The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-12
ONE CASE YESTERDAY,
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even under suspicion. Besides the
Chinese stables, tins lot contains ten OF
a dozen smaller buildings, among
which Is a good sized building evident
ly a lodging house; upwards Of hun
dred persons live in these structures.
The stab. IS adjoining the house
where An Jan lived, on the left-hand
side of the IwIIei road, are directly
opposite the stables on the rlgh.-nauo
side OF the road which were put UId-I
guard last night. Both places are now
in strict quarantine, nobody being al
lowed in or out at either establish
ment. People from the two localities
have been in the habit OF passing 10
and fro, and persons sleeping on one
side of the road, in some cases, were
employed on the other.
The place on the right-hand side Oh
the road has a rather unsayOry reputa-
ton: a number of japanese prostitutes
have frequented the place and man
whose business takes him often in thdt
vicinity reports that white men were
in the habit of going 70 the place.
Gambling is a portion of the business
carried on: people of all natiOnalltles
live there and the hacks quartered ID
these stables are for the most part
driven by Cinnamon. whose Occupa-
ton naturally takes them all over
town.
4 hack is missing from the stables
on the left-hand side of the road. No.
81 was taken from those stables at an
early hour yesterday morning, before
| the All Jan case was discovered, anC
/ its driver has not yet returned, al
though he left word when he took MS
departure that he would be back in the
afternoon. The police are looking Tor
| No. "a and think it is likely that the
driver has been warned of the quaran-
/ tine and is attempting to eyade Delns
/ held. Four hacks are now in the STA
bIes lust mentioned and ten horses are
also sheltered there. From the prem
ises across the road several persons
horses and hacks are missing; but i
is expected that they will very quick!
be unprecedented by the police.
Saturdays Board Meeting.
On Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clocl
the Board of Health held its regula
daily meeting, the following beinI
present: President Wood, DR.. Emerson
Messrs. Lowrey and Smith.
DIR. Wood announced after the read
ing of the minutes of the preyiou
meeting that he had appointed Dl
J Pratt to act as sanitary inspector Q
buildings. The President though
, THAT DR.. Pratt should be commissions
as a sanitary officer of the Board, a
his position was really more executiV
than that Of an ordinary inspector
and that he should be clothed wit
the necessary authority required {
take the matter of violations OF Tn
Boards regulations into the courts
and that IL would be a good plan I
have DR.. PratSs duties definitely dt
, fined by the Board. The Board ar
: proved the Presidents action.
DIR. Wood also announced that ID
I Camp had been assigned as assistaI
in the meteorological department
DIR. Hoffman,, on the latter gentle
mans recommendation.
Letter From Waikiki.
! The following communication frol
I c. b. Wells, Waikiki. was brought
, the attention of the Board:
. Wailuku. Maui, March 9, 1900.
. DIR. c. b. Wood, President Board
. Health, Honolulu.
Dear Sir: Have just returned fro
lKahului, where l met DR.. Weddie
and he requested me to try and get
letter to you by this mail, asking "
to temporarily appoint DR.. Winslow
lKihei as Government physician
- WailukIh as he, DIR. Weddick, on
I count of his duties at Kahului, is n
able TO attend the outside Governme
work.
In haste, yours truly,
c. B. WELLS.
, IL was the unanimous decision
v the Board that DIR. WinslOw be a
pointed Government physician ad
term at Wailuku.
p Following the above matter, l
Wood read communications from n
hului and Hama.
DIR. Garvin's Report.
The Kahului situation is SUNNI
ND in DR.. Garvin's letter, as follow
Kahului, March 9. 1900
Or. c. B. Wood, President Board
Health.
Dear Sir: Your letter and instr
Il tons received yesterday. i az Oh
er started the work of building the II
he proof fence. This morning / called
ar meeting of the Sanitary Committee a
70, made all necessary arrangements
It, completing the work. 1 think by 81
ke day night all the fences will be co
%. lplete. Today i have arranged TO me
nearly three-quarters Of the popuiatl
into the detention camp. A few OF I
white families will be put in eottal
now under construction at the ca
40 and will be ready in two or I'M
. days.
After some deliberation l decided
use corrugated iron for the Tat-pr'
fence. II will cost about one-th
more than wood, but we have arrai
ed to use the iron without punehl
IT holes in il, so there will be no trou
,er in selling il back TO the plantations
he about first cost. BY using the lines
linz NO.