The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-02-17
WHAT HE ~DID AT HILO AND
KAHULUI.
Perfect Shipping Facilities at the For
mer-Instructions Given-The Situa-
tion at Kahului.

whether there is plague at Hilo or
not; whether or not there ever may be
plague there, need not affect one parti-
Gle the traffic of the Hawaii capital"
said Consul Haywood this morning.
IT was discouraged when 1 left here
for Hilo, but l return very much en-
couraged. 1t will be possible now to ar
range and carry out any scheme made
necessary by events by correspondence,
without again visiting the island.
"Hilo is particularly we'll situated for
an emergency of the present kind. Su-
gar from the plantations on the Hama
kua side lis brought down by clean
coastwise steamers and discharged di-
rectly into ships on the outer edge or
the bay without touching the city at
all. Sugar from Wainaku is let down
over the bluff upon lighters and reaches
the ships in the same way. From Wal
akea the sugar goes down the creek on
lighters to the ships, also without
touching the town.
1.-THE only exposed mill is that of the
Portuguese company, which unfortun-
ately happens to be in the center of the
town and by the way, next door to the
house in which Mrs. Serrao died. This
concern now has 200 tons of sugar on
hand. After consulting with DR.. Car
michael I instructed Consul Furneaux
not to permit it's shipment until next
Wednesday. If by that time there has
| not been a case of plague 1t may be
loaded, after a thorough disinfection OF
horses and wagons hauling it.
| "Wainaku mill will have a rat proof
| fence around it and the mill gang has
| already gone into quarantine there.
| This I consider an excellent precaution
| Should plague become epidemic in the
town I am sure there need be no IN
J terruption of the shipping business
save perhaps in the product of the Por-
! tuguese mill. 1 understand, however
that in case of an emergency the latter
would flume its cane to Wainaku fol
grinding, which would render it per-
fectly safe also and would be quite
satisfactory.
AT Maui arrangements were made
to ship sugar direct from Kahului anC
the scheme is perfectly safe and salts
factory. When we arrived we found
DIR. GarVin had posted a guard at the
foot of the long wharf and had disin
fected the landing out to the end. From
the plantations sugar will be brough
down on trains by the plantation gang
and run directly out to the end of th
wharf and discharged upon lighters 70
the ships. No stop at all will be mad
in Kahului, which renders the schem
perfectly safe.
SHOULD plague spread however, ar
rangements have been made to use XII
mel, Whlch is almost equally SerVlceaDl
and will. with a little work, be mad
available to the plantations.
Now, about Hilo again I found tn
people there perfectly calm and work
ing together to the best possible end
There was no shotgun business ther
and I DO not believe there ever ha
been. We We're met at the wharf b.
Mr.. Lyman. There was no appeaTnc
of excitement of any kind and certain
} ly no indication of trouble, past o
present.
'I do hope there will not be an epide
mic of plague at Hilo At the sam
= time the scare has done lots Of good
in that the town has been cleaned a
it had never been before. People hav
worked together and untiringly to thi
: end, and, though I had not been ther
in two years, I could see the result in
stantly. The situation there is a
right, and I feel good"