The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-01

Nessrs. Ripley, Ouderkirk and VII
helm were q committee Of those l2- !
pointed by President Cooper 10 ap-i
praise the buildings and contents. and |
make a report thereon as soon as prac- !
ticable. These gentlemen made a very
careful inspection OF the entire premi-
ses inside and out, but what estimates
were agreed upon have no. been made
public.
Hon. L. A. Thurstcn was sent for
by President Cooper and asked TO
volunteer to take charge Of the bar
racks to be prepared at the Kakaako
Rife Range 10 quarantine the people Of
the condemned section. Mr.. Thwston
at once proceeded TO make the neces-
sary preparations to receive them. He
| secured the assistance OF Mr.. J. L. Nc
Comb. c. B. Ripley, Jno. A Mehrten,
| Alex. Robertson and Mr.. Pratt who
volunteered for the purpose. The Rife
Range proved entirely too small and
! some Of the buildings in the kerosene
warehouse were appropriated, cleaned
ont. and mattings laid on the floor.
! Cooking apparatus and blankets were
provided. At about 4 O'Clock in the
afternoon there were transferred forty
two Chinese men and one woman;
sixteen Japanese men, ten women and
seven children: one Hawaiian man.
four women and boy, making eighty
two in all
! At Il O'Clock the occupants began
packing and piling up their goods on
ne sidewalks and into the draws,
working fast and nervOusly and cast
ing many longing glances at many OF
, The trumpery ornaments, which the in
spectors refused to allow to be put in
to their belongings. Blots of cloth, bis
boxes Of shoes, hundreds Of boxes o.
cigars and every description Of genera
merchandise. were piled into the dray
and by 1870 p. m. the procession o
, | loaded wagons started for Kakaako
} the Cinnamon meekly submitting Il
the carrying away Of their possessions
|, At number 3271a and number 327A IN
} | Chinese We're prohibited from remov
ing anything whatever.
President Cooper personally super
&. vised the entire removal of goods, an
:, he had Colonel Jones assume charge {
=, the placing of new sentinels entirel
:. around the entire section. After IN
z first dray loads We're removed it wa
Il deemed that quicker action be take1
. in order the fire might be begun an
finished entirely during the day an
., before night set in. Then commence
- scene of indescribable confusion
- The tenants ran hither and thithe
80 gesticulating, shouting. nervously tu
- ging at boxes too heavy for easy q
20 riage. some picking up small fan
4 plate and running down Paua
20 street to deposit their burdens, makiI
three trips Where one would have su
=, feed Frow narrow alleyways lit
Japanese with their wits lost in Il
o. excitement rushed out of alleyway
n with overweighted satcheis. t
pals, balancing lamps, jOstling Of
another, and working themselves in
a feverish frenzy Hawaiians can
Ed forth from the inner regions of {
Oh block, carrying guitars, poi bowls al
ne bundles of clothing. r a while Nu
ne | ~ On
H. fusion and uproar which put hume
10 Gus phase upon the seriousness of I
s. occasion; for the Board had decid
OF that the die SHOULD be cast and Il col
e- plete Job made in this first purificati
" OF Chinatown by fire. Mr.. Bolte, (
A. Grinbaum & Co, said he agreed
IL tirely with the Board of Health th
TT all the buildings should be entirely do
troyed, stating however, that he wou
NO have to make a claim on behalf
tie s. riera. for whatever the owner "
Inn ] ally entitled to. He was inform
IS. that was a matter which would be s
IN tied later The buildings were mos
ID under lease to l.. Ahlo, who made
ne objection to their destruction.
~ Chief Hunt of the Fire DEPARTING
was early on the scene, and b!
o'clock nearly all the available fire
rs paratus was stationed around the II
ny sides of the square. there being
into service, three engines. three h
me wagons and one chemical, the
-iiu hook and ladder truck was also pla
III in commission for the occasion. II
III lengths were stretched along Nun.
ei street, and to the rear Of the doom
he buildings from Hotel, Fort and BE
'oli tania streets through the alleyws
CIV AT this juncture it was decided I
MOI even the occupants OF the buildings
op' each side of the condemned structr
AIN would have to move out as there
Nai considerable danger of the fire spre
se' ing to those structures. These h