The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-05-04
An Important Meeting Held
Yesterday.
The Conmittee's RePort-Improveme
be Made-The Lepers Urge
Their Usual Batch Of I'm
practicable Requests. A.,

Ena, DIR. Andrews, J. o. Carter, DR.
Day and John T. Waterhouse, Jr.
members, and r. w. Meyers and G. B
Reynolds, agents of the board.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read, and after a minor correo.
ton were approved.
President w. o. Smith said thai
there were many matters of detail
which were awaiting action, but that
he thought those matters pertaining
to the leper settlement should be
taken up first. The committee APP
pointed had visited the settlement as
agreed, and r. w. Meyers, resident
agent of the board at Molokai, was
present by request, who would be able
to give the board information upon
several of the matters to be considered.
The members who had visited the
settlement had found everything
satisfactory, in fact in more salts
factory condition than ever before.
This was encouraging. He spoke es-
pecially OF the untiring energy and at
tention of Assistant superintendent
Hutchinson, and said that his work
was admirable throughout.
The committee found the bath house
for the japanese treatment of DIR.
Goto in course of erection. The work
had not progressed as rapidly as might
have been wished, and he was in
clined to think that Agent David
Dayton should have pushed forward
the work OF placing the hot water
boiler in position with that of the bath
house proper, so that both jobs could
have been completed at the same
time.
He stated that the original plan was
for q house 20 by 80 feet, and lumber
had been furnished upon such basis,
but for some reason Mr.. Dayton had
changed the plan by adding a 6-foOt
yeranda on one side. Inns would
probably cause the lumber to run
short. Mr.. Dayton said he had always
intended a yeranda and thought it
had been spoken of.
The committee had examined the
piping of the water works. There
had been several breaks caused by
falling rocks or the waves. There
was more than sufficient pipe for re-
paIrs on the ground. After consulta-
lion with Mr.. Meyers it had been de-
cided to increase the size of some of
the piping which supplies the settle
ment.
The question OF a new reservoir for
the wafer works needed careful con-
ed upon the highest point between
Kalaupapa and Kalawao. The ques-
ton of construction had been consid-
cred and it was thought considerable
expense could be saved by construct
ing the reservoir upon plan which
Mr.. Meyers would explain.
Mr.. Meyers said he had built SIX or
seven reservoirs in the island. he
had found that where the soil was firm
water it made sufficiently good
foundation and made a serviceable
and lasting reservoir by being SIM
BY covered with strong cement:
Where the foundation was not good
it could be made so by using a layer
of well pounded-down stones over
which the cement could be laid. ~
have them forty years old" said MIR.
Meyers, "but they should not be
made too deep,-say, eight feet alto'
gether; four feet beneath the surface
and four above formed by the en-
bankment-"
ON motion Mr.. Meyers was re-
auested to make written suggestions
concerning the matter for the guild
auce of the board, which would be
acted upon before his return to Mo-
Iokai.
Further questions by members OF
the board elected the fact that the
average water consumption per capita
for Honolulu was so gallons daily,
while for the leper settlement IL was
10 gallons daily: The board conSIderec
the water question for the settlement
of so much Importance that 1T was
determined to hold a special session IL
necessary to consider MIR. Meyers
forthcoming suggestions, so that WORK
can be begun at once.
The matter of the purchase OF kule-
anas was next taken up. On reques.
of the president, Mr.. Meyers stated
that he thought ample notice should
be given those occupying the GROUNDS,
and thought six months not too much
time. A shorter notice would suffice
for those having claims TO put IN.
Perhaps notice could be given through
the Minister of the Interior, say sixty
DAVIS. for presenting these claims.
: fer considerable discussion, mo-
ton of ]. o. Carter carried that the
Minister of Interior be ADVISED tnaU
the board recommends that sixty
davis notice he given by SAID minister
for claims of kuleana holders.
III was also ordered that the eXecu-
tive officer be instructed to make ar
ranoements for the transport of lot OF
nIne to be used in constructing the
new reservoir from Waiokolu TO IA
Iaupapa, by sea.
The president stated that several
matters were before him in the form
of requests made of the committee oy
lepers. ,o;v
The first was that of ''ai hanal,I or
the old rations request, which the Iast
legislature had refused to modily OF
take action upon. The president eA,
nlaiued that the reason no action had
been taken by the legislative commit
fee of 1892 was because if the lepers
were allowed fifty cents each In place
of a ration, it would lead to gamhiIng'
and hunger and discomfort follow.
Several of the foreign lepers had mod
flied the request by asking that they
he allowed to take an equivalent OF
goods from the store.
Mr.. Meyers, the resident agent,
made strong objections, explaining
IN the board that if exceptions were
made for foreigners the natives would
demand the same. All must be treat
ed alike or dissatisfaction would re-
President w. o. Smith read the re-
MORT of the committee OF the Ieglsla-
fnre of 1892 touching the point.
r o. Carter said that in view OF the
axcellent report returned by the COM
mittee he thought the matter had not
better be tempered with.
The president thought lt was haru
for the lepers to understand ana ap>