The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-03-30
FIGHT FOR CLEANER
BEACH CONTINUES
BIZ To Direct Filthy Stream
Thrashed Out BY. Finance
Committee Of House

The question of whether OF not to
divert the filthy stream that flows be.
tween the Moana Hotel and, the Out
rigger Club, and If so, where, was de.
bated at public hearing before the
finance committee of the house yester-i
day afternoon.
The Immediate matter at issue be-
fore the conmittee was the bill intro
duced by Lorrin Andrews, on behalf
of the Outrigger Club, to appropriate
$4,000 for the diverting of the
stream.
A lnrge number of persons more or
less directly interested in one way or
another appeared before the commit.
tee TO express their views. Several
representatives OF the Outrigger Club
pressed the desire of the club TO have
the stream diverted. They represent
cd tnaL at all times il discharges an
undesirable food into the otherwise
clear waters of Waikiki, and said that
when ever there are food waters, in.
credible quantities of unspeakable filth
flow by tine stream into the sea waters,
rendering them dirty, filthy, vile.smell
ing aud lnsanitary
The plan presented by the 0utrigger
Club was to have the stream, which
Is known as Appalachian, diverted to
ward Diamond Head, emptying into the
other stream that flows by Kapiolani
Park and empties into the sea under
the bridge across Kalakaua Avenue.
The Outrigger Club people admitted
that this would afford but partial re.
lief, as when the waters were unusual.
ly high, the stream floods would still
pollute the sea waters off the bathing
beaches. But, they said, half loal
is better than no loaf at all. They
admitted that it would be much bet
ter IL the stream could be diverted
Eva, employing into the sea near th,
John Ena Road, which is part of the
Pinkham Waikiki reclamation stream,
but they said that they wanted cleai
water at the beach some time during
their own lifetime, and if they waited
for the development of Pinkham Z
scheme, they would never live to sci
its fulfillment. r... I
The scheme, as outlined to the com
mittee, involves the building of two
dams mauka of Waikiki to divert the
streams that flow down Manor and
Palolo Valleys. There are two streams
that empty into the sea on the Dia
niond Head side of the hotels. ont
runs by Makee Island; the other flows
hat ayna N that and thn hnfalg
The latter is dry, however, except ID
food time. 1t is proposed to turn thu
: bulk Of the food waters down this lat
ter stream, the normal flow to empty
| into the stream that flows by the park
Supervisor Ben Hollinger, represent
ing the city and county, protestet
against this plan. He said that il
time of food hapiolani Park would b,
overlooked. He wanted the bulk o
the water turned down the othe
| stream. ,.t
Outrigger Club representatives point
ed out tnut Guy Engineer Collins has
stated that, under present conditions
the city viii have to spend $4,000 re
pairing or rebuilding the Kalakaui
Avenue bridge under which the dirt,
stream AT present HOWb, Whereds III !
were diverted above, no bridge wOul
be meeuea. In that case, they said, tn
! city could well afford to spend tn
! same amount on a retaining wall !
shut the food waters out from Kapic
! LAM Park. ...... r
/ Charles Z, Forbes, superintendent
public works, was called before th
committee and gave an estimate 9
! $1,000 as the total cost of doing th
proposed work. ~.,r ." ,
! Chairman Cooke said the committe
was not interested in the method to
adopted to divert the stream, but onl
wanted to know If the plan were feai
ible and could be done within the az
preparation asked.
Several property owners in the neigl
borhood made statements, each advt
eating some action that he though
wouIu not injure his particular pieC
of property. ... .....
The committee took the matter undo
advisement and is expected to rend,
a decision soon.