The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-05-21
A WAL FROM
THE UNWASHED
HONOLULU WOKE UP THIS MORNING TO FIND ITS
WATER SUPPLY GONE IN MANY LOCALITIES AND
GREATLY DIMINISHED ALL OVER-NO WATER FOR
THE MORNING COFFEE OR OTHER DRINKS


There was water morning
result of the shutting down of the Makk and Kahh pumping sta
on night and the indignant howl that will hold the
ord for long time All morning citizens saying things that must
Superintendent Cooper and
Brown nge natural for who and water rates
feel indignant when he gets some fine morning and finds not
enough in his pipes for cook breakfast WITH leaving
the morning bath utterly the question The ndgnat made
aure of investigation and Cooper had Brown
the again. promising to get the during the day
Superintendent said this morning that he had been home
and didn't know about the shutting off Of the water until he found
h pn started 81" necessary will get some local bank to lend the
money myself said the superintendent and so the pipes
But the average this and he the
vocng his Indignation Some angry the legislature
Superintendent Cooper Superintendent Brown but all
were angry seemed long record of mmanage
legislature executive both Just where the responsibility
lies the outrageous conditions the matter OF dispute
The legislators say grand stand play by Cooper and Brown
effort the House Cooper he ill home with
attack OF influenza and didn't know what was gong on while
with his workmen weeks behind their and
every fund he could for them exhausted impossible for the
pumping continued An there Dooey would
Its bluff the House said Speaker Beckey yester
day afternoon They keep the pumps going they want to-
remains be what the effect will be-"
re bluff carried for few hours however and that
and rewarded by dbe and guge of empty pipes
Others nearly level with Just below the reservoirs there small
streams which cked slowly into bath tubs while the owners OF the
said tubs said mean things about the government
The decision shut off the reached Tuesday and
the Governor intention shut down because con keep
longer said Superintendent Brown Tuesday and he stated
what thought best the The public
working six weeks without did the best
could with the incidental fund for time but matters have
reached such that something must be done There can be no
pumping until the and that settles it.
The the would be made
yesterdays newspapers but people expected that something
would be done such action AT o'clock however work cea
ed pumping the shortage began In
largest Honolulu whose occupants
among largest payers and there
pipes and useless faucets greatly nconvenencng housekeepers and
speedy reet
large number residents to borrow buckets of
homes lower levels where the reservoir water atean
water obtainabe
There strike the station said Superintendent Brown
this morning but for long time there had been complaints and
and the complaints repeated again. and had to
down unless l could pay the money.
The complaints about lack of water for about hour
this At that there kicks from people
who wanted and lot OF places in both kah and Makk
dry.
danger from fire concerned the city all right
last night We had good from the all night
long and of fire could have supplied all right
No time lost by the House this morning in taking steps to
the for shutting down the pumping plants Speaker
for list OF the fmen and engineers in the pumping
plants who reported have strike and caused the
pumping be down The Speaker further instructed the clerk
had the the Water
and such instruction. made had been issued for
the purpose OF forcing the House the appropriation bill
objection He said that he wanted
against such wording He thought that the communication
should take the form OF request for information He did believe
in preudgng He did think right say that anybody
had strike unless he knew such thing be fact The
Speaker accepted amendment and the clerk instructed make
the inquiries.
Bee said that he understood that the fmen had stopped work
that they had received salary for month and half a
said that the Superintendent of Public Works had said that the
u had not been paid for four months.
The following is the letter Superintendent Cooper
Honolulu, T. H., May 2r, 1903
Hon Henry f. Cooper Superintendent OF Public Works,
Sir-By of Hon. F. w Beckey Speaker House
Representatives would respectfully request that you furnish this