The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-01-08

more reason why that all meters be
water should be abolished and the
sup p lied without aat rate enforced
measurement than khrou ghout the
there n why gas or city. Eight
electricity should DO hundred m eters
% supplied ~. are now in use,
BY tho us6 Of me but because II has
ters the cost can been demonstrated
b reduced TO . that they cannot
minimum and the measure water, !
pffces hxed 30 a. am doing away
just 70 pay tho with them Iron
cost, From Mayor an interview with
Lanes Inaugural City Engineer
Message. Wall. 4E I'D #.&
With the atmosphere Of the water.
works department vibrating from kicks
made by residents who awoke yester.
day morning TO find that they were
being charged for water on fat rate,
though meters had been installed on
their premises and used in determining
their water stills for more than 8 year,
CITY Engineer Wall took radical issue
with Mayor Lane Yesterday and de.
clafed himself thoroughly opposed TO
the plan enunciated by the new chief
exeeiitiveot putting the entire city dn-
der meters. IA =, az 800
strong stand takens BY Wall
against the water meters at this time;
in yiewEsof their advocacy by Mayor
Lane, came as q surprise to many OH
Gals, Wall did not minee words or
eqniyoeate in condemning the meters. !,
Caldwell Favored Meters Y "
.tone Of the last recommendations OF
John w Caldwell before he left office
as superintendent OF public ,works was
that all water privileges be put on
meters, This, said he, was the only
way to put the department. ON o pay
ling basis He incorporated this recon-
mendation in his fast report. Z. K. \, "a /,
or the 7400 water privileges there
are now; 500 on meters, the balance
being subject to q fat rate. Wall de,
elares there is an acid peculiar to the
water here which ruins the meters.
Said Wall yesterday: sts. ,i
81 was obliged to change the Gus
toners who. have meters to a fiat rate
because found the meters were not
properly measuring water. The rec
ords being made by these instruments
are impossible - some, Of them ridieu.
lously low and some impossibly high.
We have tried four or FIVE different
kinds with the same result. r." Z
Flat Rate II Solution Nj ~
S3tIt would cost $4,000 to equip the
city with meters. We have paid 30 so
each for, meters, buying them in 100
lots. 1t would be much better to do
he III all vNVfkyt.
leges on a fat rate. An acid seems to
be in the water here which destroys
these meters. have sent samples Of
this wnter to different firms Inanufac.
turing the instruments for an analysis
Ito be, made, but have'not received an
answer. lse 90 -NA.,.. an ,f,4c d
Several persons familiar with the
sub iect declared yesterday on hearing
Wall would recommend that all meters
be done away with, that his trouble
arose over the fact that he had put in
cheap meters. A meter of tobin
bronze, Il was pointed out-the kind
OF metal used in parts of the pump
ing plant that come in contact with
the waters-would not be affected by
the acid. ......
Recognizing the truth of the point
made by Mayor Lane in his inaugural
address, practically every city on the
mainland has installed meters. In viz
taally every case they have been dc.
elared eminently satisfactory and a
saving both to. the municipality end
the consumer. 't i r.s.t-->
Rating Ordered But Neglected Pr
Under an ordinance passed last July,
al ANE al ma oaa 20 Z thu wEro
ter and sewer works, was reqfired TO
fix general water rate, both hat'and
metercd, and furnish the board with
data on the cost of operation, cite.
This he has not done yet. The section
of the ordinance referred to Is as fol
lows; "
Section 10. Rates for Water and
Sewer Privileges to be Prepared.
at shall be the duty of the General
Manager OF other officer or officers IN
charge Of the Water and Sewer Works
Department to prepare and submit to
the Board of Supervisors. as soon a.
may be after July /, 1914, a general
water rate, both fat and metered, and
sewer rates, for persons, and special
ra tcs for departments and governments
which shall be sufficient to provide an
income which will provide for a.. the
operation and maintenance of said sys-
tens; (2), interest on bonds issued or
10 he issI'ed hereafter for the extern
sion and improvement of said works,
and (S), the payment of said bonds, as
required by Act 1873 of the Session
Laws Of 1918, or any statutes hereafter
enacted" $685.. -.
Tas,A A dvocatas ,N6atsrz
Regarding the meters, Mayor Lane in
his message said! '.s
: Some objection has been raised TO