The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-22
GOOD WORK At KAKAAKO
OVER SEVEN HUNDRED PEOPLE
WELL HOUSED.
New Clothing Given to Every Man,
Woman and Child-A Mixture OF
Three Races.

The seven hundred and twenty-th1ee
men, women and children a part of the
number made homeless on Saturday,
who were taken to Kakaako yesterday
are already more comfortably situated
than they were before the fire. Every
one of them has had a bath and a COM
plete change of clothing, and thanks to
the energetic work that was begun be-
fore the ruins of Chinatown ceased bur-
ing and kept up day and night ever
since, they have been well fed. A large
number of them are evidently delighted
with their present circumstances, and
show the greatest appreciation of what
is being done for them.
Kakaako station was emptied on Sat
urday night of those who had been
there under quarantine. Yesterday
morning the homeless people began to
arrive there, Hawaiians first, from
Hackfelds warehouse, then Japanese
and Chinese from Kawaiahao church.
There are 253 Hawaiians in the camp,
| 131 men, 102 women and 20 children. AS
fast as they arrived they were bathed
and given new clothing. They were put
in the two story building at the Waiki-
! XII end, formerly a leper station. At the
other end are the Japanese and the Chi
nese are in the middle. Corrals have
! been erected all over the grounds, and
different families have enclosures all to
| themselves. There are 1913 Japanese, 100
men, 64 women and 20 children. The
! Chinese number 276 of whom 122 are
children. There are SO men and S5 wo-
men. In spite of the mixture of races
and families there appear to be no cases
| of lost children. There has been no sick
| ness whatever in the camp. DR.. Bow
man makes examinations twice daily.
If any illness develops the victims will
be put in quarantine at once.
The work of getting the people into
proper condition and feeding them has
been an immense task and A. L. G.
Atkinson, who is in charge, as well as II
large corps of assistants, have been at
it almost all the time, without sleep.
The work of bathing the Chinese, for
example, was begun at ten o'clock last
night. 1t was six o'clock before the last
one had been given new clothing and
made fit to live in the camp. Mrs. H. S.
Townsend and Mrs. Davidson gave val
liable assistance in looking after the
women and children. Mrs Davidson is
the head nurse.
The people in the camp are given
! three meals a day Each race has the
sort of food that is most suitable. The
: Hawaiians get poi and meat or fish
) three times day, with coffee, crackers,
etc. For the Chinese there are rice.
pork salt cabbage, sugar and coffee
and the Japs feast on soy, rice, meat,
latkyo, misc, etc.
Among those who are working at the
camp as assistants to Mr.. Atkinson are
/, G.. e. Smithies, in charge of the office.
head guard f. w. Tenant A. w. Nee
ley, j. McComb j. Merseburg. The
camp has an office. like that of a good
| sized business house, with desks and a
! safe. 1t is kept wet with disinfectants
all the time and whenever any of the
, force from the office, from the kitchen
near by, or the store room, goes among
) the quarantined people, he is we'll sprin-
kled on returning, The homeless ones
are to be kept for ten days at KakaaAo
= Early this morning there was an addi-
S ton to the population. A Hawaiian
= baby girl was born. The child is a
e bouncer and Is getting along splendidly
S Before many days pass there will bt
. several Others to be looked after.