Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-08-08
TO CLEANSE THE CITY
REMOVAL OF GARBAGE TO BE
DONE BY CONTRACT.
Two Konas Each TO Have a Doctor
---RepOrt Of Insane Asylum
---Nuisances.

at the previous meeting, to have
a Government physician in each
district of North and South Ko-
ma. DIR. Lindley, who has been
physician for both districts, is ap-
pointed to South Kons, and DR..
McWayne to North Kona.
The report of the Insane Asy-
lum for the quarter ended juno
80, showed 85 patients there at
that date, SO males and 16 females,
divided as follows: 25 Hawaiians,
81 Chinese, Is Portuguese, 5 Jap
anese. 6 Americans, l English, 8
German, 2 Norwegian, l Canad-
ian, Manillan, l Central Amer
ican, 3 South Sea Islanders and l
East Indian.
Attention was called by DIR.
Herbert, medical superintendent,
to the lack of protection from fire.
He recommended the purchase of
fire extinguishers for the Asylum,
and the executive officer was
instructed to investigate the mat
ter and report. The same officer
will, in conjunction with the
superintendent of public works,
see what repairs are needed to the
buildings.
DR.. Hyde was granted permis-
sion to visit the leper settlement
on Y. M. G. A. business next
week.
DR.. Wayson was deputed to
treat cases of measles at Kalihi.
The Sanitary Committee re-
ported as follows:
Your committee to whom was
referred the petition for a three
years, privilege of removing the
garbage from that portion of the
city known as Chinatown, beg
leave to report that they we're at
first favorably inclined towards
granting such permit, for the
following reasons:
list. The section of the city
that the petitioners propose to
look after is most densely popu-
lated, and therefore consumes the
greater portion of the time of the
employees of the Board, and if
the applicants are willing to per-
form this work, and do it in a
satisfactory manner without fur
ther expense to the Board than
that OF inspecting the work, it
did seem to your committee that
it was desirable that such an
agreement be entered into.
"2nd. We believe the petition
ers are responsible men, and
therefore the duty devolving upon
the agents of the Board in in
specting the said portions of the
city and seeing that same is at
all times kept in satisfactory
sanitary condition, would be very
simple.
"3rd. The teams and en-
ployees of the Board being thus
relieved would have more time to
attend to other portions of the
city and immediate outlying dis
tricts, and perform such work in
a more satisfactory manner.
"Aft,r several discussions and
through the energetic efforts of
Mr.. Reynolds, agent of the Board.
we are today of the opinion that
it is possible to have the entire
city cleaned, and if not with a
revenue certainly without any ex-
pense to the Board. 1t is we'll
known thatin manycitiesand towns
the privilege of removing garbage,
etc., is deemed to be of such value
as to be paid for, thus providing
a matter of revenue.
THE refuse in great proportions
beng used as fertilizer, the
sweeplngs Of stores, hotels, res
taurants and dwellings being sort
ed over for articles of value, old
iron, copper, ETC., paper even be-
ing assorted, the white from the
colored, all of which have some
commercial value. The letter OF
inquiry that Mr., Reynolds is able
to present to the Board would
seem to indicate that such can be
accomplished, and We would
therefore recommend that no pr v,