The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-08-19
Wailuku-Kahului Water
Problems Are Puzzling
Mains Are Again Open All Night Committee Asks for Ka-
huui Reservoir Sand Hs No Relief Is in Sight Un-
til Larger Pipe Is Laid Within Next Few Weeks

Water is no longer being turned off
at the reservoir outlet between 10:30
p. m. and 8 a. m, as has been the
practise for the past month or more.
Superintendent A. Garcia was advised
| by the board of supervisors follow
| ing the hearing on the water short
| age last Friday afternoon, to try leav-
| ing the pipe open for a period of two
weeks or so to determine whether 1t
| is necessary to close for a few hours
| in the "a hours in order to give resi-
dents of the higher sections service.
| Request has been made for mil
lion gallon reservoir for emergency
use for Kahului on the sand hills, but
| this will not be done at present. The
board believes that the installation
Of the eight inch pipe for which the
| trench is now being dug will relieve
| the shortage.
| There was a spirited session of the
board when the water question came
up William Walsh opened the dis
| cussion as chairman al the Chamber
| of Commerce committee. He said
property belonging to a Chinese could
have been saved had there been wa
| ter, but there was not.
Shortage in KahuIui
| In Kahului harbor that day. Walsh
| continued, there were three steamers
| whose captains were "scrapping" for
water and could not understand why
| it was being doled out to their vessels
in small quantities, burn and turn
about He told how long it took to
| fill a five inch hose at the Standard
Oil premises, some Is minutes but it
developed the pipe there and to the
molasses pump which Walsh also
| mentioned did not belong to the sys-
tenn and was only one and half
| inch pipe. Were not Kahului on the
| ocean, he added, people would have
| to move away for sanitary rea-
sons. Then he made the request
for the Chamber OF Commerce that a
million gallon reservoir be installed
| in the sand hill neighborhood. Only
| the tanks which held 100000 gallons
had, relieved the situation in tho past
on several occasions. 1t would not
be necessary to draw on the new res
ervoir ordinarily and it could be kent
filled when there was good flow
down lao Valley and a surplus for
Wailuku.
Antoine do Rego told Of coming
home from a picture show Just after
10 o'clock and being unable to grant
the requests of his aged parents for
glass of water, none flowing from
the tap since it had been turned off.
Fire Hazard Told
c. D. Lufkin of the committee en-
larged on the danger of fire at night,
said the secretary of the insurance
rating board had been on Maui last
week and that the rates were based
on the understanding there would be
"a constant flow from the reservoir.
If the mains We're cut from supply,
fire rates would be raised.
Mr.. Lufkin asked if something
could not be done to keep the mains
filled at night and suggested shutting
off the supply for few hours during
the day.
Supervisor Fleming had meantime
explained what was being done FOR
relief of the situation.
w. II. Field told of guests coming
to the hotels from steamers between
10 and at night and being unable to
get water for a bath or other purposes
and the complaints aroused by the in
convenience.
Relief Expected
Fleming explained the 3 inlh pipe
into the reservoir and two 9 inch and
one four inch mains out would relieve
the situation, that there would be an
ample supply without a new reservoir
To this Walsh took exception and in
sisted there was need of the reservoir
for which his committee asked. Drum
mond said there was no money avail
able for the reservoir asked and he
Fleming and Chairman Kalama told
how the larger main to Kahu.ui and
the new inc hpipe about to be laid
had been and would be paid for by
the county from its tax monies, not
from bond issues, that such sums
amounted to more than s55,0OO. There
was no county money for the reser-
voir, to which Walsh replied he did
not expect to see the reservoir put in
this year.
Low explained the capacity of the
pipe leading into the reservoir now
is 100000 gallons and that an inch
pipe would more than double the capa-
city for delivery This Walsh doubted
and Low replied he could show figures
of which he was sure. Drummond
found the waterworks Improvement
was not what he had thought it to
be and said he had understood large
main was to be laid down all the
way. Low and Fleming pointed out
that when the demand grew the s
inch pipe could be replaced by a larg-
er one
Garcia Explains
Garcia was asked why the water
was turned off at night and he told
of the impossibility of getting suffi-