The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-14

added 10 get the total Owing the extreme fertility Of
he sol eight twelve tons of smear er era
are raised which yields about 10 To per cent On
ne Investment Five plantations the island Of Oahu
a pump capacity Of 2s7 million gallons daily with water
morse power OF 1s47 and draw from 195 wells Wal
the novel feature OF using the fall gray
ny water found in its higher levels feet 10 de-
power after which the again irriat1n
Inc lands lower down, while the power transmitted 70
ee1FicalF driven pumps ground water
from wells TO the 15o foot level Maui comes next with
pump capacity Of I40 million gallons daily Of 6945 horse
power the water being drawn sumps Kauai has 80
gallons dalls pump capacity with 2o3 horse power,
drawing principally from sumps while Hawaii which is the
largest OF the islands, has only pump million gallons
Ihe steep slopes, soil and high
nave prohibited irrigation the island OF Ha
the islands
flowing surface stream exists for distance f to bnn
dred miles the southery around TO
Hllo The soil Is Of passes
fall through allows no surface acumulaFiona
OF water It has the volcanoes Kilauea in
termtentF active which emit lava
Paheehoe which is heavy and compact. having
smooth CLASSY and nndulating surface; r which is
much lighter in specific gravity the former floating
its surface during breaking up into all kinds Of
dIslnfegrating masses cooling.
PUMP INSTALLATION
Experience with drect-aetng knowing pump OF
pumps installed of highspeed ayxheel type
which much less coal: and where all
extensively imported the greatest economy direction
has TO be exercised The pumps nearly al installed
eonereteined pits Sc To 80 feet ezeavated the
above. Oahu and Kohaa the
pertinent sinking shafts from tie ground surface 200 TO 800
feet down the level e1avating pump eompart
menfs this level have been tried The difficulties
and the expense of shafts and chamber have more than
balanced IN each saving placing delivery
pipe the surface and the friction
TIE principal indueement for installing this The
ground has also been
miles from the found wells 100 yards
from beach
Outside of Oahu all pumping very cautiously pros
eeuted as too great lowering OF the snmp level viii increase
grains per gallon which renders irrigation pur
poses the soil with salt and damages the
plants Owing 10 the great porosI OF the rock formations
and the heavier specific gravity OF the seaaer the
dency Of latter itself inland where
created By excessive pumping and consequent lowering
Of ground water.
GRAVITY SUPPLIES
All available streams tapped by bitches on Maui
The first built the wfndward side of Maui
1878 BY Mr.. H Baldwin and Mr. s 7 Alexander The
next built N the section BY Mr sreees IN 1873
$780, the supervision Of Mr. H Sehusses Of Fran
engineer thirty miles long of 50 million
gallons daily capacity and delivers the water at an elevation
Of $50 feet, and known the Haiku ditch This ditch
intercepted By work called the ~Lovre ditch IN
Just finished aqueducf. known the ~keo
ditch which taps all the Nahikn rain belt AT elevation
o. I0 feet and discharges INTO the olaef ana lower
miles long and oneaaf miles being tunnel
solid eight vide ard feet high with
daily capacity million gallons Owing the
lining thick used the tunnel
The work al done By japanese With hand drills ore cars
materials
s. per lnea foot The japanese make
eeilen miners and rock men and owing 10 1ne SINAI 80
whole work had to be completed IN eighteen
months from the date of commencement April 1903 There
are trFeigt tunnels On work averaging each 1000 feet
long the shortest being the longest 210 feet The
country was so steep preeptous that little ditehng
could be employed and II necessary 70 make tour and
wagon road and eighteen miles Of stone
pack facilitate during construction the trans
ortaton supplies 1000 barrels Of cement and le
900 pounds giant powder used In all ten mountain
intercepted which admitted into The MAN
aqueuet through grizzly bars spaced
Of apart.
ditch with 80 million gallons daily ca
pacity just finished west Maui Il Is thirteen ana
grade Of five feet mile and has
syphon pipes and three and oneaf mics
Of tunnelng and has cost Sls5o It delivers water at oV
e1evatfon
All the streams on the Maui tapped By
Wa7hee previously referred 20
al Waikiki.
NAKAWEII DITCH
The @Hanapepe ditch Makawe, Kauai vas built by M
Baldwin in 1890 10 tap the IT has a040
Of sTphon pipe. 1913 feet Of fun
aeis 1461s feet Of uue by forty inches deep
md TEA miles Of ditchng general grade Of SIX feet