Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-16
MURRAY FAVORS
BOND ISStH|f0R
W0RK0N SEWERS
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ako district and portions of Punaho,,
and ManOa. He saws that all Of these
districts will have to be taken care ~
sooner or later
Il am strongly Of the belief" saws
the manager. that it is time to get to
work on the big basis. rather than
keeping up the system @of lacking on
and patching up. over and over. and
Engineer Fred KiFchhoff will be set
to. work soen, securing data for the
comprehensive SYSTEM
Let Supervisors Decide.
After the data Is secured the cues
tion is then up % the supervisors
This is according TO an amendment
passed ut the last 4egislsture, concern
ing Section 2174 tofsthe Revised Laws
which says. in part: 49,. ...
No bonds shall be issued until the
board Of supervisors shall cause an
election to be. held In such county on
The question Of the issuance of such
bonds. In casesat least go per cent Of
the Registered voters voting in the said
county shall vote affirGaatively at such
election for the issuance Of such bonds.
the treasurer Of the county shall issue
The same" a 49,.
! Following the calling 4of tue election
by the supervisors, 1t Is first neces.
Bary to have the approval of the presi-
dent of The Unlted states, after which
the election is held.
AS to the. immediate extension Of
the sewer eutfan at KaHhi as request.
ed of the supervisors by the Chamber
fef Commerce, the water manager says
that he will have examinations made
at once to determine the, cost Of such
q procedure. The outfau according to
DIR. J. S. B. Pratt. president of the
beard of health, will probably have to
extend out for at least three-fourths of
a mile. or possibly, mile farther than
it. now runs.
DR.. Pratt thinks that the line now
Fnns out about 300 yards from shore.
which is entirely inadequate consider.
ding the sluggish current and the fact
that fish are caught in the near vicin
ity Of the pond that receives the sew
age. He says that the outer end -of
the pipe, Hes in~ perhaps 20 feet OF
water.
Is eettTna More shsrtow.
Year by. year." he, says. the little
mend into which the7sewage embties Is
filing UP and growing more shallow.
last year so mach depdsit came down
in waste from the pineapple factory
that ii was found necessary to have
the %oompsny' stop. putting che 1refuse
into the. seweraaI1dtt to have the harbor
dredged by them to remove part OF
what had already come in"
According to- some authorities the
may be making themselves
liable by allowing the present condi-
ton at Kalihi to exist for a single
day.
Murray says that his plans should
he entirely complete within two or
three months, and that certain par
tiOns of them will be ready even be
fore that The question of hayina
SEWAGE from the higher elevations dis
posed of by gravity. leaning only tire
how lying, sections dependent, upon the
pumps, viii be Included in the inEesti-
cations which will he carried on for
the city department by Engineer
At present, there lis but one pump
taking care of practically all Of the
system. IF anything serious should
happen to this pump." said Superin
tendent of Public Works Charles r
Forbes to the members of the loan |
fund commission the other dav, ''ffo-
nolufu has an extremely difficult aues'
hon to face"