The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-11
THE MEDICOS
Report of Committee of
Physicians.
Meeting With President DOIe--The
Ground Gone Over in DETAIL
Valuable Suggestions,

cal Association with President Dole
yesterday morning at IL o'clock:
Executive Chamber. Honolulu, II. l.,
January TO- 1900.
Present: President Dole. Drs. W. Z.
Taylor and ]. H. Raymond, committee
from the Hawaiian Medical Associa- .
ton.
DR.. Raymond stated: The questions .
considered at the meeting held which .
led up to the resolutions that were F..
passed and which you have before you
were the extension of sewerage and .
the filtration of the water supply of
Honolulu. Special reference was made
to the Nuuanu supply and the augmen-
tation of the supply by increasing it
either in the mountains or by the ar
/ tesian system. Then also a matter of
discussion was the clearing of the in
fected district known as Chinatown.
/ Ii was the consensus of opinion that
the only rational means of combating
the disease and preventing a spread of
it was to remove the buildings by fire
and then steTiliZe the soil by chemical
means and resting it: in other words,
submitting the entire surface of that
district to sunlight and air. 1t was
suggested that a year or more would
be the proper time for that on the
grounds, particularly that the soil is
so saturated with refuse matter that
we could not come to any other agree
ment or idea than that IL would be in
the future menace TO public health If
buildings were permitted to be erected
within a time shorter than one year.
The method. of course, Is a radical
one of removing the buildings. l have
taken considerable interest in that
matter for some time back. since the
disease was first discovered, and
have come TO the conclusion that the
proper place for the peOple-the pres
ent population of ChinatOwn-at this
particular time would be a tract of land
that has some elevation. say from two
to four hundred feet, where an album
dant water supply for drinking pur-
poses could be secured and also where
Z the proper sewerage system could be
= put in within a reasonable time.
Mr.. Dole asked: That is for the res
idence of persons that have been dis
charged from quarantine?
Dr. Raymond: Yes, TO meet this
emergency and also as a permanent
; measure. solving the problem of NOV
ing these people from their present To-
something like 10000 people live in
this district. The prerequisites for a
place of that kind would be accessible
ty for residents between there and the
city and also for the freight, transpor-
tation of their goods. / think this
place should be of a permanent nature
TIE fact is that Honolulu has been
growing very rapidly, merging from &
town into a city with all of its attend
ant evils. etc. 1t is, / think. the i'm
v perative duty of the people to take
h steps at this time for the establish
u ment of a sanitary dwelling place fol
these people.
The objection naturally raised by tn
Chinese is the injury TO their business
of being taken from the heart of TIT
city, where they are dealing viii
= white people, natives and others ant
being transported out, say, a mile o
- two: they believe that it would injur
their business. l have inquired int
this subject and find that the bulk o
y the business done with the small Chi
nese, shOpkeepers. etc, is amon
} themselves, the native and Japanes
population. 1t is true that large mum
u Der of the white population patroniz
Chinese stores, but the mapjOTity o
pie.
A ] believe that if they are moved on
" a distance of two miles that tn
growth of the city would follow tina
part of the community and that IN
u. reduction in rent that would naturall
come in going out that distance, wit
d having all the facilities for maintainin
- themselves there ii would not work S
,Ao much of a hardship upon them. i bt
lieve the growth of the surroundin
territory would insure them a sufficieT
amount of business to make up for tn
No loss that they would sustain by NOV
ing. II is true they are clannish. The
like to get together; they congrega'
. together in the evenings and they ha'
their amusements, etc. The questio
of their scattering, going to differel
"a parts of the city, is one that should r
III ceive consideration. / believe that
~, number of them would do that.
N Mr.. Dole: OF course you recogni
the fact that after they are discharge
from quarantine the Government n
As' no control over their movements.
DR.. Raymond: The law relating
7 the sanitary construction of building
| understand, does not prevent the
from putting up any sort of a buildin
uAANNA oNdAAh dlSD NltdI tAAt AAAC ILL
weR are rather limited. and 1t would
tier from legal point of view imprac
weR cable for the Government to extend I
fire limits. / have been informed
one or two attorneys that in an eme
gency of this nature, for instance. I
Get Government would have the right
- extend the fire limits, to make Certa
IA regulations in the Health DEPARTING
III and keep these people, this populate
under sanitary restrictions.
'lOt The place I have in mind as 70
10" cation. did not mention at the me
nh ing the other evening for the reas
that the prOperty-owners in that pi
ticular locality would naturally put
staCles in the way Of acquiring
land If it become known; I prefer
to submit a rough sketch of it Ia
ere first.
I have read in the newspapers q
. IL was tho intention Of the ENeCut