The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-03-10
HE HAS QUITE A KICK.
JOHN #. COLBURN DISCUSSES THE
MARKET MATTER.
Argues For Maunakea Street Es-
Establishment = His Various
Efforts.
The following under date of last
is from John F. Colburp:

The following under date of last
Saturday is from John F. Colburn:
STAR NEWSPAPER: The mem
bers of the Board of Health having
declined to entertain my applica-
ton for the sale of fish and other
products of the sea in connection
with other articles of food on the
southwest corner of King and
Maunakea streets, am constrained
bythem TO appeal to tribunal which
/ think will set them right, and be-
fore doing so I desire to ask your
indulgence through the columns of
your paper to allow me 10 partly
, discuss the question so that the
public can know what the issue
really is.
The Board of Health ON the 18th
day of December last issued its last
regulation that no fish or any pro-
duct of the sea could be exposed
for sale in the city of Honolulu at
ANY place other thin at the new
public market, or, where the Board
specially granted permit.
Knowing that the present pnblic
market is situated in locality that
is announcement to the large proper
tion of our fish eating population,
namely the Hawaiians, Chinese
and Japanese, Messrs. Winston and
Mcleod and myself applied to the
Board of Health to have granted to
US the permission to sell fresh fish
and other products Of the sea on the
southwest corner of King and Maui
nakea streets. In our written ap-
plication we informed the Board
that upon their granting the neces.
sary permit we would have shop
that would have cement or concrete
floors, and tables with marble slabs
ON them and all dirt
and filth that collected
in the same would be removed
through pipes leading from oui
proposed market to the bay; and
further that the place would be kept
in strict sanitary condition, and
the same to be subjet to all the ne
cessary rules and regulations that
the Board deemed fit to make to
ensure the safety of the public
health.
In connection with this applica'
ton petition signed by over three
hundred persons was also sent &c
the Board.
A few days after our letter was
received by the Board ! received a
reply from the secretary informing
me that as the Minister of Interior
had full control of all markets the
matter was referred to him, but in
the meantime they 1.-THE Board
could not grant or recommend the
request.
then wrote the Minister of In
'terior letter and asked him to fur
,nish me with a reply to our appli'
cation. as the Board of Health had
informed me they had referred the
mat ter to him. A few days later the
Minister sent me a reply stating
that the regulation made and pub
lished by the Board of Health was
a sanitary one and wholly undel
the control of the Board; and as
there was ample room down at the
new market he could see no good
reason to open up a new public
market.
Upon the receipt of this letter
again wrote to the Board on behal
of myself and associates, under date
of March 3. and asked them to re
consider the application and gran,
the request. l argued at length il
my letter and informed them tina
the petition forwarded to then
with three hundred signatures coult
have been sweiled into the thou
sands if it was necessary for tn,
Board to know the interest taker
in the matter by so many people
Assurances were again given tina
the sanitary arrangements would
be perfect and satisfactory to tn,
Board.
To this letter, / learn through
your columns that the president ant
one or two other members says, tn
matter lies entirely in the hands O
the Minister Of Interior and DR.