Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-07

never be solved without such a ma
chine.
The following is his report:
January 6, 1914.
To3the Honorable Mayor and Members.
Board Of Supervisors of the City
and County of Honolulu.
Gentlemen:
Sometime ago the board requested
mo to furnish them with all the data
] have regarding power flushing ma
chimes for cleaning streets. | have
gone into this matter very thoroughly
and have accumulated large amount
OF data regarding the operation of
these power flushers, from the expert.
ences Of the various cities in the
states that have them in operation.
Rather than cumber up the minutes
of the board with this large amount
of data, j think II advisable to simply
refer to various maps, letters, cata-
logues and quotations that have on
file In this office where they are avail
able for inspection by the members of
the board. -. ~-~.... -.r- "s.. 4
The only payements that it Is prac.
flcable to use power flushers on are
those having hard wearing surface,
such as wooden blocks, lazy rock
blocks and bituminous surfaces. II
was necessary to make an area map
OF a large part of the town and sew
eral small surveys of the various
streets to determine the area that
could be cleaned by a power flusher.
"A summary OF the areas of the va.
rious streets is as follows:
King street, 97.051 square yards;
Fort street, 1851 square yards; Bethel
street, 24715s square yards; Mauna.
kea street, SS59h square yards; Ke.
kaulike street. 2507 square yards;
Queen street, 1879 square yards; Be.
retania avenue, 13.0SlIS square yards;
emma street, 1895 square yards; Ho-
tel street, 257415 square yards; Ka-
iakaua avenue, 1904 square yards;
Merchant street, 1894 square yards;
Beretania avenue, S797 square Yards.
Total area l72,725 square yards.
A summary of the cost of cleaning
various streets IN town by power
brooms and hand brooms has been
made and general average shows thei
cost to be $A526eBer thousand suuafei
yards. and the sprinkling cost aver.
ages s0.i2S per thousand square yards.
giving total of $0.754 per thousand
square yards for cleaning and sprink.
ling. This work on the streets men.
toned above could be done with a
power flusher, either drawn by horses
or propelled by motor.
The ,,,o4 ~ y, .S.,..- .l..x..... Il
is Approximately $500, while the cost
OF the motor propelled flnsher is ap-
proximately $4,000.
The total area to be cleaned by
flushers is as above 172,725 square
yards this area could be gone over
in two days by motor driven flnsher.
while II would take at least four horseIl
propelled flushers to cover the same
area In the same time.
In order to work these flushing ma.
chimes economically, larger standpipes
VIII have to be provided, so that the
time OF loading would not be more,
than five or six minutes at the most.
Il the present standpipes were used
the machines would be idle over half
the time on account OF taking such
long time to load the tank
! have talked with representative
OF the water works department andl
he did not favor connecting larger
pipes to the water mains for stand.
pipes, as, in his opinion, when wagon
was being loaded at the standpipes,
the pressure would be so reduced over
that particular district that consumers
would be unable to get ahv water
also lad a conversation with the rep.
resentatiyes Of the Hawaiian Electric l.
Company of the Won Hamm- Young !,
Company. The former informed me
that standpiDe could be connected /
On to their well at their plant which
would enable the wagons to be loaded
n three or four minutes, and would
sost Approximately $400 to install
same. He said that he believed that +
could be made with the !
company, whereby merely nominal ,.
charges would be made for the water,
simply enough to pay for the amount
II current used in running the motor
% work the pump to be used in fill.
ng the wagon. The ron Hamm. Young