The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-25
VICTIMS OF THE PLAGUE
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rey that it was through one Of these
places that Nc Gee caught the infec-
ton. The Board Of HzalJh will inspect
both localities as soon as convenient.
Report on Garbage Dumps.
The condition Of the garbage dumps
at KakaaEo was reported upon by the
President, he having made an inspec-
ton of the place yesterday morning.
He stated that the garbage was burned .
and kept smolder.ng for several days, /
and that upon digging down into the .
old garbage he found nothing but tin .
cans, and the remains of burnt garbage F.
heaps, and said that ,le burning was
done as thoroughly as the clrcum- /
stances would permit. He was, how
ever, of the opinion that the garbage .
ought to be towed to sea until gar
bage crematOry was built.
Mr.. Cooper stated that the Ministers .
OF Finance and INTERIOR had a confer
ence at noon in relation to this sub
ject and that plans were about to be
drawn for the construction Of a garbage
crematory.
\ motion was passed recommending
that the Citizens Sanitary Committee
keep a physician at their headquarters
TO answer calls which come from the
Citizens inspectors.
Fire Commissioner Brown reported
that the request to have the chemical
engine stationed at Kalihi camp could
not well be complied with on account
of the character of the roads there. He
suggested as a substitute that fire plugs
be connected with the water mains and
that $50 feet of hose be procured from
the fire department, the pressure being
sufficient to throw a stream of water
over any of the buildings.
A report from the Association of
Plumbers was presented to the Board
which covered many of the points in
volved in the SPECIAL report of the
Board OF Sanitary Committee relating
to sanitation and sanitary building.
The report was referred TO the proper
committee. Representatives of the
Plumbers Association were present
and agreed to the matter being referred
to the committee.
The attention of the Board was called
TO the absolute need of canned food at
ports on MolOkai and other points, and
offer considerable discussion, the
Board agreed to rermit the shipment Of
canned goods after being subjected to
Two building permits referred 10 the
Board by the Minister Of Interior were
nqesed upon unfavorably and the same
returned.
Question of Opening Stores.
President Dole brought up the mat
ter Of opening the stores on Nuuanu
street, in order that the Chinese nigh.
be gwen a chance to celebrate their
New Year stating that 1t would be very
distressing to them if not allowed to
celebrate. President Wood stated that
the Board had inspected the stores,
front and rear, and had found almost
the same conditions behind the brick
buildings as had been discovered in the
blocks now laid bare by the fire. He
considered that the stigma of the
plague was in these blocks. The out
side or front portions were merely
shams, hut behind these the cesspOols,
shacks and maze of alleyways were in
bad condition and he did not think the
streets should be opened for public
business at present.
Messrs. Hamburg. Wakefield and
Kaiser again brought up the matter
of merchandise, and called the Boards
attention to the perishable nature of
much of the goods stored, which was
causing their destruction. The Union
Feed Company, for various reasons,
had requested that their warehouse be
vacated. that another storage place
might be secured. If a new warehouse
were built by the Board they could
separate the perishable from the good
merchandise. and save considerable
D T.. ~ o. - ag-a.
they recommended that the Board ap-
prove of having such goods destroyed,
if the owners would agree to the &c %
per cent proposition. They stated the
value of goods to be destroyed would
not amount to more than $4,000.
Minister Cooper stated that If they
were certain that this figure would
cover the damage, he would make a
request of the Executive today to rec
ommend that this appropriation be
made Immediately. 1t was moved by
the Board that the goods which could
be saved be stored in the Aala ware
house, aud a settlement be made on the
basis Of &C % per cent.
Conditions on the wharves.
I Mr.. Wakefield reported on the condi-
/ ton of freight lying on the various
wharves, stating that large quantities
Of It were rotting, as some of it has
been there seven or eight weeks. The
difficulty lies in the lack of a bonded
warehouse. Ministers Damon and
Young had a conference yesterday rel
alive to erecting a bonded warehouse
for the customs service: if this mat
ter is carried through, the congestion
Of freight will be materially relieved.
On the Pacific Mail wharf, Mr.. Wake
field reported that there were 1850 tons
of freight, divided as follows: From
the Doric, not fumigated, 900 tons;
Nippon Maru, not fumigated, 500 tons !;