The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-04-10
DOWN
THE PRICE
Senate Committee
FaVOrs Pauoa
Scheme.

ley springs on Saturday, but the price
is fixed at s150.O00 instead of quarter
OF n million dollars as passed by the
through Senator Isenberg, made a
favorable report on the House bill yes
terday, and 1t was adopted on motion
of Senator j. T. Brown, without CON-
reading tomorrow.
The committee though 1t examined
into the Nuuanu Valley water plans OF
Superintendent Cooper and Superin-
ton of it in its report and though an
analysis of the water by Prof. Shorey
is appended, the reports made by Coop
| err and Brown and the facts requested
by Senator McCandless are not ap-
pended.
The following is the report:
Your Special Committee, to whom
was referred House Bill No. 157 and
Senate Bill No. 122, beg leave to report
| as follows:
Your committee have taken into
| consideration House Bill No. 157, and
| have gone into the question of the diff
ferent water sources very carefully
They have also personally looked into
the water supply which Is coming from
Nuuanu valley, and have obtained fig
ures In regard to the pumping Of water
at the Beretania street pumping sta
ton
1--WE, the committee, have come te
the conclusion that pumping water Is
rather expensive, and especially the
running expenses of the Beretania
street pump. We find that other pumps
in the country are running much
cheaper, and we think ii inadvlsable to
increase the pumping plants in the city.
unless 1t is considered absolutely nee.
essary.
Your committee believe that the
government should own all of the water
If 1t is going into the water business,
as 1t is now, and control all sources
of the water supply of Honolulu. We
are in favor of the government pur-
chasing the Pauoa water springs. We
have personally inspected these springs,
and find from measurements made by
several engineers that there are about
l. 100, 900 gallons of water flowing daily
This measurement was made in the
latter part of the month of March, and
the months previous and the month OF
March have been very dry, so that the
measurements made indicate the lowest
supply obtainable from the springs.
1T has also been stated to the COM
mittee that 1t Is very likely that the
water in Pauoa springs can be devei-
oped more and while this may be true,
the danger of undertaking 1t should be
very carefully examined before such
a course Is pursued. The supply OF
water Is very even throughout the year,
which indicates that the water comes
from a long distance. The quality or
the water has also been taken under
careful consideration by your COM
mttee and the analysis made by Dr.
Shorey we hereby attach to our report
This shows that the water is some of
the purest that can be had. We further
attach the options of the differ
ent holders and of Mr. Booth; and
your committee have come to the con-
clusion that the government should not
pay out dollar until 1t is satisfied that
it can obtain good title to the water
and the land upon which the spring Is
situated. We are also of the opinion
that the Legislature should not enter
into contracts and then saddle the gov
eminent with lot of law suits; nor
purchase any part of the water unless
they can purchase the whole.
"Your committee have had the opin-
ion of persons having a large practical
experience of water supplies in the
Islands. and have based the valuation
of this water supply largely thereon.
"rhe upper spring could easily he
connected directly with a pipe, which
will be about 5000 feet long, to the
present government main at the cor
ner of Pauoa road and PunchbowI
street and about 5000 feet from the
lower spring; and your committee
thinks it will cost about $4,000 to
bring that water direct. But should ii
h. necessary to put the water in reser-
voIrs. there are several sites for rcser-
volrs near at hand One could be built
at the back of Punchbowl. another i'm
mediatelv below the springs in Pauoa