Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-01-24
FINANCING OF THE PLAGUE.
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Chairman Of Finance Committee Of
the Board Of Health
We beg further to suggest that guard
duty be transferred by tomorrow oven
ing to the military and police de-
partments and steps are to be taken
to materially reduce the number Of
guards. Marshal Brown is willing to
assume charge of the necessary guards
about the city, and thus DO away with
Office expenses, lunas and time keep
ers. He says, however. that the ex
pense of the extra men will have to he
assumed by the Board of Health as tiS
appropriation does not extend to this
work
We would recommend that this cost
be charged to "Bubonic Plague"
We beg further to suggest, since re-
ceiving from your department the list
of thirtyfour persons authorized to
make purchases and certify to same
be materially reduced in number. We
beg therefore that you suggest who
the persons shall be, making RESPONSE
bic heads to the various departments,
and thus stopping all credits in town,
excepting upon written order from the
heads of these departments; and list
of such heads should be published that
merchants and others may understand
who are the responsible endorsers for
claims.
(Signed.) CHAS. NJ. COOKE,
Chairman of Finance Committee OF
the Board of Trade.
This report was accepted and placed
on file.
Mr.. Cooke explained that bills from
Allen & Robinson, Wilder G. Co. and
the o. II. & l.. Co. had not yet been sent
in to the committee. Both Mr.. Walker
and Mr.. Cooke suggested cutting
down of expenses. President Wood ad-
mitted and stated that in the great hur-
ry incident to the first work against
the plague, a great deal had been done
that probably would not have been
done had there been more time.
President Wood stated that he had
dispatched DR.. Peterson to Kaunakakai
to investigate into the matter of the
fever epidemic reported at that place
He stated further that the fever was
very probably the same as that which
always appears when new plantations
are started. The government physi-
clan, writing under date of January
90, had not reported any extraordinary
state of affairs.
President Wood stated that Mr.
Wakefield, a member of the Merchants
Committee, had suggested that some
thing be done about the immense
amount of freight that has collected on
the wharves. Acting upon this sug-
gestion he had appointed Mr.. Wake
field an agent of the Board of Health
with orders to confer with the Collec-
tor General of Customs and agree ON
some line of action. President Wood
explained that there was vast amount
of perishable freight that should be at
tended to at once. A list of this should
be made and notice served on the va
rious consignees.
Minister Young brought up the mat
ter of odorless eXcavators. He had
heard that the Board had ordered four
of these by the Australia. At least a
dozen were necessary. There was con-
tinually lot of work to be done. An
ounce Of prevention was better than a
pound Of cure. 1t was then moved and
carried that a dozen instead of four
excavators be ordered.
A proposition from the various
steamship companies relative to the
work Of keeping the plague from the
other islands was deferred.
1t was voted that tenders for a fence
in Chinatown without the rat-proof
feature, be called for.
1t was further voted that merchants
be allowed to send Irvine to the other
islands after having had their ship
ments fumigated with steam.
At 4:3O the Board adjourned to Chi
natown to look over the situation.