The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-01-23

] uOue. Inc inspector WHO reported the
| place was asked to look after the
| premises as far as possible, and pre-
vent 1t from becoming menace TO
| pu..ic health
Labor Bureau Opened.
There are many Chinese and Japan
csc forced out of the detention camps.
who, while free, find themselves in
hard straits. They thought they
would find places TO live in, but after
making an appeal to their Consuls and
after an effort to find lodgings, they
are forced to return to the station from
which they came. Battery camp can
not take them in again, the kerosene
warehouse has had to send many out
to make room for new arrivals, and
the condition at Kalihi is still more
ICCngested.
| The relief camps, one at PunchDowl
street and the other at Kauluwela, can
handle 800 persons; but this outlet Is
blocked at present because the neces
stiles of the fire brought in 500 Ha-
waiians, one of whom was taken with
plague. This is now an infected camp.
Until this place can be cleared, clean
ed and a new start made it cannot as
sist in relieving the refugees from
quarantine. 1t is hoped, however, that
the regular detention camps will be
able to accommodate the 2G0 persons
still left in the Punchbowl camp.
The plan has been adopted as
part of the relief scheme to supply
these homeless people with labor as
soon as possible. The relief commit
tee, composed of ]. p. Cooke and Theo.
Richards, are peculiarly able to sift the
claims of the applicants coming under
their notice. The man enters the sta
ton without home or means; he is i'm
mediately tabulated, and his abilities
and former employment scheduled. A
possible place Is suggested as an out
come of labor bureau to be started
today at the headquarters on Punch
bowl street.
The inmate who will not accept
reasonable offers for employment is
unworthy of further assistance, and is
permitted to leave the place. On the
other hand he can accept the offer and
make way for a new inmate of the
camp. Thus the tension is relieved all
around; the detention camps empty in
to the relief camps and they in turn
offer honorable employment. The
greatest need Is a demand on the part
of capital for some of this willing la
Dor. There will be cooks, carpenters,
Iyardmen, stewards, laundrymen and
ordinary laborers. 1t will be charity
a. well as good business to take adj
Vantage of this demand for employment
by putting into immediate execution
some of the schemes for Improvement
OF the city.
Does a man want to grade his lot?
Let him employ some of this labor. Are
there inexpensive lodgings to be put
Iup? The people who are to live there
can be employed to build them. In
stances might be multiplied, but the
gist of the appeal is that individuals,
business houses and corporations
should make an extra effort to put into
Immediate operation the schemes
which demand this class of labor.
Attention must be called however,
Ito this particular point in the situa-
Ition, that the man does not want labor
now so much as he wants lodging. He
will be glad of combination OF both,
but has no use of the former alone.
In many instances he has money; but
lit cannot buy him a home. Many pri-
vate citizens have or can make accom-
mediation for their laborers as well.
Applications for labor should be
made at once to Mr.. Theo. Richards,
who, with Mr.. d. II. Case, will have
their headquarters at the Punchbowl
street relief station.
Citizens Sanitary Committee.
Mr.. Bowen of Castle & Cooke was
appointed yesterday to assume charge
OF a clerical force for the purpose of
analyzing and compiling the daily re-
ports and notifying the inspectors OF
changes of residence, and of the action
taken by the committee upon various
ouAer reports. Is is estimated that In
addition to Mr.. Bowen, four clerks will
be required to keep this work up.
A number of complaints have been
made to the Committee that persons
OF responsibility are not only hinder
ing the inspectors In doing their duty,
but in some cases have actually cursed
and assaulted them. One arrest was
made yesterday for an assault made
upon an inspector and the trial comes
off this morning.
Such conduct Is looked upon by the
ISanitary Committee as doubly repre-
hensible as the work done by the in
spectors Is purely voluntary for the
benefit OF the public and not for their
personal welfare. In view OF the con-
tinuance OF these complaints the Com
mil,ee yesterday adopted the follow
ing resolution:
"N hereas, the present visitation OF
plague constitutes condition OF ser
lous menace and grave danger both TO
the public health and commercial IN
terests OF the community; 1t Is the
sense OF this committee that In this
crisis of public emergency, 1t Is not
only the positive and absolute duty OF
every householder OF whatever rank
or station, TO facilitate and assist such