The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-09-06

4 UNSUITABLE. Bury
| ing at sea had been recommended.
Minister Damon suggested that the
| railroad take collins down towards
! Moanalua ID some suitable spot at
| safe distance from the tracks and that
! this place be fenced off for burial
| ground. Thought the idea of burial at
sea would be repugnant to natives
| more so perhaps than cremation. He
| then offered the Board for burial pur-
| poses, any land which he owned along
| the railroad.
| DIR. Emerson wanted to know if the
| committee had considered the advan-
| tage of sealed metal collins to bury
| bodies in.
Geo. Carter asked for information
regarding the time of burial of the
| first body. Would it not be a good
| idea to exhume one of the bodies and
| investigate the safety of burying
| according to the present regulations.
President Smith said the first body
had been inferred on August 10Th.
He was in favor of exhuming
bodies already buried.
DR.. Herbert said there was possi-
bility of germs being present on the
| outside of collins. While the PROB
ability was small, still il should be
guarded against. Should one germ
escape and get into favorable spots
for termination great danger might
result.
Andrew Brown thought cremation
the best mode for disposing of the
bodies.
President Dole thought that bury
ing bodies at sea would tend to induce
the friends of cholera patients to use
more secrecy. Thought this mode
should not be adopted.
Minister Damon, ]. A, McCandleSS
and George w. Smith were appointed
committee to go down on the rail-
road for the purpose of search
ing out suitable spot for burial.
DR.. Herbert wished that the COM
mittee would avoid moist and porous
soil.
President Smith-';As the epidemic
idea to hold a public meeting of the
Board of Health every day?"
President Smiths idea was consid-
cred favorably, and 8 O'Clock set as
time for holding such daily
meetings.
DIR. Herbert thought it good plan
to provide for a house to house
inspection.
President Smith said there had been
two cases during the night and four
in the forenoon. It was a matter of
extreme difficulty to get at facts in
the cases of those found dead. Hard
to tell If the disease was really
cholera in some such cases. People |
were becoming very much alarmed |
about the source of water supply. It |
had been suggested that the valleys !
be quarantined and guard be placed |
at the mouth of each. No persons |
from Honolulu should be allowed |
access. If the water of the city |
hnn TO- n4oA
telling when the disease will stop. |
1t might be q good idea to accept for !
this purpose the services of the Citi- |
zens' Guard, which body had volun- |
teered to the Board of Health for duty. |
Other citizens had also offered their |
services for house to house inspection. |
Minister Damon had been in confer
ence with Captain McStocker, who
said he would meet with the captains
of the different companies of the
Citizens Guard for the purpose of
deciding on some line of action.
Andrew Brown said Makiki Teser-
voir had been already quarantined.
A guard was on duty continually.
Would like a guard for the gate house
and Kapena falls, as well as at
No water flowed from the
place, except through pipes from
Luakaha.
President Smith said the Govern
ment was supplying with food SEQ
people now under quarantine.
L. A. ThurstOn thought quarantin-
ing the valleys would be impractical
BILE. 1t was necessary for people to go
back and forth to business.
John Waterhouse (sotto voice.
'sThere will be no business SOOn.'
President Smith thought persons in
those localities could manage to exist
with rice, taro and other articles of !
'ood raised.
George Carter Cant the regulars
instead of the Citizens Guard be used !
10 guard the Valleys"
w. a. Kinney was Of the opinion | (
hat an absolute quarantine would be |
inclined to cause trouble. People liv-
ng in the valleys should be allowed 4;
o come and go, but should be made to [
that such trips be only !
when strictly necessary. Persons liv- [
ng in Honolulu proper should be alb
iolutely refused access to the valleys.
He had been into some of the valleys
already, and had got people believing '
hat they should prohibit themselves
rom coming to town. 1t was vOlun- {
ary quarantine on their part. 1
President Smith said the districts of &
,Yaialua and Waianae had re- g
used TO allow people to go t
!cross from Honolulu. A small t
teamer carrying freight to Waialua t
lad been sent back to Honolulu with
,ut effecting a landing. {
w. A. Kinney said people in the |
ralIeys had the same feeling as those 7
# Waialua and Waianae.
Andrew Brown said he had told the c
people of Makiki that in case any
ases broke out in the vicinity quar- S
milne would surely result.
President Smith said great deal of f
was being suffered by the S
natives, first in regard to eating fish,
md second, in regard to those who t
,btain their living by fishing. '
!, Anare% a"II 6T0Wh bMt 4hiali Inaig P rePGrC oi
tretch between the old ice works and ]
he home of F. A. Schaefer, Nuuanu, Q