The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-20
FUNDS NEEDED
Meeting of Council of
State.
Discuss Appropriation for 100000
The Joint Action of Merchants
and Health Board.

Inc council OF state met yesterday
afternoon at 3 o'clock at the call of the
Executive Council. There were pres
ent President Dole and Ministers Da-
mon, Mott-Smith, Young and Cooper;
Councillors Cecil Brown, Mark Robin
son, John Mott, w c. Achi, A. G. NJ.
Robertson, John Lot Kaulukou, NJ. \.
Gonsalves, p. c. Jones, John Ena, \.
V. Gear. and c. Bolte The minutes of
the previous meeting were read and ap-
proved. President Dole called on Min
lister Damon to state the object of the
meeting.
Minister Damon said the following
communications had been received in
the morning and after consideration by
the Executive Council it had seemed
wise to submit the matter to the Coun-
ell of State. He then read the reso-
lutions passed by the merchants, as
follows:
Honolulu. II. l.. Jan. 10. 1900.
To the Honorable Board of Health.
Honolulu, II. dear Sirs: At a meet
ing held this 18th day of January by
the wholesale merchants of Honolulu
the following resolution was adopted:
Whereas, the wholesale merchants of
Honolulu, having met on the LIST day
of January, 1900, appointed Messrs. J.
F. Hamburg, j. Wakefield and G. Kai-
ser a committee to act for them and to
consult with the Board of Health and
tender their services in saving and re-
moving all the goods possible from
blocks condemned by the honorable
Board of Health and stow the same in
proper warehouse until the quarantine
is raised; and,
Whereas, the committee acting I'M
der such instructions have removed
quite a lot of merchandise from said
condemned blocks after being fumiga-
ted by the Board of Health and stored
them in warehouses built and rented
for that purpose; and,
Whereas, the plague being on the in
crease and some cases traced to the
handling, carting and storing of the
goods before and after fumigation,
which shows that the fumigation is not
effective; and.
Whereas, the greater portion OF the
goods already moved and those to be
moved from said condemned blocks are
of a perishable nature and liable to
spoil and create a nuisance in itself;
therefore be IL
Resolved, That the wholesale mer-
chants hereby recommend that the
honorable Board of Health stop all
further moving and saving of mer-
chandise and private effects from the
infected district, in order to more eff
fectually and quickly exterminate the
disease, which If continued for any
length of time will become a menace
to commerce and public health;
And the meeting further recon-
mends, That the honorable Board of
Health appoint a commission of three
members to appraise said stocks and
losses, and settle the claims on a basis
Of Sc % per cent.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) II. Hackfeld G. Co., Ltd, by
w. Wolters, director; VI. Phillips &
Co.; VI. S. Grinbaum & Co.. Ltd, per
A. Gartenberg, secretary; Theo. II.
Davies e Co. Ltd, by James Wake
field; Hoffschlaeger e Co., Ltd. by
Robert +. Lange, manager; The Won
f1dHuHl- DUNG To-. l1Iu.. Dy y. Won
Hamm; The Washington Mercantile
Co., Ltd, by w. E. Burnett. secre-
tary; L. B. Kerr; NJ. w. McChesney
& Sons; G. Brewer e Co., Ltd, by
George H. Robertson, manager; S.
Kimura; California Feed Co., Ltd,
by T. J. King, manager; Gonsalves
& Co., Ltd, by E. Hutchinson, man.
ager; Macfarlane & Co., Ltd, by w.
Lishman; Hawaiian Hardware Co.,
Ltd, by Abraham Fernandes; w. G..
Irwin & Co.. Ltd, by it's second vice
president, w. NJ. Giffard; Pacific
Hardware Co., Ltd, by L. z. Pink
ham, manager and treasurer; LYMAN
Brothers.
Minister Damon then read the fol-
lowing letter and resolution from the
Board of Health:
Honolulu, H. l., Jan. 10, 1900.
To the President.-Sir: Herewith en-
closed beg to submit resolutions re-
ceived from the wholesale merchants of
Honolulu, and a copy of a resolution
passed by the Board of Health in re-
spect to the same.
Respectfully yours,