The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-02-16
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Maui Will Dispense
With Pumping
This Year.

ElllpT oil Illc N. ~ II. W. 'l''Ni 't''''NN
Supt George Denison Of o. r. & H.
Co. r. r. at dinner at the Maui Hotel
ON Tuesday evening. Mr.. Denison left
the same night for Hawaii.
C. II. Brown has completed his task
of collecting the county books and
property on Maui, and leaves for Ha-
wall by Tuesdays Mauna Loa, on
like errand.
Robert Cation of Honolulu came
over on Tuesday nights kinau, with
Kihe as his objective point, but spent
the night III Wailuku, as the road to
Kihei was impossible.
The marriage of Mr.. ]. w. Searle of
Honolua and Miss Gertrude Kilia King
of Wailuku will take place at Lahaina.
AT last accounts Mr.. and Mrs.
storm of Lahaina had arrived at Kobe,
japan. on their way to the Philippine
Islands.
The News man claims the champion
ship belt for prolific hens, having har-
vested 80 eggs one dag last week
while two dozen per day is an easy
mark.
The matter of organizing lodge or
free masons at Wailuku is being agi-
ated, and a call will probably be Is
sued shortly for n reunion Of all Maui
members of the masonic fraternity for
Of Olson nSGntp the nrnnOGi-
tion.
STORM NOTES.
Hama reports fourteen inches of rain
in "a hours during the present kona
storm.
The roads on central Maui have been
afioat this week, and are bog holes in
many places.
The prevailing storms have consid-
erably damaged the prospects for an
avocado pear Gro, as these trees are
now in flu bloom.
The recent heavy rains have some
what impeded sugar making OH Maui.
but the Puunene Mill is reported to
be running day and night
The heavy rains of Wednesday
morning washed out the road be-
tween Oowalu and Lahaina, SO as to
prevent carriage travel, and the mails
had to be carried on horseback be-
tween Wailuku and Lahaina.
GREAT IRRIGATION WORKS.
Maui has been the pioneer in build
ing bitches for irrigating cane fields,
bringing the waters from the noun
tain streams to the fertile valley
lands. The big Island Hawaii has to
depend on natural rainfall, and Oahu
on pumps but Maui alone in less than
another year will be able to dispense
with the cost of pumping machinery
as its natural supply will be develop
ed the fullest limit.
Through the indomitable energy
and business foresight of the Hon. IL.
p. Baldwin three new bitches will be
finished on Maui in 1904; namely the
HOnokohau ditch from West Maui
mountain to supply Pioneer Planta-
tion with water and the big Koolau
and Hamakua bitches from the Ma
hiku region to furnish additional
water to central Maui.
The Koolau ditch is 10 miles long
from its commencement at Waiohue to
Waikamoi Of which 7 l-2 miles is un-
derground tunnel work and . . miles
of omen bitches
The tunnels are feet wida and :
feel high and az corstrrotaI and
lined to carry dentb os ,oo+ 80
water when flowing full which will
give capacity on grade of feet
In 81 bours rba d,,,,,
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s.t.a,s .''t' '"ise. ana t'e sraoes
'e ''''e' ''so 50 '""' 'heS VIII nave
The same capacity as the tunnels.
one tunnel alone, No. "a, between
Keanae and Honomanu is 2,7l0 feet
long anu cuts of l-2 miles of ditch.
This has been the greatest obstacle to
progress encountered, yet so diligently
and Systematically has the work been
prosecuted since the lst of last April
that on the lst of February only 29i
feet were to be finished which beats
the cnHaI rpppp1 1rfI