The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-11-24

! % the Waikiki road. 20 do away with
/ which necesS.-lrss the digging %
/ drainage canals. The urgent necessity
| OF systematic draining OF these
marshes has been pointed out TO me by
I several parties VINO tEiuk that ! have
I the necessary power 90 order the work
| done oGhaud. BE- can be- made apparent
| 20 the Board any time they vii. take
I the trouble % make Il personal exam
| ina-ion n: tho locality. The ne.Ehbor-
/ hood Of the old Macfav.dne ranch Is
| the worst place on the road IN this re-
! speCt and the stencil therefrum is al
most iRSumerable, especially at night
! SUGGESTIONS beg leave 10 sub
nit the following recommendations
and trust they viii receive due con-
sideUltiou.
First. Tina, the members - the
Board OF Health. and especially its
| president. pay a visit 90 the locality
under my guidance.
Second. That the Board pass a gen
erdl regulation prohibiting the keep
I ing OF hogs within the same radius a
the washing % clothes - forbidden.
say three miles from the corner OF
King and Nuuauu streets
Third. That in case the second suE-
geS-iOn cannot be carried ont that q
cred 20 draw mp certain necessary rules
and regulations regarding the keeping
OF hogs within the city limits. the
same To be translated into Chinese and
to take effect Immediately after the
same are published.
In support OF the above I would call
the attention of the Board TO the fact
that while the value or real estate has
virtually doubled throughout the city
in the past three years. in the Waikiki
district alone il * IT staudstill, and
il may be set down IS a foregOne con-
cluSion that there will lie no change
in this respect just 50 long Is the
keeping of hogs - allowed and the
building of little Chinese Shacks en-
COuraged. At present no one will build
in che vicinity nor purchase a build
ing lot along the road At any price. and
yet by reason OF the constant breeZcs
from the ManoI Valley the locality is
an exceptionally and convenient one.
az we'll rs being on the main and only
drive in the city. There are property
owners like Fred Harrison. Frank
Hustace. the McCheSney Brothers and
others who are not only willing but
anxious to improve their holdings
along the road, but think every MEM
Der of the Board will admit that they
ing conditions. By absolutely prchib-
iting the keeping OF hogs within the
three mile limit. which Is at the bridge
near Slserwood's. the lesSees and prop
erty owners would he forced to put
the land to some other use. II Is my
opinion il would be Immediately
turned into vegetable patches. and
where similar land has been so used
there has been no trouble with stag
nant water between the vegetable
patches The remedy suggested may
De somewhat heroic but | submit IL IS
the only efTectual one. and that IL is
high time this blot on our civilization
was removed. With the germs OF ty
phoid fever scattered throughout the
park and the neighborhCOd OF the Nil
itdry Hospital 70 is high time the dis
JI'ct lying between received special at
tentiOn, if only from a sanitary stand
point.
There is another matter that the
Board should not forget. The evil Is
increasing at a very rapid rate. In the
last few days no less than three new
hog pens have been started, one di-
rectly in front OF the Gilbert residence.
II this keeps up the people living along
the road may as well prepare to leave.
| sell their property for a song and
abandon one of the prettiest districts
in the city to the hogs and Chinese
| The magnitude of the evil l have
/ feebly endeavored to picture to the
| Board is such as to demand the al
most constant presence and supervi-
sion of a paid inspector OF the Board.
I I have already given more OF my time
I to the matter than | feel that / can
afford or that the Board has any right
/ 10 expect, but ii / have succeeded in
I bringing the Board to a proper reali-
ZatiOn of the evil and the proportions
/ it is assuming | shall consider myself
well repaid Very respectfully,
GEORGE MANSON.