Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-06-03
Mayor and Supervisors Strong.
" Favor Spending SEQ, 900
to $50, 900 TOR Exploration

N JaN06.Sp6lal0g 1ZUtUQU
to $50, 600 for ExpIoratio'l
Fifty million gallons or naturally
filtered water a day, with no expense
OF building reservoirs and keeping
them clean. nor any Outlay for pump
ing, Is available for the city of Homo
lulu, in the trained Judgment OF j T.
McCrosson,i one Of the few ga hydro
graphic wizards who have made Ha-
wall famous In the realm OF artificial
irrigation. DIS -. r
water. too, which would be abso-
lutely immune from contamination by
sediment or storm, or fouling by man
or beast from its exit at the fountain
head, after filtration through a thou
sand feet .of,lava rock, until released
at the tap of the consumer. as
Water, moreover, which, though re.
quiriRg an outlay OF 81 800, 900 for its
development, would really cost the
taxpayers nothing but, on the con-
trary, yield a surplus Of revenue to
the municipal Golfers. ..s
Mr.. McCrosson propounded this
large scheme OF improving the water
supply of Honolulu at a luncheon pro-
vided by Jorgen Jorgensen, contract
ing engineer of the Waiahoie tunnel,
for the mayor and supervisors. with q
few other guests, ON the return Of the
party to his residence camp from a
visit to the north portal Of that great
work Yesterday. The host was in fhli
agreement with the speaker, and hav-
ing constructed so miles OF irrigating
tunnels In these, ISLANDS his opinion
naturally had weight 1 Mr. .Jorgensen
and Mr.. McCrosson ware being piled
with questions on the. subject. when
the happy thought occurred 20 Super
visor Single to call On,,Mra Mecrosson
for a connected talk. sSfpsi Il, a.i
Talk about your Promotion Com
mittee and promotion literature why,
if wei could say that ItOHoluin re,
ceives water that iE filtered through
from 1890 to 2009 feet of volcanic rock
we would be able DO say something
that no other city In the world could
say" Mr.. McCrosson began.
b He then went into figures. After ex-
pressing the belief thai 50s000,000 gal.
Ions daily could be had from the Koo,
Tau range, with very little, trouble in
adjusting private rights, he pointed
out that the present daily water con-
sumption iT Honolulu is from 10000
900 to 1900, zoe gallons Make it 3d.
0OO, 900 gallons for increased demand,
and there was LETT 10000, 900 gallons
that, the speakerswas positive, would
have a sale to plantations on the lee
ward side OF me island at the rate of
s$5e00 q million gallons daily per an
mum, and there the city would have a
revenue at &l0a, 900 Tor meeting inter
est at a per eentso the tunnek cost,
hesides the sinking fHnd for retire.
Haentsof the bonds at maturity with q
considerable surplus over.
Mr.. JoEeensen advised that the Wal,
hee section, next, To the Waiahole sec
ton toward the Pail, was the place
to. try for the. hidden reservoirs. His
firm belief based ON both his pros
pecting and Development operations at
Waiaholes Is that, vast resources exist
in that duarter. m q bore. OF 1900 feet
in that direction he struck q yield of
8, 200, eco Agallms. when he received
orders itol ABANDON that particular
tnnnels Thei Naiheal section, IL was
pointed out, would give point of de
livery FIVE miles nearer town than the
Punaluu, water scheme, suggested by
photographer HARRISON, which, be-
sides, involved payment of rent to the
Waiah1le Water Company. for passage
Of the water threngh its tunneEl More
over. the Waiahole works had shown
that the probability of q large supply
toward the Pali was great The feed.
ing tunnel extending E2 miles into
Kahana, to drain the purchased water
sources, had developed comparatively
little water, while the main tlfnneb Of
Il, 40 feet from the south TO the north
portal though designed merely for a
transmission aqueduet = is yielding
enormous volumes at both portals Al.
though the north end has reached a
penetration Of but i 600 feet tits emit.
ting about 10000 600 gallons daily, car.
ried off by two large-bOre pipe lines
and utilized in the gnlch below for
producing all the power reqnired In
the works at both ends. .
1t was fnTther advised by Mr. Jor.
gensen that prHlimjnary trial drifts
be made from the Koolau side Of the
mountain. as, water was likely to be
found directly under the ridge. To
reach it from the other side would In.
volye tnnneling distance of perhaps
two miles: This would be expensive
prospecting with the chance of missing
the. right spot, as against; = trial
drives, Of probably not more
than 1915 feet from the wind.
ward side. On the way home
Mr.. Jorgensen pointed out two living
streams gushing cut Of the face of tht
cliffs, at about 500 feet elevation 6
mile or two from. the Beitroad This
Is In the Waiiiee section, and the nat
uraI outflow here strongly confirms
his theory OF Immense resources be
hind. In his opinion the water should
be found ct. the, ee0.ef 100 foot con
tour, which wonIds giye alls the head
required for the city's higher levels,
Around the luncheon heard thert
was unanimous agreement OF the sH
pervisors, only one being absent and
the mayor concurring, that $20,00e ol