The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-30
AWARDSARE MADE
Health Board Give Con
tracts for Supplies.
List of Local DeaIers-RePorJs
From China and Japan-Dr.
EIdridge's Opinion.

The Board Of Health met yesterday !
afternoon with five members present. |
The principal business of the session
was the award Of contracts for fur
nishing material and supplies, accord
ing 10 advertisement, for the next six
months.
t was reported that 52,140 fish had
been examined during the week at the
market.
DR.. Monsarrat reported that Tor me
mast week 1877 cattle, % calves, 14o
sheen and 168 island and California
hogs were killed. Of those killed 80
cattle and Z calves were affected Win
1uke ivers.
MolOkai settlement matters came up
for discussion. Opuna, kOkua at the
settlement, is to be notified to leave
the settlement with his grandchlld as
the person to whom he was kOkua mas
died.
A rpnort was received from DR.. JOr-
don who repOrted a decrease in the
plague in China and Japan. rms de-
crease has been gradual and the mum
her Of cases drops from ll9 cases anu
! 1871 death to 68 cases and o3 deaU4S;
A reply was received from DR.. ED
I
/ of the Board as to whether or not II
would be best to suspend immigration
! +O this country while there was Such
a prevalence of plague and cholera IN
! China and Japan. DR.. EIdrldge re-
piled that such stringent measures
/ would hardly be necessary as plague
was decreasing and the eXamina-
lions at Nagasaki, Kobe and Yoko-
! hama were strict and lessened the pos
! sibiIities of its spreading. He sald
! he had come to think less of the be
lief that cholera germs were sent IN
| baggage.
The contracts for the ensuing six
months for furnishing supplies and
materials were then awarded as fol-
lows:
Building materials, rough n. w, 7.
& G.. n. w Ike, surfaced X. w.
! shingles. r. w. battens, Oahu Land q
| Building Co; fence posts, doors, WIN
dow sash, Wilder & Co.; iron cut mans,
Castle & Cooke; galvanized nails, e. y:
Hall 6. Son; boiled oil, II. Hackteld
& Co.; white lead, Castle q Cooke;
turpentine, Allen & Robinson; lime,
n. HackfeId & Co.: iron roofing, E. o.
Hall & Son: bread S. p, baking pow
der. J. T. WaterhOuse, medium bread
Loves Bakery; bacon, J. T. Water
house: rice bran, Henry Macfarlane;
wheat bran. California Feed Co.; soda
crackers. J. T. Warehouse; green
Kona coffee. E. o. Hall & Son; char
coal. McChesney & Sons; D. B. coal
Allen & Robinson; flour, Castle &
| Cooke: matches, condensed milk, II
Hackfeld & Co; onions, Lewis & Co.;
kerosene oil, McChesney & Sons; is
land potatoes, II. May & Co.; prunes
T. H Davies & Co; No. l rice, J. A
Hopper; raw No. 1 sugar, II. May &
Co.: salmon, Lewis & Co.; brown soap
McChesney & Sons; coarse salt, starch
J. T. WaterhOuse; Golden Cupid to-
baccO, NJ. Phillips & Co.; blended
stock tobacco, HoIlister & Co.; wheat
H. May & Co.
Schedule B-Hay, wheat, bran, oats
Union Feed Co.
Schedule C-Beef quartered, beef
steak, Metropolitan Meat Co.; fresh
bread. Home Bakery; medium bread
Loves Bakery; beans, McChesney (
Sons; baking powder, J. T. Water
| house: brOoms. Castle e Cooke; greer
Kona coffee, E. o. Hall & Son; flour
Castle & Cooke; onions, Lewis & CO.
island potaties, II. May & Co.: pork
Lewis & Co.; No. 1 rice, J. A. Hopper
salmon, Lewis & Co.; No. l raw sugar
H May & Co.. China tea, tomatoes
Lewis & Co.; algerOba wood, P. r
Isenberg; hides, Metropolitan Mea
Co.; tallOw, McChesney & Co.