The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-08-04
Campbell Addresses the
Commissioners Of
Sanitation.
ARE READY FOR WORK
Many Meetings Are to
Be Held to Cater
Opinions.
fFrOm Thursdays Advertiser

(From Thursdays Advertiser.)
Holding the second of their contem-
plated series Of meetings to investigate
in chamber session the sanitary condi-
tiOus of Honolulu, the sanitary com
missioners were yesterday presented
with the maps and part of the data
for which they have been waiting since
the beginning of Jaly. Slperinten-
dent Campbell of the department of
public works, which prepared the maps,
states in his letter of transmittal that
he was unable to present all the data
he wished, owing to insufficient time.
Tuesday the commissioners held a
short meeting to devise way to save
the testimony brought out before the
meetings and for this purpose Chair
man Carter went ON still hunt for
a stenographer. He reported yester-
day that having looked at stenogra-
phic price lists he did not believe that
the commission would get fair return
ON the money spent.
The commission agreed with him and
instead of taking down lot of use
less conversation at twenty or forty
cents per one hundred words, each
speaker before the meeting win be re-
q1ested to prepare, (after the meet:
ing) concise statement as TO his
views and recommendations and if he
has not stenographer in has own of
flee the commission will get him one.
To Hear 'Em Talk.
Meetings will now be in rapid or
der and among those who will be ask
ed to speak will be Superintendent
Campbell, City Engineer Gere, Plumb
ing Inspector MiehlsteIn, Professor
Bryan and many others. Besides those
who receive special invitation, all 9TH
ers who wish to speak before the com
mission or who have any recommends
tions to make are requested not to
hesitate to do SO.
Mr.. Campbell's letter was read and
his opinions noted. The board is wait
ing now for the data upon which he
based those opinions in order that they
may have chance to follow out his
line of reasoning.
The Letter.
"Fiye hundred thousand dollars was
appropriated by the last Legislature
for the extension of the system" says
Mr.. Campbell in the letter. cit must
be borne in mind, however, that this
money can only do small part of the
entire work; and the Immediate neees
sIties win first be taken care of from
this fund. Succeeding legislatures, fol
a number of sessions yet to come, must
appropriate sums equal to that already
appropriated, as it viii require at least
million and half dollars to finally
complete the system-complete 1t SO
far, however, as any municipal water
works can be completed.
HThe consumption of water in the
City of Honolulu il greater per capita
than any other city of which have
knowledge. This consumption Is
caused, first, by climatic conditions ana
necessarily larger domestic eonsump
ton; and second, the large quantities
required for irrigation, and incident
thereto, the inevitable waste which
must take place in system such as
ours unmetered. Our mains must Of
necessity be of larger capacity thar
would ordinarily be required in thu
average American city, with the-resul
that our system viii in its cost be larg'
per service.
again, we have a very large mile
age of pipe when we consider the mum
Der served. We are "a city of magnif
ieent distances and our habitation
are considerable distances apart, witt
a consequent average of seventy fee
of main pipe to the single service
Again, the operative costs of a system
such as ours-mainly pumping, ar
necessarily higher per million gallon
of water than world be the case werl
our system entirely gravity.
Other Questions.
"The storage of surface wa
tiers in semi-tropieal country
such as ours, Is open to man,
dangers. Storage water under all tn
natural conditions prevailing here an
possibilities of contamination, canno
be considered a potable water. FO
years I have constantly advocated al
entire artesian system, so far as
practicable, and have every reason Il
know that Honolulu can be supplied
up to the 300 foot level, and possibl
beyond with arteaian water; abov
the 300 foot level, the supply must b
from the upper springs in Pauoa, Ma
Xxi and palolo Valleys, which spring
can be protected from contamination
and the waters brought ont TO eovoi
ed reservoiHs
NThe HHuann storage should be use
faF power purposes and these water
altefed Wffn fhe demnnd requires,
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