The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-04
HONOLULU SEWER SYSTEM
AND (HE LAW Of SEWERS
Work of Extension in Progress--More Than
Fifty Miles of Sewers--Expenses
and Scale OF Rates.

work done and material used. Rates
of charges for sewer use shall be fixed
as nearly as may be, so that the en-
tire yearly receipts for sewer use shall
not exceed the total yearly cost Of
maintaining and repairing the sewers,
together with the yearly interest on
the bonds representing the cost of the
sewer system.
Section 1887. The rates and charges
III this chapter provided, for the col
lection of garbage, shall be payable to
the Superintendent quarterly in ad
vance and the charge for sewerage
seni-annually in advance. Charges
for ceSSpOols, sewer connections and
removal of animals and other nuisances
shall be payable on demand; and, to
secure such payment, the Superintend-
ent of Public Works may require a
deposit in advance.
| Section 1898. If a sewer rate shall
remain unpaid for fifteen days after
/ it is due, ten per cent. in addition
to the regular rate shall be charged,
and every such sewer rate or charge
shall be a lien upon the property con-
Injected with said sewer, which said
lien shall attach to said property as of
the date when said sewer rate or charge
/ is due and payable to said Superintend-
ent of Public Works, as in this chapter
provided. The rates and charges shall
be payable by the owners and occu
pants of the premises in respect to
which the services are rendered. who
shall jointly and severally be liable
therefor.
Section 1899. District magistrates
shall have jurisdiction to hear and de-
termine all civil actions, suits or pro-
ceedings brought by the Superintend
ent of Public Works for the collection
ard enforcement of collection and pay
ment of all sewer rates or charges
which may be assessed, as above set
forth, Notwithstanding the amount
claimed.
Section l040. The record books of
the Superintendent of Public Works, in
the matters in this chapter above speci-
fed, shall be prima facie proof of the
amount of sewerage rates or charges
due and unpaid to said Superintend-
emit"
SEWER CHARGES.
Rates of annual charges for use of
sewer were made by John A. McCand-
less, superintendent of Public Works,
April 1, 1901, and have not since been
changed.
fOf QWelllIlS houses anu oIIIce Dullu-
ings the rates are as follows:
500 or less square feet area (20x25),
So per year.
500 to 500 square feet area (25xS2), 81
per year.
500 to 100 square feet area (30x36),
s. per year.
100 to 400 square feet area (35x4O),
Sc per year.
One dollar additional for each 800
square feet of floor area.
For lodging and tenement houses and
stores, the charge is IS cents for every
adult inmate.
Restaurants. saloons and hotels are
charged by a scale for fixtures, being
50, 81, 81, 81 and Sc each for different
utilities named and by numbers used
up to so, SIS, So, So and S13 for five of
each article.
Floor drains are charged SIS each.
For laundries and factories the rates
run from So for two persons employed,
to S12 for six persons, and $3.50 addi-
tional for each person. Each laundry
tub is charged S..
Stables are rated at rs cents for each
head of live stock.