The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-02
IT'S HAND IS SUSTAINED
CITIZENS ENDORSE POLICY OF
HEALTH BOARD.
Committee Appointed to Secure Quar-
tiers for all People of CHINATOWN anu
District viii be Destroyed.

And stll there was a doubt in the
brain of the Board Of Health as to the
sentiments of the community with re-
spect to Chinatown. The Board was not
sure it's course was being approved anu
called a meeting of citizens Tor last
evening to hear some expressions. IL
developed-if anything at all was
shown by the meeting-that the COM
munity has been about two days ahead
of the Board of Health all the time and
the Board only began last Sunday to
catch up.
In the absence of President Cooper,
George w. Smith presided. He stated
that the object of the Board in calling
the meeting was to get the sentiments
of representative citizens respecting
Chinatown. President Dole asked how
many people were in Chinatown and
was told that there were from $4,000 to
10000. DR.. Wood spoke Of the necessity
of the policy of destroying property, of
| the dangerous work of rats and VEN
tured the assertion that infection in the
district was widespread. Members or
the Board were unanimous in the view
that the plague could not be stamped
out by burning a house here and there
or maintaining quarantine around in
fected houses or even infected blocks.
A. w. Carter said the Board should
destroy every block in which case APP
peared, which would be gradually COM
ing up to the full purpose. The resolu-
lions of the sanitary commission would
do the business for blocks that might
| escape the disease entirely.
Chairman Smith spoke of the expense
of this idea.
"a ship load of sugar is worth half
million dollars. To have a couple OF
loads turned away from New York
would cost us more than Chinatown is
worth" retorted George r. Carter. 1T
is essential to the health of the COM
munity and to the commerce of the
| country that there be no halfway meas
ures The cost is a secondary consid-
Grafton"
On motion of DR.. Day, amended by
President Dole 1t was voted that ac-
Communications for all the people in Chi
natoWn be procured as quickly as pos
sibe and that they be removed 20 it.
The following committee of citizens W s
appointed to select a place, arrange
barracks and report back at the earli-
est moment: L. A. Thurston, Alexander
Young. Dr. Herbert, James A. Kennedy,
G. b. Ripley, c. Bolte and w. c. Wee
don.
The conclusion of the meeting was to
clear out Block 10 (Pauahi street, at
once and take the other blocks in turn
In case of a plague case the block in
W hich such case occurred should be i'm
mediately taken in hand and destroyed.
The opinion was expressed that there
were not over 1900 people in the Pauahi
street block, though the former esti-
mate was far above that figure.
Mr. Thurston stated that he wanted
to show the Board of Health that 1t
was being backed up by the commun-
ity. He proposed a resolution to that
end. laid it before the citizen part
meeting and it passed unanimously.
This was the resolution:
It is the sense of this meeting that IT
is a sound policy to remove to quaran-
tine as rapidly as practicable the resi-
lents of the Chinatown district and to
AXE any and every step without limit
necessary to stamp out the plague, IT.
Guiding the destruction of buildings and
ether property.