The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-04-09
SCALES
DOWN THE PRICE
THE PURCHASE OF
PAUOA SPRINGS BUT KNOCKS
OFF 100000 FROM THE PRICE.

The senate special committee this
morning reported on the House bill for
the purchase of the Pauoa springs The
committee reports favorably on the
desrability Of purchasing the springs,
but does not agree to the price asked
cutting it down from $3.50 600 to Slj0.0O0
and inserting an amendment providing
that no money shall be paid until "a
good title is given, not only to the wa
ter. but to the land on which the
springs are situated, and "a right of way
for pipe lines over any lands i'm the
valley owned by the owners of the
springs. The following is the report Of
the committee
Your special committee, to whom was
referred House bill No. 157 and Senate
bill No. 122, beg leave to report as fol-
lows Your committee have taken into
consideration House Bill No. l57, 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.
We the committee, have come to 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 very much cheaper, and we
think it inadvisable to increase pump
ing plants of the city, unless it is con-
sdered absolutely necessary.
Your committee believes that the
government should own all of the wa
ter if it is going into the water bust
ness, as it Is now, and control all
sources of the water supply of Homo
lulu. We are in favor of the govern
ment purchasing the Pauoa water
springs. We have personally eXamin
ed these springs and find from
measurement was made in the latter
gineers that there are about 100000
gallons of water flowing daily. This
measurement was made in the later
part of March and the months previous
and the month of March have been
very dry, so that the measurements
made indicate the lowest supply OBJ
tainable from the springs.
1t has also been stated to the COM
mitee that it is very likely that the
water in the Pauoa springs can be de-
veloped more, and while this may be
true, the danger of undertaking 1t
should be very carefully examined be-
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