The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-02-16
Japanese by Strathgyle.


Mr.. Smith called attention to the
large number of Japanese immigrants
who arrived during the forenoon by
he steamer Strathgyle, seventy three
Jf whom were free passengers, and 223
lor various plantations. He under
stood they had been placed on the
5cows to go to quarantine island, but
were held pending ruling OF the
Board. Mr.. e. r. Adams stated they
we're on the vessel. He stated they
could be taken to the quarantine wharf
N the ships boats.
Moved that the japanese on board
the S. S. Strathgyle be landed at Quar-
lntine islands in the ships boats. Car
ried.
Mr.. Smith again brought up the
question of destroying perishable
freight on the wharf, stating that he
had introduced resolution to this
effect on February End. He was in
formed that certain broken cases of
eggs packed in loan, or charcoal, had
been destroyed; others had been de
livered to certain consignees in Homo
ulu. The Surgeon General of the Unit
ed States Marine Hospital Service had
ordered his surgeons to destroy these
eggs wherever found.
Moved and seconded that all eggs
from Oriental ports, packed in loan
or charcoal, be at once destroyed. Car
ried.
Mr.. Lowrey asked that Mr.. Hons be
instructed to make a report to the
Board In regard to shipments of freight
to Kahului, which may possibly have
carried the infection there, in order
to assist the special committee of the
Board appointed to look into such mat,
tiers.
A motion to reconsider the action OF
the Board taken last week. with refer
ence to the destruction of the buildings
on South ard Kawaiahao streets
known as the Weaver building, was in
trouuced and carried.
President Wood spoke of the reasons
for reconsderipg the Boards action in
the following language:
Weaver Building Condemned.
1T seems to me that we have good
reason to believe we have the better of
the epidemic in Honolulu. Certainly
the center of the infection has been de-
stroyed and cases now occur only at in
of infection have been started and only
isolated cases are occurring away from
the infected district, makes me believe
that we have the upper hand of the
epidemic.
"In regard to this Weaver building
do not think we should take any
chances. 1t seems to me that we are
taking chances in saving a portion Of
the building. This is tenement house,
the people inhabiting 1t, consisting Of
mixed nationalities, using one common
yard and one common battery at the
back of the building, and they urdoubt-
eddy have visited and intermingled
with one another. Therefore, knowing
that one part OF the building is infected.
we cannot say positively that some
other parts of the building are not In
fected, or that the whole building Is not
infected. When the inmates of this
building were taken away the greater
part OF their personal effects were left
behind. These were all fumigated with
the building.
Effects Of Fumigations.
At this fumigation DR.. Hoffman,
took the opportunity of testing its eff
fectlveness. had asked him some time
before to take and make a test OF the
effectiveness OF our fumigations which
were being done from time to time.
The rooms were closed and sealed In
the usual way, and Dr. Hoffman, put in
his test tubes. Some OF the tubes were
open. some loosely closed with absorb
ent cotton and some closed as the tubes
are for sterilization. In the open tubes,
and In the tubes In which the cotton
was loosely packed. the bacilli were
killed, but those in which the cotton
was tightly packed were not affected
1.-THE result OF this test Is. that we
cannot say that our flmigation has
heen Thoroughly effective: and we can