The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-01
PAUAHI STREET sHACKs WILL
HAVE TO GO.
Board of Health Takes Radical Action
in the Right Direction-Quarantin
for 22OO People.

The entire block in Chinatown bord-
cred by Pauahi, Smith, Beretania and
Nuuanu streets, except five buildings
adjudged sanitary has been condemned
by the Board of Health and will be de-
stroyed.
Barracks are being erected on the
site of the old kerosene warehouse to
accommodate the refugees from the
block, some 2200 in number. These will
all be quarantined and will have to be
supported by the Board.
The five buildings to remain standing,
after a process of fumigaton, etc, are
the Louvre saloon, a new building at
Pauahi and Smith and the Chinese
brick establishments on Nuuanu near
Beretania The owners of the property
in the block are the Bishop Estate, Sill
viera, Ahi, Henry Vierra and the Holt
Estate. The first two named own most
of the land while Silviera owns the most
shacks. Many of the shacks are owned
by the tenants, they being lessees or
the land The Holt property is worth
more than the rest of the block togeth-
er. Vierra's property is in a sanitary
condition and will not be interfered
with. Ahis entire premises will be wip-
ed out.
The Board has taken up this block as
a beginning. 1t takes some little time
to provide accommodations in a new
quarantined district for the people re-
moved. When this block is disposed OF
the next one to it will be treated in like
manner. Alleyways will be laid out and
rebuilding will be under regulations of
the Board of Health.
| The Board will not be called upon TO
| pay for any property condemned for
sanitary reasons. Property destroyed
/ by accident, however. will have to be
! paid for, and there will likely be a great
| deal of this, There will also be a great
| loss to merchants whose business will
| be upset for a long time if not alto
gether destroyed.
1--WE fully realize the necessity for
| thorough work as eXpeditiously as pos
sible," says DR.. Wood. But you see,
/ there are many details to be looked aft
er. Take the block condemned Satur-
| day night: 1t is easy to say throw the
people out and burn the shacks;' but
what are you to do with these people
| They can not be turned into the streets,
nor can they be left in Chinatown, but
must be quarantined elsewhere. We
must first provide barracks for them
| then they may be removed, after which
the houses may be attended to. Each
block will have to be attended to in the
same way, and progress must neces-
sarily be slow.
IN charge has been made that we
are afraid of some of the big estates
owning property in the infected district
l say that the Board of Health is not
afraid of any owner of property in the
Hawaiian Islands, and if building oi
block is found to be unsanitary it viii
be condemned and destroyed. no mat
ter whom it hits or hurts. Anyway, the
Bishop Estate and some other holders
are fully in sympathy with the present
policy of the Board"
Tie conclusion to condemn the notorf-
Gus Pauahi street block was reached al
a special meeting of the Board OF
Health held Saturday night. President
Cooper reported on an inspection of the
block made during the afternoon. Their
the legal status of the Board in the
matter was discussed In addition tC
the condemnation proceedings the
Board decided that in all cases OF
plague the patient should be removed
at once to the pest hospital, persons IN
the house sent to isolated quarantine
house burned. and such other precau-
tions taken as may be deemed neces'
sary.
The matter of an assistant to Mr.
Reynolds, to take charge of the work o.
disnfecting i'm houses and the fumga
tion of freight, etc, was discussed bu
no action was taken.
1t was voted to condemn the military
and Sharpshooters booths at Kakaak'
and to fix the place up for quarantine
station About 500 people can be ac
commodated there. A wall on the sef
side and floor are being put in today.