The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-04-03
MAUI BULGE
Camp Wood Celebrates
March l7th
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kAHULUl. Maui March 2ist 1900
twenty -four days have nov passed
without a case Of plague, or even a.
suspicious sickness In Kahului The
little community Is congratulatlng IT.
self upon having passed the danger
point, and Is looking forward with Inn
patience to the opening Of the port ana
the removal of restrictions upon bust
ness.
As has already been stated. gall
yanized corrugated iron rat-proof fence
has been erected around the entire
town, and another around the railroad
premises proper. All warehouses have
been sealed up with cement, and all
the inhabitants of the town have been
removed to a detention camp 1t was
generally supposed that this step was
preliminary to a general rat crusade,
but no movement in this direction has
been commenced although today is the
sixth following the removal of the last
of the people to camp.
Life in Camp.
The new camp, next to Camp Wood,
but upon the seward side, is a collec
ton of eight two-roomed cottages hav-
ing kitchens attached. The buildings
are quite comfortable affairs, built of
Nor'west slabs with joints covered by
battens, floors of tongue and grooved
surfaced lumber and rooted with cor
rugated iron.
Every inhabitant was allowed to take
with him or her, just as much per-
sonal effects as wanted, and the conse-
quence is that all the temporary homes
are made fairly comfortable. 1t is also
worthy of note, that although the au-
thorities are prepared to provide ror
all very few have ayailed themselves of
the offer.
The new camp is generally dubbed
Camp Woodbe" by the community
and although life during the day is
pretty slow, the amusement being
well confined to surf bathing or card
playing, ample compensation is made
for the days slowness by the nights
frivolity. With a view TO providing
amusement for themselves, a platform
has been built, made of tongue and
waXed for dancing.
On the night OF the 18th of Ireland,
the new floor was opened with a really
enjoyable dance. Music was furnished
by quintette of boys and a Regina
music box, and proved entirely salts
factory 10 the lovers of the light fan
tastic." After the dance, refreshment
was provided and the tolling of the cur
few bell, or rather the dinner bell at
the solemn hour of midnight warned
the merrymakers that st. Patrick's day
was over and that it was time TO al
journ. Next Saturday night is being
eagerly looked for by everybody, as "A
grand luau is announced. Already
preparations are well under way, and
from present indications jolly time
is assured.
Only one matter mars the content
ment of those in camp, and that Is the
blissful uncertainty of things In gen.
eral. The darkness in which every
body is kept as TO future intentions
of the authorities is beginning 10 pail
upon the people, and some very caustic
criticisms are heard upon all sides.
The fact that six rays out of the fifteen
have passed without any action other
than the closing of gates at night in
Kahulu is strongly commented upon.
are dShiHB why lucs "tit
moved from their homes, which to all
intents and purposes are clean as their
present habitations, unless some effort
to made to reduce the danger of fresh
outbreak by discriminating the rats, 1t
would seem that If Kahului is infected
by rats having travelled over the soil
and houses, it is equally as reasonable
to assume that the site of the new
camp, which is situated only about half
mile back of the town, is equally in
fected, especially as it is stated by no
less than three of the inhabitants of
the old camp Camp Wood that rat
was actually seen in the kitchen of the
camp, very much alive.
Railroad employees are carried to
and from camp to their work twice a
day.
A Washington light plant has been
installed on the railroad wharf and
night gangs are working on the ships
cargoes.
Boiled linen is at a premium in Ka-
hului, sweaters and negligee shirts are
fashionable. Only one Jap laundry
woman in camp and she can't do starch
goods-its cheaper to buy new ones.
A hay wagon ride is being talked of
at the camp.
The old pig pen and stables belong
lHH W Gam JlilS w. anu aitudlSu WI
the outskirts of the town in the direc-
ton of wen 5, were destroyed by fire
on Monday by order of the author
tiles.
Some more burning off Is talked of
as soon as weather conditions will per-
init. Amongst those buildings doomed
is a stable in rear of the Kahului store
and one or two small cottages.
DEPARTED:-Schr. Dora Blunm,
for San Francisco with sugar, 16
March; sch. Helen N. Kimball, for Ha-
ma. to load; bktn. Chehalls, for Astoria,
empty, March 10.
The Bloemfontein is chartered to
load sugar here for San Francisco and
is expected from Honolulu daily. The
Antlope and Nuuanu both carry sugar
and are filling up fast.
VESSELS IN PORT:-Antlope Nuu-
anu, Novelty and Mary Buhne,
ARRIVED:-March IT, schr. Mary
Buhne, from Gray's Harbor, with lum-
her 10 DAYS ont