The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-30
HAWAII ISLAND AGENTS
HEALTH BOARD MAKES EIGHT
APPOINTMENTS.
Agents Live in Respective Districts.
Mr.. Goebenstein Fails to Get Com
mission-A Letter.

Hon. A. b. Loebenstein has won In
one way and lost in others. He has sue
ceeded in securing the appointment of
a representative of each district of the
island of Hawaii as agent of the Ma
tional Board to act under its instruc-
tions but not one of those appointed
are members of the present commit
tee of seven, which cent Loebenstein
to Honolulu, though several are ofathe
original delegation that met at Hilo. 1t
is a notable fact that MI. Loebenstein
is left out altogether.
Yesterday afternoon the Board OF
Health discussed the Hawaii matter at
length. 1t was finally decided to APP
point an agent for each district of Ha-
wall, the agent to reside in his respec-
tive district. Batches of names in each
district were considered. Later in the
afternoon President Wood wrote and
despatched the following letter to Mr..
Loebenstein, detailing the new situa-
ton:
Honolulu, January goth, 1900.
A. 3. Loebenstein, Esq,
On Board Steamer Kilauea Hou
Dear Sir:---Your communication of
the 9th instant was read at the meet
| ing of the Board of Health today.
In the opinion of the Board, a com
mittee consisting of the residents of
Hilo even though nominated from diff
ferent districts of the Island of Hawaii,
cannot act for those districts in local
! sanitary matters Furthermore, the
Board does not consider that all vessels
from Honolulu, having clean bills of
health and carrying only freight which
| the Board has permitted, or passengers
who have never been ashore in Homo
lulu, or who have undergone a quaran-
tine satisfactory to the Board previous
to departure from this port, should first
proceed to Hilo and submit to further
quarantine, before being allowed to
proceed to other ports of the Island of
| Hawaii If Hilo were provided with
a modern disinfecting plant, there
would be some force in the argument,
that all vessels from Honolulu for the
Island of Hawaii, should first call at
JIilo, but, to quote your own words,
there is not a building at any of our
ports where immigrants could be iso-
lated. There are no disinfecting cham
bers or disinfectants, neither steriliz-
ing appliances, nor sterilizers. The
whole island is practically without
safeguard, or defense of even the most
primitive nature, while public nui-
sances are apparent on every hand.
And yet you consider that without ap-
pliances of any kind you can render
safe such dangerous merchandise which
has been carefully selected and disin-
tected at Honolulu, ana then placed 1T
clean steamers with clean crews. Be
lieving that more good could be ac-
complished for the whole island by APP
pointing agents for different districts
from among the actual residents of
those districts than by appointing a
central committee from among the resi-
dents of Hilo, the Board has commits
stoned the following named persons
Agents of the Board of Health for the
Island of Hawaii
r. r. Hind, North Kohala; w, G
Walker, Hamakua; A. Lydgate, Nortf
i1ilo; C. c. Kennedy, South Hilo; F. b
McStocker, Puma: John Holland, NJ. D.
Eau; John d. Paris. South Kona; Alex
G. Cockburn, North Kona.
These gentlemen have been appointed
for the purpose of assisting the Board
IN carrying out it's regulations, ant
they will be so instructed.
Very sincerely yours,
c. B. WOOD,
President Board OF Health.