The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1911-03-11
Kula
Pipe Line
Water is Now Running Through Its
Entire Length.

the NEWS went over the new Kula
pipe line in company with the Su-
pervisors and Engineers. This is
certainly a most wonderful trip,
and we can conscientiously recon-
mend it to anyone troubled with
insomnia, or mental fatigue.
After leaving the buzz wagons at
Makawao, we took horses for
Olinda, and though those seasoned
warriors of the saddle,-of which
the party boasted more than one
gave little heed to the discomforts
OF horse back riding, as compared to
automobiles, still we can vouch for
it that at times it is bit uncom-
Portable, at least too much of it.
However, we arrived at Olinda in
such good condition that trip was
suggested in to Waiakamoe to view
the site of the proposed new reservoir
at the head of the line. This was
well worth while, as aside from get
ting closer view of the much dis
cussed wooden pipe, we were
enabled to forget our discomforts in
the grandeur and beauty of old
Haleakala.
The reservoir site is ideal. After
winding around the gulch along the
trail, one suddenly comes to the
end, and directly in front is what
looks to be hole in the mountain,
SO cleanly has this work of nature
been accomplished. The steep sides
OF the gulch have been cut almost
perpendicular on either side. At
one end is natural waterfall suffi-
cient for great volume of water,
while at the other the gulch seems
almost to meet, making it COM
paratively simple task to put in a
dam, thus creating basin that will
hold 100000 gallons of water.
Here is the head of the line, and
the wooden pipe extends for about
four miles through the forest, where
it joins the iron pipe just above
Olinda. This wooden pipe seems
to be great source of worry. The
Bulletin correspondent intimating
that it was leaking SO badly that
the Kah ului Railroad would be La
BILE to loose part of their contract
price on that account. The pipe is
leaking, and everyone expected it
to leak. Anything constructed of
wood would leak after being exposed
alternately to the sun and rain for
months, as this pipe has been. But
notwithstanding thiscorrespondent's
surmise, the Kahului Railroad Com
pany stands ready to do everything
IN its power to make the pipe abso-
lutely tight. 1t is the opinion of
| the Engineers that this can be
accomplished by putting on more
iron bands. The bands are now 10
inches apart, and there is no doubt
that if bands were put on between
the ones now in place, it would go a
long way towards making the pipe
more serviceable. The iron pipe is
giving good satisfaction, though a
few weak spots were found when
the water was turned on.
This line was more or less of an
experiment, and those in charge
| can now see where possible mistakes
were made, though to the lay mind
the one serious blunder was in leav-
ing the pipe exposed to the sun, SO
long before water was turned in.
This could easily have been over
come by carrying the water along
as each. section was completed. The
work of laying the branch pipes, to
supply the different sections is now
demanding the attention of the
Board of Supervisors, and when this
is accomplished, the finest lands in
all Hawaii will be made doubly
valuable, by reason of the foresight
and wisdom of those responsible fol
| the Kula Pipe Line.