The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-05-26


streams. a,taslan waters OF faihfsii,
fatrc stretches ~ Iaud Inundated fftm
each cause have been seen. but 70 20
inains fof more dctsiicd analysis "a
determine which q The pfcrohdcrniing
cause.
n rainfall proves 10 be q large fac.
tor tho question Of draining on the
land through tho natural waterways
now existent viii be complicated by The
fact that every frcsh rain viii add 20
water in spots which these waterways
do not drain.
IN Kaimuki, and particularly In the
Sing 10y rice plantation. nearer Moi
Hill, visited yesterday, great stretches
OF land could be dried up by merely
divertinE the great iiow Of nrtesian
waters which the Chinese now divert
there. in Palolo Valley a spot where
pandicnlum grass Is grown by the Club
Stables, and which has given endless
trouble to the mosquito fighters. eould
be dried up (as IL Is today BY Forbid
ding the growing OF this fodder.
Percentage Of swamps.
Aside from the, at present, doubtful
contribution of the rainfall to the
swamp lands, the task of draining all
this land is merely a large one, not
necessarily a difficult one, even though,
as Doctor Currie remarked yesterday,
~ had no idea that such n large per.
centage of what is called Honolulu is
swamp before started in to make
these trips. i,i
But this question has led the commits.
sion slap-bang into one more serious.
The inspection wound up yesterday at
the Mills Institute. Standing in n
grove of kiawe trees at the foot of
this great educational institution. the
commission surveyed one of the foul
est spots in Honolulu
Constructed in a thriving, growing
part of the newer Honolulu where
sewer connections are NOT to be had
for love or gold, the institute was COM
PEELED TO dig an immense cesspool. 1t
was first considered to be sufficiently
large, but unfortunately it proved to
have been dug to hard pan and in a
| very short time it was completely full.
In almost as short time, the overflow
had made swamp of all the property
Immediately below, no inconsiderable
amount, The commission had some
difficulty in finding it yesterday. Chair.
man Carter suddenly announcing its
location by loud shout of 'sHere ii
IS: | m in in And he was
Fierce Problem.
After betaking himself to dry land
followed by cloud of mosquitoes he
had stirred up, the party sized up the
situation. Chief Sanitary Officer Cliff
ford CharlOck, who was the pilot yes
| ~, H. ~
Smith, pointed out that this entire
overflow, after making foul swamp Of
an acre, drained into the Manof
stream which is already contaminated
with other beverage and eventually
flows out past the Moana Hotel wher,
residents were kicking because they
were not permitted TO hathe.
Charlock explained that the board Of
health had already given the institute
orders to clear out all this submerged
land and permit the board to construe
laterals to carry the oesspool overflow
directly into the Manoa stream. 81
far it is the only thing to do, revolving
as it is The overflow reaches tn,
stream at present, anyway, and thu
mosquito breeding swamp could a
least be wiped out by the board Is plan
When the sewer finally creeps arounC
to this point the necessity will dis
. Iappear, but this seems to be.a long wa.
off,
May Make It Sewer.
After a half hour in looking thi
land over, the members of the commits
sion were compelled to sadly shak
, their heads and declare that they say
no other way out of it. Returning
to town they discussed the advisabilit.
of turning the entire Manoa stream
: into sewer, covering parts of il
} banking it and by other means max
it such to all intents.
"And I for one,' concluded Chair
: man Carter, Mt the end of the day
) don t want to battle at Waikiki an
, what's more, / IN not going to. "
, The next tour of the commission vii
be made Saturday.
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