The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-14
A Rather Dry Meeting Yester-
day.
ABOUT THE NUUANU RESERVOIRS.
MIR. Reynolds Considers Them Bad.
Reports of the Fish inspector-Ap-
plications Denied-Mr. Rhodes at
Moloksi-Lepers for the Settlement.

= The regular weekly meeting Q
the Board of Health was held yes
terday afternoon. Some time wa
Z spent in awaiting members enough
to complete quorum. The effect
of Chinese new year were playful,
suggested by one OF the member
while waiting, but those referred t,
soon turned up smiling, with NJ
apparent appearance of midday
cup. Those present were President
Smith, members Reynolds, DR.
Wood, DR.. Emerson, DR.. Day, Ke.
liipio, together with DR.. Monsarrat
and Deputy Marshal Hitchcock.
The fish report of Inspector Ke.
liipio showed some $500 fish re-
ceived at the market during the
past week. These represented
thirty-hve different kinds OF fish
from twenty-three places.
Mr.. Myer wrote from the leper
settlement telling of the arrival OF
Mr.. Rhodes and assistant at Ka-
laupapa and saying that they were
getting things in readiness to begin
the work of tree planting.
DR.. Monsarrat's report on the
mitigation act showed an increase
of japanese women registered.
There are now seventy out of ITO.
The list of lepers at the Kalihi
receiving station was presented.
Moved that the afflicted be sent to
Kalaupapa as soon as possible.
Kahookano, a resident OF Haka-
lau, Hawaii, was present and ask
ed the Board that he be allowed to
go to the leper settlement where
his wife will soon be transported.
He said she was perfectly able to
take care of herself, but he simply
wanted to go and be with her out
of aloha. Another request came
from a woman by the name of
Kanui that she be allowed to 90
with her husband to Kalaupapa.
The requests were voted on to-
gether and denied.
A petition was received from
John F. Colburn, E. c. Winston
and Geo. Mcleod to the effect that
they be allowed to establish a fish
market for the sale OF fresh fish at
the south west corner of King and
Maunakea streets. They guar
anteed that a proper building would
be erected and concrete floors and
in order to assure cleanliness, also
that all filth and dirt would be
removed by pipes leading out into
the bay, that marble tops would be
used on the tables and that the
running of the whole establishment
would be subject to the rules and
regulations of the Board OF Health.
The matter was referred to the
Minister of the Interior.
Agent Reynolds made the follow
ing report on his inspection tour OF
reservoirs in Nuuanu valley:
Acting under Instructions from the |
B ard, | made a visit of inspection to |
the reservoirs ia Nuuabu Valley, and |
beg to submit the following report:
No l reservoir, near tue Electric |
Light Station, j. guarded from drain
age from the road for about three hun
running parallel with the road, but |
receives considerable drainage from
the road above that point.
No reservoir is crossed by the
road and receives all the drainage for
u loug distance mauka.
No. also receives drainage from
the road, and, during rainy weather,
the whole of them takes the drainage
from the side hills which are covered
with rank veR" tation, and on which q
OF cattle are grazing
Tie three reservoirs are nothing
more than huge mud holes, aud, al
though they have been flushed OF
their water, the mud still remains.
The loss OF water from seepage and
evaporation In dry weather must be
enormous.
A visit To Luakaha will convince
anyone that Houo uln is bIest with a
good supply If pure waser, If un+ same
could De conveyed direct from that
place 10 the city without further con-
or los- from seeyaee
rLere are severa. goOi sItes FOR re
in the neighborbood OF the
water station, and y reservoir of about
$50 feet diameter and 20 feet deep, laid
up with stone and cement, would hold
?, 600 600 gallons, which cou u De piped
direct to tue city, the overflow from
he came could run Into the present
and oe Used for electric light
power or iu case of fire, etc.
President Smith said that certi-
icates Of death made out by Chinese
doctors would have to be remedied
before being accepted by the Board.
He had one in which the physician
gave the cause of death of a patient
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