The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-10
RATES ARE
THE SAME
Only
In the Water
Charges.
BROWN ANSWERS
THE COMPLAINTS
Denies Charges Made by E. F.
Bishop-Says Rates Are
Based on Acreage.

I A NDREW BROWN. superintendent
~ of waterworks, denied yesterda
4 n that there had been any increaS
in the water rates at the beginning O
the new year.
There has been no hosting Of rates
as Mr.. Bishop states IN the Advertis
err" said Mr.. Brown yesterday. 'Ther
has simply been an equalization. anC
I there will be no increase of revenue t
the department from this source. In
stead of using the size of the taps en-
tering the house as a basis for the wa
ter rates, the extent of mans prop
erty-the area of his grounds, is now
the basis.
This is for the benefit of the people
at large. SO that each will have to pay
the pro rata for water used"
Mr.. Bishop says that this has been
done without warrant of law, that we
do as we please.
"Such, however, is not the case. If
he will read the session laws of 1886 he
will there find that the superintendent
of Public Works from time to time can
regulate the rates to be paid for water,
and when such rates shall be changed
it shall be duly advertised not less
than once a week for at least four
weeks in the Hawaiian and English
languages, in two or more newspapers
published in Honolulu, which was done
by J. A. McCandless, superintendent
f.
He says that it is a case of pay or
have your water cut off. as all of us
do not drink whisky exclusively. L.
would infer from that, that Mr.. Bishop
has given up drinking whisky and ia
ken to water, and 1 can assure you that
there is no one more pleased to hear it
than 1 am.
He says: I am informed that the
water works cleared a profit of over
$50, 000.' His information is not correct;
period s54, 324.30; at the same time out
of the general appropriation of last |
year there was a pumping station |
erected at Kalihi which cost $50, 900, so |
you will see that all of the profits of |
this year will be used to Offset the ex-
penditure ON the new pumping station.
ANA l do not see why Mr.. Bishop is
kicking, for l expected it more from
other sources and not from him. His
residence, located in Nuuanu valley,
consists of about five and half acres
IF land and is charged for only about
.hree acres; the other as he says is be-
ng irrigated by a ditch that flows
through his property. There is also a
wo-story house on the land, two
horses, two cows and five or six serv-
tnts living in two small cottages.
I'm regard to the people in Iwilei
md Chinatown not paying their pro-
portion, 1 would say that the residents
# those districts are doing more than
heir share. and help to make up for
he outside districts, where Mr. Bishop
9 located.
THE prices have not been hoisted.
My equalized, and the department will
ot make one cent more profit than be-
ore"
superintendent Boyd, referring to the
tatement of extravagant expenditures I
t the sewer outfall station, said that
ulding was erected before his time,
nder the direction of Superintendent
lowell. He stated that perhaps the Z
uilding was rather more ornamental
nan was needed, but was substantial
IT all that.
lat the rates to shipping had been re-
Iced by Mr.. Boyd from one-half cent
one-quarter cent per gallon
THE NEW RATES.
The following is the new schedule is
led by Superintendent Boyd at the
st of this year, which has been caus-
< all the trouble: r
GENERAL RATES
Section 1.-For buildings occupied by a
nSIe fanny. covering q ground surface
mot including open porches):
luare feet l story 2 stories r
U 10 buO -......-...........S 90 500
- ~ 80 -'''--..---.--..-.- : 10 10 % -
u 10 IOo ...-..........-..- 90 Il 90
y 10 l-oo ....-..--.-....... 90 Is 90
Il to 400 " 10 m X M
u to 1900 ..........11Go 1e m
Il TO 1900 . 10 M 70 m e.
i to 1900 ..........13o 1on,
Il to $500 ............14e ~ no NJ
i to 5000 ......... Is On % IN 20
y 70 S soy '''.'--.'.-,--''!6 60 "a 90 Or