The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-04

struction Of the Channel street sewer,
the extension of the School street sew
er and a sewer TO Camp No, mauka
of School street. The last mention
ed locality is in. one of the sections
that has lately given the Board OF
Health considerable trouble from its
insanitary condition.
There is an appropriation of S36,o0O
in this years loan bill for the eX-
tension of the sewer system and storm
drains in Honolulu. 1t is out of this
appropriation that the work in hand
as above is being done.
7. Vanhufzen, Superintendent of
Sewers, in his report to the Superin-
tendent of Public Works for the year
ending June 90, 1903, says:
Seven thousand eight hundred and
eighty-one G8SD linear feet of sewers
have been constructed during the past
year. There still remains about 90
704 feet of sewer to be constructed to
finish the Vincent & Belser' contract"
From the same report it is learned
that the total number of feet of SAM
tary sewers laid in Honolulu to date
is 271 1871, or 51.411 miles.
The accounts of the entire system
of sanitary works for the year are as
follows: For running expenses of the
sewer pumping station $7767.93 was ex-
pended out of $500 appropriated; run
ming expenses of excavator and gar
bage service, 5,639.53 out of $4,000;
tory, $1605.6 6 out of $2760: maintenance
sewer system, $4798.S6 out of $4,000,
making a total expenditure of $49, ST.
SO out of $52,560 appropriated, leaving
airy bill, the sewerage system cost
$6660 besides
Collections of sewer rates for the
year amounted to $13.155.SS. Adding
$6S45.75 from garbage and $1957.50 from
excavator, there is a total of $21 ,95913
government realizations from Honolu-
lu sanitary works.
The superintendent of Sewers has
his salary of $500 a year paid out of
the item for maintenance. The In
spector of Buildings, Plumbing and
House Sewers, with a salary of 1920, is
under the Board of Health.
For the two years ending June so,
1907, the appropriation out of current
and pumping station and installing oil
ic
which there is an item of $4,000 for
maintenance of the sewer system Of
Honolulu. Thus $42, 500, or $21, 800 a
year, will be the cost of the system
for the current period.
Besides the 5000 and odd collected
in rates for the past year, the de-
partment is figuring up arrears with
the prospect of their amounting to
$4,000 or $4,000. 1t is required by the
law, as will be seen below, that the
rates shall not be in excess of an ap-
Proclamation to the expenses of main
tenance. From the showing above
made, presuming that fair proper
ton of the arrearag es are collectible,
it would appear that the legal parity
is about attained. There are 1877
privileges now on the rate books. and
increase in revenue will be greater
than in expenses.
Connections are being made with the
sewers at the rate of twenty-five or
thirty a month. Inspector E. G. Keen
reported to the Board of Health 129
sewer connections made, and 1S5 houses
connected with sewers, for the first
six months of this year The total
Of
tenn in July /, 1905, Appropriated 90
900.
There does not appear to be any
legal compulsion for property owners
to make use of the sewers when
brought within their reach Possibly
the only power in this regard is that
of the Board of Health under its au-
thority to condemn insanitary prem
ises after due notice
Mr.. Nanhuizen in his report recon-
mended the sewering of Punchbowl
slope, above Luso and including Ala
pal street; also the proposed extern
sion Of Artesian street, thence along
Azylian to Beckwith street and Met
calf road; also a. number of streets
In kewalo district, but not until some
hll1ng to grade has been done; also
PIikoi street extension from Wilder
avenue to Pensacola street: also Quar-
~, Prospect and Spencer streets.
THE SEWER LAW.
The sewer law as amended b1, the
legislature of 1905 is as follows:
Section 1885. 1t shall be the duty
Of the Superintendent of Public Works
to the requirements of the
Board of Health, to direct and superin-
tend the cleaning of the public streets
and by-ways of any city, town or viii
age in the Territory of Hawaii, the
removal and disposal of garbage, dead
animals and other nuisances therein.
he cleaning of cesspools and connect
ing OF premises with the public sewer
m such city, town Or village
Section 1896. The rates of charges
for such services and for use of the
sewer shall be fixed from time to time
oy the superintendent subject to the