The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-10-19

Hutchinson to dispense with employee:
or reduce their pay, wherever it is
possible, without Gripping the work,
ETC., and 1t will be done; but you
must not expect to see much of il
during this month, which is now
about half gone.
/ think could recommend a mate
rial saving in the cloth ration bill
business-in Withholding such bills
from persons who have considerable
means of their own and from en-
ployees who earn sufficient salary TO
clothe themselves. To clothe helpless
people Is certainly all right, but to ex-
tend this expense TO those who can
clothe themselves, has always appear
ed to me as encouraging pauperism,
and money poorly spent.
| / have ordered the two kokuas, uni
and kamaka, to be sent to Honolulu
| for examination, but I am sorry TO
say that uni alone can go; the other
| man, Kamaka, Is too sick, according
| to DIR. divers statement to go this
| week.
The hospital Is receiving the five
| extra rations. These people must be
| reasonable, and consider that arrange
ments for the increased supply takes
all Of q week to be made. The board
| met on q Wednesday. There were no
W IIl6 ISSOiuLlOu
| to the superintendent until the next
Monday, and he in turn could not
order the supply until Friday follow
| ing.
The board ordered that the matter
| of reduction be deferred to await
further report from Mr.. Meyers.
The following report and letter
from MIR. Rowell, superintendent of
water works was read:
BUREAU OF PUBLIC WORKS, l
HONOLULU, Oct. IS, 1893. !
His Elk. w. .. SMITH, President of
the Board of Health.
SIR:-In conversation with Mr..
Meyers In regard to reservoir and
water pipes at the leper settlement, 1
learned that the service cocks in use
there are none of them less than half
an inch. This Is very large tap for
a single dwelling and easily accounts
for the scarcity of water on the Ka-
laupapa end of the pipe, when num-
Der of them are open at Kalawao. /
should advice that quarter inch taps
be substituted as soon as practicable
for the half inch. This will tend
towards much more equitable dis
tribution of the water.
Mr.. Meyers said he was not In a
position to get the right sort of men
to go ahead with the construction of
the new reservoir, and L told him /
could find the men and lay out the
reservoir il so desired.
The fourinch valve on the main
pipe should also be put in TO prevent
the pipes from being emptied in case
of a break along the cliffs.
1t seems to me also important that
the water supply in Waihanau should
be developed. The amount is not
large, but by starting a concrete dam
on bed rock, the subterranean flow
would be arrested and two inch pipe
to the reservoir would give material
assistance in case the Waikolu supply
should be cut off.
The quarter-inch corporation stops
imported by the government for
Honolulu and Hilo water works cost
1915 per dozen.
Respectfully yours,
w. E. RowELL,
Supt. of Public Works.
President Smith spoke of the scar
times and referred to complaints
often made, especially from the girls
home. He said that a saving of
water could be made by replacing
the present large taps with taps of
one quarter inch. Even if these
were only put in at Kalawao it
would help matters.
After a long discussion it was
ordered that the superintendent of
public works be authorized to pur
chase a four inch check valve
to place above the reservoir
and twenty dozen quarter-inch taps
to replace the ones now in use.
1t was also ordered that further
action as to extending the water
works at the settlement be deferred
until Mr.. Rowell had made an exam
ination and report on plans and cost
of improvement.
A letter from leper inmate ask
MIR. Meyers for report.
A request from a leper to be al
lowed to cultivate land in the Wal
kolu gulch was discussed, and the
conditions upon which lands near the
settlement and In the gulches were al
lowed to be cultivated were stated.
Action in the matter was deferred
until the next meeting, in order to
allow the secretary time to look up
the facts in the case.
The following letter from JAS. B.
Castle, collector general of customs,
was read:
FINANCE DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF CUSTOMS,
HONOLULU, Oct. II, 1898.
w. o. SMITH, ESQ.,, president board
of health.
SIR: 1 hereby respectfully ask your
authorization to dispose of the opium
now in my custody upon the best
terms L may be able to secure. There
are now in the "tank" about 5000 tins
of opium, the larger part of it an APP
parently standard brand here, and the |
rest California and Victoria COM
pounds. Thorough investigation of |
the subject since have been in charge |
of this department has convinced me |
that not more than S1.75 to 1925 q
pound can be realized on the stuff in |
quantity with the proper guarantees |
of its export, except by peddling it a |
few tins at a time to outgoing Chinese |
when it furnishes the sup |
ply for the opium smokers on the voy- |
age on any such ship. This is a bust |
ness from which beg to be excused, |
and while it may perhaps not differ |
from the wholesale shipment |
to China, it is different thing prac- |
tically from its return to the country |