The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-22
4EAD OFFICIALS CD
OVER NUUANU DAM
AND ASK QUESTIONS
Mott-Smith Thinks Appropriation In
sufficient--What Is Being Done
on the Work.

From the head of the sluicing f1ume
on the Eva hillside of Nuuanu valley
Z to the very back crevice of the quarry
on the opposite Waikiki hillside, Gov
ernor Frear tramped yesterday across
Secretary Mott-Smith, Attorney Gen.
eraI Hemenway, Auditor Fisher, Su-
perintendent of Public Works Hollo-
way, Engineer Howland and Contrac-
tor Whitehouse. Every part of the big
work which could be seen was seen
and innumerable questions were asked
by the officials, so that a fairly clear
understanding of the progress of the
construction was obtained. The party
arrived at the dam about two o'clock
and spent over two hours in their in
vestigation. For the department How
land did most of the talking, pointing
out to the Governor the various ad-
vantages in doing the work just as it is
being done and dilating especially on
the suitability of the material being
sluiced into the fill between the valve
tower and the core wall, material
which his chief, Mr.. Holloway, said
was not the best a few days ago, but
who has now decided that he was nen
Z mistaken.
I The pump was working at full blast
and was delivering a little over one
third of the water it was bought to
supply, while the FIVE men at work
in the sluicing grounds only jammed
the fume about four times while the
party was on the grounds. The atten-
tion of the party was not drawn to
this little pilikia, however.
Considerable progress has been made
at the work since the last description
of it was published. Now practically
all the difficult work has been finished,
including the new valve tower, the
pipes piercing the dam, and the other
changes insisted upon by kellogg. The
work now is bulk work, that is the
completion of the kellogg rock fill and
the piling up of the one hundred and
eighty thousand yards of earth, a large
part of which has been added to the /
requirements of the work through the /
adoption of the recommendations of
SCHUYLER When this will be complet- +
ed no one knows and none seem to be +
willing to hazard a guess.
On Tuesday the amount Of earth
sluiced into the fill totalled two hum
dred and twenty-five yards from both
fumes, of which the f1ume supplied by
Howland's pump contributed one hum
dred and five. At this rate the dam
will be completed sometime along in
the spring of 1910.
HOwland has an idea, however, that
his pump is going to do all that was
promised in the way of delivering wa
ter at the top of the hill and a whole
" more than was promised in the
Jay Of revolutions per minute.
Il am going to show you that my
lemon is going to turn out to be
peach" he remarked to a representa-
tive of the Advertiser, who accompa-
MED the Governors party over the
dam. He did not specify if the peach
s to be a clmgstone. a Crawford or
he wormy variety. His idea is to re- |
place the present fifteen inch pulley I
IN the pump by 4 thirteen inch one, ]
hus obtaining a greatly increased
peed in the pump. The guaranteed
ipeed of the pump is 75.revolutions 5
minute; the speed yesterday was $40 :
evolutions. but the guaranteed speed +
ails utterly in delivering the guaran-
eed supply of water, only forty per E
ent.. in fact At 200 revolutions the +
ump failed to supply any water at a
II. so it is reasoned that HOO revolu- :
ions will bring water up a-plenty. o
s the pump is only made to run :,
rife over what il is now doing the
lcreased speed may involve serious
thermal complications, but Rowland
links not. He is willing to risk 1t v
INFLOW. as with him it is either case f.
make good on the pump or smash d,
To make the speed he figures on
2 will have to race the engine also So
,ster than it is supposed TO run, 2SS b,
.volutions per minute, in fact, while n.
ie maximum speed guaranteed is on a.
200 revolutions. 8,
Holloway did not seem to be par ne
cularly anxious to discuss any posi- nc
e danger to the pump from this pa
'omised speeding. but remarked:
1T won't hurt the engine anyway" ar
OFT SMITH EXPRESSES DOUBT. fiji
In conversation with the contractor