The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-04-27
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Minister Cooper presented the fol-
lowing answers of the Minister of the
Interior TO questions propounded by
Rep. Achi in regard to the working
of the odorless excavator during the
night time, as submitted by Hon. w. o.
Smith, President of the Board of
Health:
1. The changing of the work of
the odorless eXcavator from the day
time to the night was made February
"a, 1898, on account of the complaints
made that the work in the day time
was offensive and undesirable. The
death rate in this city has not increas-
ed since the change of the time for
excavating cesspools was made from
day to night.
2. "The tables of statistics here
with submitted show that for the 35
days from February "a, 1898 to March
81 last, the number of deaths in the
city, among residents of the city was
II and the number of deaths for the
35 days preceding February 24th,
among residents of the city was 81.
3. THE physicians and members
of the Board of Health ordered the
change to night work as matter of
experiment, on account of the COM
plants made above referred to; and
did not have any special opinion upon
the subject.
4. "The Board of Health has taken
no aston upon the matter of continu-
ing the work at night. AS above
stated, the change was made as an
experiment, and the continuing or dis
continuing of it will depend upon the
results, taking into consideration all
Rep. Achi moved that the answers
be laid on the table. He had been
misled by an evening paper. Carried.
Minister Cooper presented the fol-
lowing answers of the Minister of the
Interior ad interim to questions pro-
pounded by Rep Wilder;
/. '"The Government is filling in for
wharf purposes an area of $4,000 square
feet, being a portion of a lot of land
conveyed to the Government upon con-
dition that a certain other area, be-
longing to the Youman's estate,
amounting to $1,000 square feet be
filled by the Government. This is all
the Government is prepared to fill in
The immediate future.
2. '"To the question, Does the area
now being filled in, cover any ground
which, in a recent controversy over
the wharf question, in Honolulu har-
Dor conducted in the public press Of
this city it was contended should be
dug out instead of being filled in. If
so, how much of said ground is being
filled in or will be filled in in uhe
mn p6 iaf TO f1ItdI 7 cta
it is understood that the area which
it was contended should be dug out is
the area between the wharves of the
Pacific Commercial Advertiser map,
then about $1,000 square feet of thiS
area is being filed, and a portion of
that covered by the wharf in the map
Is being dug out.
3. .'The wharf frontage to be made
Oy filling, already staked out, is $50
eet with a possibility of increasing it
about 100 feet with less that one
half the excavation required by the
olan published in the Pacific CONNER
;ial Advertiser.
4. ''The cost of excavating to give
jhe $50 feet wharf frontage will be
III, 900.
5. ''The amount spent in dredging
ne racine MAIL slip, so cdlle0, WOulu
probably excavate an area of 10000
quare feet, considerably more than
hat being filled in and would give a
wharf frontage of 200 feet This,
however, could not be done without
cquirfng property not owned by the
Government.
6. 81 am not aware that the pro-
,riety of the filling in of this land is
n issue except so far as it is covered
)y the item in the appropriation bill
or dredging Honolulu harbor.
Z. Il am not aware that any member
If the Cabinet has made any public
declaration Of the intention to mako
he filings in question:
The report with accompanying deed
% the land mentioned and a map
(Coufi0u9,f on Cacoud pa0aN