The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-04-02
The PauOa Valley Springs
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORTS IN FAVOR or THE
PURCHASE OF THE SPRINGS FOR S25oooo-rlIE
REPORT IS ADOPTED AFTER SOME EFFORT TO
TABLE TT, BY A VOTE OF p TO L.


In the House yesterday afternoon the special committee
the purchase of the Pauoa springs for $4,000 reported favor
of the scheme After good deal of discussion the report was
adopted by the following
Noes-Chllingworth Greenwel. Harris Knudsen-4
Aye5-Aye Damien Fernandez Gandal Haia, Kali Ka-
lama, kanlo, Kealawaa Kelinoi, Kumaae Kuphea Lewis
Long Nakaleka, Oil, Paele Pulaa Purdy Vida Wrgh-21
Absent-Andrade, Jaeger, Kou, Pali-4
The adoption of the report of the passed the bill for
purchase springs on second reading and was placed on
the order of the day for today The committees report
follows
Your special committee to whom was referred House. I'm
57 providing for the acquisition Of certain rights in the
valley of Pauoa adjacent to the City Of Honolulu beg
report follows:
1--WE recommend the purchase Of water rights Their
acquisition will give the government ownership of all the
practically of Pauoa valley In other words adds water
supply OF another valley to the assets OF the government
I'VE think very few question the pope if the necessity
OF acquiring this water ultimately fact has been for
time past foregone conclusion that the government would
qure this water supply well the supply OF other val
eys adjacent the City Of Honolulu only question being
when and how these rights should be acquired and chiefly
whether under condemnation proceedings by voluntary pu
chase and by the latter method what the price should be
In our Judgment voluntary purchase much preferable to
the tedious and costly delays acquiring property by compuon
and litigation provided the price asked reasonable In this
consider the placed owners over 20 in num-
be these rights w.t. $25ooOo proper when
you take into consideration: First that the excep
ona purity and the supply very uniform second that is avail
able at high level of 500 and that
hand to the city; and third that everything indicates that
supply Of these springs be materially increased small
The quality of the water for drinking purposes aeed by
chemists and DOCTORS and in this respect pleasantly
the unfortunate quality much of the that people
about the daily supply of these springs undeteoped their
elevation above the arean level would government
over $4,000 taking the of pumping the govern
ment pumping stations the basis of computation wthou,
including interest the first of the pumping plant to do
this work. In other words, put the this
would be per price asked the water
Many homes the high levels without adequate
decent supply of in the because of the
difficulty OF getting them under the present
tenn This would be very largely by the acquisition
the water in question The springs under consideration
considerable and who has them
committee learn but believes that the cleaning of
these springs alone would make great increase their supply
Ihe city stands in urgent need of water and
pay for it if expect get it. These know well
value OF their holdings and would make desperate fight
before they would surrender for less than their
pOrtuny presented acquire the whole thing
order by of the united action of the The
covered by short leases Chinese tenants believe
that the government has acquired this and is pos
session. and this be accomplished in few weeks arrange
easily be made by the time the government ready
the close these tenants by exchange and other
wise small The government twenty hours of this
that the value OF the balance would $237ooo
for which recommend that bonds be available
"We submit herewith and part of this report the reports
additional report by C. H. Kuege engineer on the expense
of pumping the level OF these springs The options
buy land about the springs and contained in the above data
should be acquired by the government One essential point
favor of the is that spring and is therefore much
preferable under circumstances to the water that
either from the artesian system by streams from the
sheds above the city.
"Signetl Jonah Kumaae chairman Charles H. Pulaa r. w.
Aylett, d. Damien, S. f. Kalama