The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1921-06-28
WA|LUA IRRIGATION
DITCH COMPLETED

c. T. Bailey, Commissioner of Pub
lie Lands, this week makes the an
nouncement that the main ditch of
the East Kauai Irrigation Company's
new water project is completed and
that next week some of the home
steaders will start taking water from
the North fork of the Waialua
stream, water that has for ages past
simply flowed uninterrupted to the
ocean helping nobody.
About a year and half ago Land
Commissioner Bailey sold the irriga-
tion company twenty-one year IL
cense to develop the water Of the
north fork of the Wailua stream, and
of the Kapaa and Anahola streams.
The company agreed to exEend as
much as necessary for the develop
ment Of the water as long as the sum
required did not exceed one million
dollars. For this investment the
year interest on the invested capital
and is to be paid, out of the revenues
received from the sale of water, the
sum that they have paid, the pay
ments being made on the amortiza-
tion plan. The company is to bear
the expenses of maintaining and OPP
Grating the ditch. At the end OF
the twenty-one years the whole sys-
tenn reverts to the government.
By the arrangements made in the
contract the Kapaa and Wailua home
steaders and, the Makee Sugar Com
pany are the main beneficiaries of
this project, although anyone in the
district may get his share Of the
water by complying with the rules
that have been made. Contracts are
now being prepared for the people
who want water to sign. For each
acre that he intends to irrigate, every
man must pay an advance fee of two
dollars per annum. He pays that
whether he takes any water or not.
This payment makes him a part of
the project and entities him to all the
water he wants at any time in the
year or to ma amount in proportion to
the number of acres he has paid for
in case the supply should ever be
insufficient to meet all demands.
When a party takes water he pays
five dollars a million gallons in addi-
tion to the two dollars an acre lin
surance fee"
The distribution of the water is
under the control of the land office.
Mr.. Bailey has put w. V. Hardy, who
has for the past ten years been doing
Of Hydrography of the Territory Of
Hawaii, in charge of the distribution.
Mr.. Hardy's experience and ability
makes him an ideal man for the work
and one that is sure to give satisfac-
tion to all water users. The Divis-
ion of Hydrography is under the
direction of Mr.. Bailey's office, so
the selection of Hardy for the local
job is only in recognition OF the eff
, cient services he has rendered to the
government in the past
= | Inc main Qltcn Wnlcn EaS just DSell
completed, with the exception of the
lining of two tunnels which have
walls that are slightly unstable, is
four miles long. Work on i. was
started in May 1920. 1t starts at an
elevation Of about 4SC feet and runs
through 81 tunnels. The land over
! and through which it must PASS is OF
rough character, making the~expen-
sive tunnels necessary. The lateral
tunnels will run along the tops of the
ridges so that branches may easily be
, sent off on both sides. Plans are
made for the construction OF reser'
voirs above the main ditch in case
. the normal supply is not sufficient to
4 supply all demands in times OF
n ldrouth. But it is believed that this
4 will not be necessary.
Joseph Moragne, consulting engi
neer of the American Factors has
I had charge Of the construction OF
4 this irrigation project. George Crow
assistant engineer has had direct