The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-09-24
WHITEWASH SYNDICATE.
now THE brush BRIGADE oPER-
ATED AGAINST CHOLERA.
Hard Work In the Infected Districts
Plenty of Material and Big
stock of Tools.

IL was against these dozen ana
half localities that the efforts of tn,
disinlecting and white washing
brigades were principally directed
on Monday. The plan Of campaign
was devised by a special committee
ofthe Citizens Sanitary Board. Its
members were Jos. Marsden, A. V.
Gear and DIR. Smith. Volunteer
lunas directed the actual work
with volunteer and paid men as
laborers. The district Inspectors
were in harness as superintendent.
Geo. w. Smith was chemist and
director general of disinfecting and
w. i. Rowell sent out the supplies
and tools. Members of the Board
OF Health and Committee of Ten
were OH duty all day.
There were showers during the
day and the airing and summing OF
clothes was only partial go. Oh
the disinlecling and whitewashing
there is work i'll progress today
still on Punchbowl, III Chinatown
and the Japan Sea and in Palama,
Iwilci and kal'hi. All will be
finished by this evening.
There were put into the hands Of
workers 1854 whitewash brushes.
Private parties furnished number.
1t is safe to say that no less than
1900 men-and women-were en-
gagged in the work of killing chol-
era. A hospital ambulance was
used in the distribution of tools.
There had been secured 23o bar
rels of lime, including IS presented
gratis for the occasion by VIM. G.
Irwin & Company. This lime
made o2o barrels of putty" The
o2o barrels of putty made 1870 bar
rels Of whitewash. The whitewash
will all be used up by this evening.
The quantity of disinfectant con.
cocted by Geo. w. Smith reached
45ro gallons. This will be ex,
hausted by tonight. 1t was in
drums, salmon and liquor barrels
1t was pretty strong stuff. In
Captain Paul Smiths apana on Bere.
tania street dog drank of the dis.
infectant and staggered over into
Kaumakapili Church yard and died
with most of the symptoms Of cho-
lera. Senator McCandless made
some extra powerful whitewash by
reducing putty" with disinfectant
being furnished the latter as salt
water specially sent for the purpose
The hardest work was done on
Punchbowl and ip Pauoa, makai o.
Kaumakapili church, around St.
Louis College and in Palama, Ka'
lihi and Iwilei. In the latter sub.
urbs Jas. A. Low was in charge
and like the rest of the hard work
ers he was very weary last night.
In his report for the day he said
81 beg to call the committees at
ten;ion to the work of the subin.
spectors, which was entered upon
with a willingness deserving o.
praise and special notice"
d. w. Corbett, Douglas Monsar.
rat and others had headquarters a,
the Mormon church OH Punchbowl,
and they managed to get over big
stretch of ground. J. S. Mar
tin was above them in Pauoa and
ran several gangs" on the Ton
Sawyer plan, with Henry Smith
Fred Weed and H. Juen in har
ness. Martin found one native
who put washing blue in the
whitewash as a protection to the
eyes.
In the alleys and labyrinths o.
the crowded district on the town
side Of Kaumakapili church, super
intendent Hyde and his lunas had
to keep moving with their eyes
wide open to perform the tasks o.
the day. The great majority o.
residents were willing, but some Of
them were sullen and others failed
to understand. In the ranks down
there with their coats off were
r. J. King, Jas. F. Morgan, Harry
Klemme, all the Salvation Army
men, Rev. o. P. Emerson, ]. A
McCandless, Harry Armitage
Harry Cooper, Will Love, Pau
Smith and score of others with
many leading Chinese and Japanese
The story of what they did anc
what they saw down there during
the day would make a book. TIL,
district was supposed to have beer
cleaned during the past month
But not less than 200 loads Of rub
bish were carried off during tn,
day. Very often half a dozen PEG
pie were found living in SxIC
, rooms. There are many home
, down there that the sun neve
reaches. The whitewash was ap
r piled literally and the disinfectant
were used without stint. The sec
ton is pretty clean today.
The Tong Hing Society infrmar,
is sight to behold. 1t is in bacl
of the big brick church. Thi
home for decrepit is about the siz
of a street car and has twenty O
thirty inmates, most of them blind
Some are smoking opium all tn
time, The place yielded severe
t tons of trash.
t With all the material used an
t labor put in the work outlined wa
t accomplished quite effectually. TIL
S town in quite clean. Many pos
2 sible causes of contagion have bee
Z removed or destroyed. The volun
: teer inspection service has cease
: for the present. For time twenty
one paid men will look after th
twenty-one sanitary districts.
At the committee headquarters
r last night it was like waiting fc
!, election returns. The worker
8 made formal reports, then told {
t experiences. There was many
] funny yarn. All the tools, empt
barrels, ETC., go to the cholera no.
pital. The hospital Is still kept
readiness for any emergency thong
the force is reduced.
Sore, inflamed and stiff joints cure
by Redding's Russia Salve. All drui
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