The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-09-17

President Smith said that Sheriff
Hitchcock had written of hardship
which would undoubtedly be suffered
by persons placed in quarantine on
poor and could not afford to pay foI
board and lodging which the authori
ties at Hilo demanded.
| The twelve hours fumigatiou OF
freight instituted by DR.. Day was
deemed by President Smith a great
step toward solving the freight diff
culties.
Judge Hartwell thought that an
other thing should be added to the
circular letter prepared by President
Smith. II any other precautionary
measures are taken on the other ISL
| andS, the committees appointed by
the Board of Health here ought to be
made to understand that they perform
said action upon their own response
bility.
w. G. Wilder said that he had had
a conversation with G.. G.. Kennedy of
/ Hilo to the effect that freight would
only be allowed to be placed in Waia-
kea storehouse, where it will be sub
| jected to fumigatiOn and distributed.
Mr.. Schaefer thought that the Off
cial communications received were
very clear and action should be based
entirely on those, not on statements
| from outsiders.
| Professor Alexander was of the
| opinion that the part of the proposed
| circular letter referring to response
hility should not be made to refer to
| the people.
w. G.. Wilder said if the circular
| letter had gone to Hilo previously,
not one bit of freight would have been
allowed to land. They would have
fol ooih T. i
| in Hawaii four weeks and knew the
temper of the people. They had lost
their heads. There would have been
total exclusion of everything.
Judge HartWell was of the opinion
that total exclusion was the heaviest
kind of responsibility.
]. A. McCandless thought the only
way out of the matter was to establish
local committees in each one of the
districts. Hilo wanted to run the
whole thing. Sailing vessels arrived
there every week or so. They had
enough to eat and cared nothing for
other places.
Several requests from business
houses in the city regarding shipment
OF articles not at present on the export
list were read by President Smith.
President Smith thought machinery
might be placed on the list, but lum-
Der he was personally opposed to.
Special articles of machinery should
be allowed to go on permits from the
quarantine committee.
Mr.. Lansing was not opposed to
shipment of machinery, but if the list
OF export articles was going to be add
Ell to day by day, the embargo might
as well be lifted altogether.
A motion was carried that special
articles of machinery be referred to
the quarantine committee, subject to
their approval before shipment.
A. @. NJ. Robertson said that the
Japanese merchants were anxious to
get an answer to their communication
presented last week. 1t was necessary
that they know before the arrival of
the Coptic.
President Smith did not see how
anything could be done before receipt
of more cholera news from Japan,
where the disease was epidemic.
Mr.. Robertson suggested that the
freight be put on some of the smaller
vessels in port.
President Smith thought the Jap
anese merchants should be asked to
countermand their orders until receiv- |
ing more news from Japan. The |
attitude the Board had taken was that |
it could not decide just at the present |
time.
Mr.. Robertson said that the Board |
fumigated freight for the other ISL |
ands. Why couldn't the same be |
done with respect to steamers from
Japan.
DIR. Day said it was not possible to
disinfect such large quantities of |
freight with the present facilities.
President Smith said that Mr.. Hede-
mann of the Honolulu Iron Works
had presented for the first time
Monday morning his plans for the
fumigating apparatus.
OFFICIAL CHOLERA BULLETIN.
There will go to the people of Ha-
waii and Maui today an official cir
cular letter from the Board of Health,
a resume of the situation,
together with certain recommends
tions. President Smith will also send
letters giving succlnct account of the
epidemic, with some sage advice to
the people on the other islands, which,
it is hoped, will relieve the tension eX-
isting in certain quarters.
INFECTED HOUSE BURNED.
Az infected frame house on lower
Punchbowl street was burned yester-
lay. Chief Hunt and a corps of fire.
men were on the scene to prevent the |
DANES spreading to other bOuses near
0y. Two cases of cholera had deveI-
)ped in the house. Two or three in
ected houses in Palama will be de-
;troyed today.
CHOLERA HOSPITAL VISITED.
Rev. D. P. Birnie paid visit to the
cholera hospital last Sunday, and !
vent through every portion, making |
careful inspection. The place where
he patients are confined was studied
With especial care. DR.. Birnie was I
7ery much pleased with the appear
lnce of the place and especially the
reatment Of patients.
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