The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-28
PROSPECTS
BRIGHTER
Hllo and KahuIui Ports
Soon to Open.
Mkt SAITO'S LETTERS
Decisions of the Board Shipment of
FOodstuffs Urgent = Hotel
Stables Burned.

Yesterday was a clean record day.
no deaths from plague occurring, no
new cases appearing and no suspie. .ous
cases cropping up. The bulletin boaI d
showed three ciphers to all who gave
it an inquiring g.ance, and the hope
was expressed by all, as it has ben
several times before in the last month
or two, that the plague was over and
that soon the quarantine would be
raised. Authorities in the Health De-
partment teel that even though sporad-
ic cases of plague may continue to ap-
pear for several weeks yet, the situa-
ton has wonderfully improved and the
matter is believed to be securely and
safely under control.
In the matter of Sheong Wing. the
man fioln Kalihl camp who died Mon
day nigAt and whose body DR.. Hoff-
mann examined at the morgue about l
O'Clock yesterday morning, decla. ing
the case one of TYPHOID lever, Dr.. How
ard is not satisfied, and is making cul-
lures for further examination.
BOARD OF HEALrd MEETINS
Quaran inc in Hilo and Kahului to
| Be Raised Soon.
The meeting O. the Board OF Health
at o'e2ock yesterday afternoon in the
Judiciary building opened with the
reading )f the minutes OF the previous
meeting. There was full attendance
OF the members and DR.. Wood COM
menced on the business before the
BOARD without loss OF time.
| DIR. Wooa: 1t Is about time think
| for US to consider the tIIne unit In re-
laCioI 20 the quarantine regulations
now existing in Hilo or KahuluI. 1t
would De aovisabie IN my opin1on to
| send word by the next steamers to
| those Lorts that providing no new cases
OF plague or suspicious cases appear
in either Of those places within GER
tain number of days, to be set by the
! Board, the quarantine be raised. In
| Kahuiui everything has been so well
handled, the place is SO small, and the
| infected district so well defined that |
think everything is in favor of the
quarantine being raised and Kahului
becoming an open port. Many of the
people escaped from Kahului when the
| first case was reported there, and went
! to different parts OF Maui; but they
took hardly any of their personal e.
fects with them, and, if any of the
refugees had carried contagion away
from Kahului, we would have heard OF
it before this. Besides that does not
affect Kahului anyhow; ard | think
that, with perfect safety we can pro-
vide for the raising of the quarantine
there. Thirty days from the date of the
/ last case should be the time in my
opinion. I have spoken to the Ameri-
can Consul on the subject and he agrees
with me.
"Hilo has only had one rather sus-
! picious case and as matter of fact il
/ was never pronounced plague. The
same ruling might be be made regard
ing Hilo as in the case of KahulUi The
only thing at either place to be con.
sidered is the merchandise in those
/ ports; how safe ii is to allow it 20 be
shipped to other ports. In Kahului
there is considerable sugar in bags stor-
ed away in close proximity to the place
where the case or plague appeared. A
general store, wei suppl nth goods
is also in that neighborhood. The
American Consul has already dealt
with the sugar proposition. This sugar
| can be shipped as a special shipment
marked in such way as to identify It
and will be treated as occasion de-
mands on arrival at its destination.
DR.. Emerson: Before raising the
quarantine at Kahului it might be well
as precautionary measure, to secure
the names of all Chinese. japanese anC
Others who have been in quarantine al
this would simplify the matter of trac
ing any Of them should they be required
in the event of ANYTHING happening
This would also apply to Hilo."
DR.. Wood: Those in quarantine
must stay there as long as the BoarC
thinks it is necessary: but If they dC
go away there is hardly any chance o
their carry infection, as most o.
their possessions have been DESTROYED
Thew can go where thew please as sooI
as thew are out of quarantine -
! DR.. Emerson: "What was the date o
the last piague case in Kahului?"
DR.. Wood: February 18th was tht
date of the last case outside Of the de