The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-16

lChuose sinr dHana enc nfnff n0
taflnus sanitary nfra. chief iiunf l'l.
! 70 Conn i0'iotr W0ft vi thn a''urI.
r made nud ] would i.kH fu fIfn fNI
I Fho boa nrUuHrl uf rfnWpn n'
inE GOODS while ihrF were
I eIt.rE rfes lt IsH 0iaoh0nd out ~
! t.p whole cloth Ihe nrrmrn ~ this
department Hrr ns brave Hat uf men
| 1H have stnn. md why any one shouid
/ arnmri tD lolitfle them Toe view N tho
Tremendous work they have been do.
IuF for this community s beyond my
UNDERSTANDING Everybody ha.
watched the fireman at his work. and
they viii agree with me that ho has
little time 10 purloin shirts and under
wear from a Chinese store which Is
burning over his head. And further
more. where would be put his plumber
without q being seen by others? No,
sir. my men consider above such
acts"
The Bishop Estate g. the largest
properiy-owner In Block 10, controlling
over half of the block, extending from
y point mauka Of the Pauahi and
Smith street corner to Beretania.
thence TO the Holt block, and along
the rear of this structure almost to the
hhi premises. The rest of the block
Sc owned by S. Kaiokoili, NJ. S. Perry,
Manuel Estate, n. Vierra, Manaohia,
L. ID. Holt Estate and w. II. Castle. The
Government also owns one or two
small squares of land.
Board OF Health Meeting.
At $3.50 yesterday afternoon the
Board of Health met to consider sew
eral important measures, mostly devel-
opments growing out of the bubonic
death and the suspicious case of yester-
day. President Wood not being there
when a quorum was announced. George
w. Smith occupied the chair pro TEN.
The members of the Board present
We're Attorney General Cooper. Drs.
Day and Emerson, and +. NJ. Hatch
President Wood Joined the Board la
ter.
Mr.. ThurstOn. who was present at
the meeting by request of the Board,
spoke of the arrangements which have
heen made for receiving the quaran-
tined people at the detention camps
Accommodations would he provided for
> 1000 people. At the Kakaako camp
l43 We're received yesterday, which
made a total of 4i3 there. There We're
nearly 300 carpenters at work on the
various structures at the kalihi camp.
and the railroad was sending out lum-
Der as fast as possible. The sewerage
system will be completed by this even
ing. Within very short time ii is eX-
pected that accommodation will be in
readiness to allow the Board to make
a general movement of the Quaran-
tined people out to Kalihi.
Mr.. ThurstOn announced that a crisis
| had been reached in securing ready
made clothing for all these people now
| that the Chinatown tailor shops have
| been stopped in their work, especially
| in trousers. None of the latter can be
found in the city and there was a
great need for them at the camp. He
suggested that the Chinese tailors now
in quarantine be supplied with material
| and set work to supply the deficiency
| in clothing These men all had their
| machines, and according to Mr.. Thurs
| ton are able to turn out pair OF
breeChes every two minutes" The
Board decided to follow out this sug-
| gestion. and the tailors will be set to
| work as soon as the material can be
supplied. Mr.. Bolte had secured prom
ses from twenty tailors at Kakaako to
so to Kalihi yesterday, but they backed
out at the last minute.
Mr.. Thurston stated that consider
able trouble was made Thursday night
| by many of the Japanese from Block
10, who made their living by the earn
ings of the yoshiWara women. Threats
had to be used to bring them into line.
These We're the only ones who had
made any trouble at the camps. At the
Kaumakapili fumigating station it
was discovered that thirty-One of these
worthless fellows had 81 900 in gold
President Wood read petition from
the Wing Wo Chan Company irf which
the company stated that they were de-
sirous of resuming business and open
ing their store for business purposes
only, and that they would not permit
any persons to remain or sleep on the
premises at night. AS basis for max
ing their petition the comranv cited
the cases of Loveioy & Co.. SchweitZer
e. Co and Fishel & CO., whose nlaCes
of business had been opened lately by
OermisSion of the Board and which are
more in the quarantined district than
the business place of the petitioners.
They stated that the saloons on each
corner of the block were omen and al
WAYS had been omen during the unar-
antine Their store was on the onpo-
site side of the street. Attorney Hem
shall represented the comnany at the
Board meeting. DR.. Wood was. unon
motion. delegated to inspect the prem
ises and make recommendations in the
matter to the Board for decisive action.
The Wing Wo Chan Comnanv adioirs,
in a separate building, however. the
building of Wing Wo Tai Comrary.
Mr.. Hatch called the attention of
the President to law which requires
that the Board of Health publish
weekly report of the public health dur
ing the period of any pestilence Mr..
Hatch, however, comnlmented the
newspapers for the faithful and very
full reports which have been nublished
in regard to the plague. stating that
they had supplied the health reports
instead.
President Wood read n Communica-