The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-01
KE WALO IS
SEVERED
Ditch Completed
and Street
Begun.
AUGUST WILL
SEE THE FINISH
Ward Avenue Will Connect With
the Ala Moana and Provide
Fine Thoroughfare.

| Before the end OF August there will
be completed the construction of the
new storm sewer extending from
Spencer street to the sea, by way OF
the Kewalo ditch. The sewer is being
Laid very rapidly just now and the
work will progress with even more
speed once the hill side is reached, for
there is no macadam on the roads to
impede the work of the trenchers.
The effects of the ditch as completed
and in working order are so apparent
to any one that there is among the
residents of Kewalo only praise for the
Department of Public Works. The ditch
has been the means of clearing all the
standing water from the blocks mauka
of Queen street, and there is now an
absolutely clean district, the Iaterals
being flushed daily by the tide and the
water kept down by the presence of a
drain which connects directly with the
ocean.
The present head OF the work is just
mauka OF Young street on Kapiolani,
the concrete construction being up with
the work of the trench diggers. There
is no break in the length Of the sewer
from the sea to that point. Monday
next work will be started connecting
the sewer with catch-basins at King
street which will mean that the sewer
will be at work in the event OF any
rainstorm after that time. The capac-
ity OF the sewer is sufficient to carry
upon the area to be drained, if the fall
takes place at the rate OF an inch an
hour. More water than that amount,
which is infrequent, would cause some
little flooding. but the system of catch
basins will be most complete and there
would be no danger of a serious col
lection of storm waters.
Through the property OF Mrs. Victoria
Ward, Ward street is now being gre led
at small cost too for material excavat-
ed from the sewer ditch is being dump
ed there and more than half OF the
filling is complete. Meanwhile work
upon the filing from the sea end goes
on, the dFedger being worked upon the
taking up of material which is being
used for the extension of this way from
that end. The completion of the filing
will be the signal for the work to be
rushed along and the road will be COW
cred with stone and made one of the
finest drives in the city. In this way
there will be furnished a connection
between the main portion of the resi- |
dence district and the Ala Moana, !
which now can be reached only by a
and decidedly unattractive i
route. The new road Will run for it's !
mauka block through lines OF ancient /
cocoanut trees and will be a most at
tractive drive in the extreme.
There was appropriated for the con-
struction OF the sewer S25,000 and the
most common comment upon the mat
ter was that there would be no chance
70 complete it upon that sum. When
he work is done however II viii be
'ound that the entire construction will
not have cost more than $4,000 and
hat the filling of Ward street with the
xcavated material will add to this saw
ng a considerable amount. The AS
,istant superintendent OF Public Works
las been giving the work his personal
attention.