
l relatively greater mountain supply
han II the actual case: but. again.
Iuch comparison as herein made does
rot and can not measure the full Cam
ige TO your property which the ditch
company project wOula produce. as a
INVERSION OF the mountain food through
litches or other channels. enabling IL to-
'scape more rapidly than is at present
he case. would surely be followed by n
Trying up OF the springs In the gulch
which now maintains the dry season
low at the low elevation. where your
interests lie. The necessary storage for
could only be secured for
our project Mt n very high cost, II at
III. and under undesirable conditions.
submitted
ARTHUR 8. FUTILE.
Engineer OF Water Investigation.
(To be Continued)