The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-23

measures, even though these be expen-
siVe. As to whether these men caught
the plague on the stable premises is not
SO much the Question as that Oh the
probable infection of the premises by
the transfer Of the personal property of
the Pantheon stables TO that place. l
believe the Boar d Of Health snou d t Ike
action at once and if any further delay
is made public meeting o. cit zens
should be called to consider the mat
ter and direct the Boards course
P C. JONES
l have been approached today by
other newspaper men. In this matter
OF burning the Hotel stables | WISH
to say that 1 am not thoroughly in
formed as to the facts; but, having
entire confidence in the Board OF
Health, | am perfectly ling to abide
by their decision. If they think infec-
ton can be traced to the premises l be-
lieve they viii do the D. oper tulng in
lie matter. | have he'd respo slble
positions myself and know how hard it
is, at all times, to do your duty and
avoid criticism. | think tee Boa,o
should be trusted; they are honest,
capable men, who are working for the
public benefit and will do the best they
Tcan. | am willing to trust them.
GILBERT J. WALLER
l am certainly of the opinion that
the Hotel stables should be burned
Where the public health is concerned
II is not necessary to prove a case
as you would in court; that would
make self-preServation turn upon a
technlcality. | believe, with Lr. Wood
and the Board of Health that the in
lection is in the soil; and even though
the cases under consideration cannot be
positively traced to the Hotel stables,
they have both been there and the
strong probability is the premises have
become infected, if not the cause
of the cases there. My opinion is they
were; as | said before l believe the soil
is infected. l would be in favor OF
burning all the insanitary stable prem
ises in town as soon as a case of plague
occurred in them. l believe the large
preponderance of opinion is in favor
OF burning the the Hotel stables and
this is no doubt the proper view. 1t is
the public health and not private in
terests that is under consideration.
FRANK BROWN
/ am in favor of burning the stables
at once-the sooner the better. / be-
lieVe they are infected and that they
have been since January 22nd when
Chinaman died who was employed in
the stable, no notice of his death being
published as coming from the Hotel
stables, but as from the corner OF Nuu-
anu and Kukui streets. believe, how
ever, that the stables will be burned
and that the Board will act. Yes, am
very confident they will be burned, al
though at present 1 cannot say why
am also Of the opinion that all of the
personal property taken from the Pam
theon stables before the fire was more
, or less infected.
J.. M. DoWsETT-
If, in the opinion of the Board of
Health, the burning of the Hotel
| stables is warranted l cannot see why
there should be any discrimination
made. The danger is real one and if
| 1 mad property of my own that was
under suspicion of infection with even
| reasonable cause l would say to the
| Board of Health destroy it. This is not
| the time for private interests to count
| against the public veal. / wish to
| emphasize the statement that no dis
| elimination should be shown in deal
ing with infected property, no matter
who are owners or what their influence.
This is my personal opinion.
FRED HARRISON
have nothing to say regarding the
burning of the Hotel stables. The
Board of Health will do what in their
judgment is thought best had prop
erty bringing me large monthly in
come destroyed by order of the health
authorities. My property was new, Ii
was in sanitary condition, and it's con-
tents were tombstones. Yet it had
to go.
JOHN ENA-
1 think it should be left to the judg-
ment of the Board of Health. They
have handled the situation very we'll sc
far. In my judgment though the stables
should be treated the same as other
places where the disease has been
found.
DR.. M'GREw-
/ think that it is only fair that the
Hawaiian hotel stables should be burn
ed under the conditions. 1t is well
known that two persons who after
wards died of the plague had been on
the premises for longer or shorter
time. The Board of Health has burned
other places, many of them, where
cases have been discovered and have
even burned premises where victims
had hardly more than placed Their
feet.
They burned Chinatown because II
was infected and they should burn tht
stables on the same principle. If they
burn a Chinaman's house why should
they not burn white mans house? 1
is not consistent, there should be NJ
discrimination whatever in this matter
If a case of plague were to occur il
! my own house | should certainly maxi
no objection to its being burned M!
= house is no better than a Chinaman'
house in case of that kind. I dom
! think it's fair to burn other place