The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-08-10
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NO family mas expended less than
$4,000 in improving their homes, and
some considerably more. Is it right
that the lives of this little COLONY
should be made miserable their prop
critics unstable and their healths
constantly menaced just because a
Japanese, who pays little or no taxes
wears no clothes to speak of, and is OF
no earthly use to the community
chooses to establish row of pig-pens
across the road and within $50 feet OF
their doors? And whose is the respon-
sibility for this state of affairs. and
does it not rest entirely with the
| Board? Does not this state of affairs
almost justify the decent people living
in such neighbOrhoOdS, who have spent
| their time and money In building I'D
nice little homes, in taking the law
| into their own hands and destroying
every vestige of a hOg-pen, as has been
suggested to me as the best remedy?
Again, travel to and from Waikiki
| is increasing; | may say that it has
doubled within the last year. The mill
| itary headquarters at the park creates
much travel and teaming over the
irOad; street cars run every quarter of
an hour instead of every half hour the
! last year, and they average twice the
number of passengers as formerly. A
very large hotel is to be constructed
at Waikiki at once, with the POSSIBLE
| ity of another still larger in the early
/ future; new residences to cost as high
! as $50 600 are to be built at Waikiki ;
property at the beach has become gilt
edged in value and is taxed according
lily. My own assessment has been raised
by the assessor on the ground that
hoy i,,nr in 0ifr1H no,
hood, and yet the lot next door to
me put up at auction few weeks ago
could not even find bidder, and sole
| ly because of an unsightly row of pig
pens opposite.
! Leaving all considerations of public
health arising from the conditions OBJ
tanning on the marshes aside, is there
not reason enough to condemn the pig
pens in that district as a menace to
| health and a public nuisance to the
community. Even the pOund-maSter
| fOrgetS that Such a place as Waikiki
is in his Jurisdiction, for loose stock
of all kinds may be found roaming
about at all hours.
l would therefore ask, on behalf of
the lOng-suffering residents of Waiki
XII who have to hold their hOndker
chiefs to their noses in going to and
from their homes, that the board would
again take up the project considered
some months ago: that of extending
the limits for keeping hogs within the
city from one mile from the pOStOff1ce,
as at present, to three miles, which
would cover the Waikiki district and
others similarly affected.
A word as to the property-owners of
these marsh lands who might be af-
fected by any action of the board: 1t
has been argued to the board that
many poor natives would be injured
by such action and that great hard
ships to poor people would result.
What are the facts? The entire dis
trict with the exception of a few scat
tering kuleanas, where no pigs are kept
but in one instance (Marshal Brown),
is owned by the Bishop Estate, the
McCully Estate, the Booth Estate, the
Kaiulani Estate, Princes David and
Cupid, John Ena and Colt Hebron. The
latter gentleman has been public-Spir-
tied enough to improve his marsh lands
at great expense to himself thereby
setting an example to the other prop
|erty-owners which they might emulate
with profit to themselves and benefit
to the community
What other city in the world Of the
size of Honolulu would allow such an
eyesore and pestilence- breeding district
as Waikiki to exist for moment?
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE MANSON.
Considerable discussion ensued on
the reading of the above report. While
all the members of the board agreed
that the time for action had arrived
there was some difference as to what
was the best course to pursue.
President Cooper read the present
regulations on the subject which pro-
hibits the keeping of hogs within one
mile from the postoffice. This was
embodied in Rule 16 of the Sanitary
Regulations of the board and was
adopted in 1890.
George W. Smith said he was in ia
vor of prompt action on the report. He
would move that Rule Is be amended
so as to prohibit the keeping of hogs
within four miles from the pOStOffice,
and that such regulation go into effect
on November l next.
Dr. Wood did not for a moment wish
to be understood as opposing the mo-
ton, but thought there might be local
tiles within the four-mile limit in
which the keeping of hogs would not
interfere with the health or comfort of
anyone.
DR.. Emerson agreed with DR.. Wood
and mentioned Punchbowl slopes as
such a locality.
DR.. Day suggested that the matter
could be settled by amending Mr..
Smiths motion by adding the words
without the permission of the eXecu-
tive officer of the board"
Mr. Smith announced his readiness
to accept the amendment.
President Cooper, in putting the mo-
ton. said he strongly agreed with all
that had been said on the subject. 1t
was time that the Waikiki district was
put into sanitary condition. The mat
ter has received his attention hereto
fore and would continue to do so.
The motion was then put as amend
ed and carried unanimously.