The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-14
Try respectfully.
CITIZENS SAN. COM.
BY S. M. Ballou, Secretary.

DS =. M. y.
President Dole stated that he nad re-
ceived a similar letter from the same |
committee, but it had not been brought |
before the meeting of the Council of |
State because the Government was
awaiting further news from Washing |
ton.
Minister of Finance S. NJ. Damon
presented letter from Mr.. Theo. Rich
ards in which the latter gentleman
states there was house at the Punch
bowl street relief camp on the ground,
when it was first occupied by the Gov
eminent, to which an addition had
been built, so that now $50 people could
be accommodated. The cost of the
buildings was $4,000.
On the Vineyard street relief camp
there are houses now large enough for
$50 people. The expenses of these
buildings have been $1,000 1t is now
unuer contemplation to build addi-
tional houses there for at least SIS, 500
and lay sewer pipe to connect with
the river to cost about 81 900.
Minister S. M. Damon at this point
read the following act:
1 An act of the Council of State.
Act making special appropriation for
payment of expenses incurred by the
epidemic of bubonic plague.
Be it enacted by the Council of State
of the Republic of Hawaii:
Section /. The following sum-
amounting to $4,000 is hereby appro-
priated to be paid out of all moneys
in the Treasury received from all cur
rent receipts of the general revenues
OF the Republic of Hawaii.
For completion of detention camp
No. 2 vineyard street, including lay
ing of special sewer to the river &c.
000
Councillor A. G. NJ Robertson moved
that the bill pass.
Councillor P. O.. Jones asked if there
was not now enough room at the deten-
ton camp at Kakaako, from which
place, he understood, almost all the
people had been discharged.
. In reply Minister S. M. Damon said
that the people who came out Of the
detention camp seem to have great
aversion to the camp they have jus
LETT and express the desire to be allow
: ed to go to other clean places. There
fore. he thought 1t seemed best the adj
dition to this relief camp on Vineyard
, street should be built There are 30C
: people there now and he thought the
: whole addition contemplated would
J be soon fully occupied. He believed the
2 Government should put itself on record
TO the effect that it had done all that
: was possible to make the people com
/ Portable.
councillor A. V. Gear wished to know
IL the land on Vineyard street had
oeen secured by lease or otherwise. He
iurther asked what disposition would
d De made of the buildings after they
r were no further required for the pur-
1 pose Tor which they were now erected
D Minister Alexander Young stated the
Government had secured lease for
T nve years for the land upon which the
= hal1h1 detention camp has been erect
q ed: The land on Vineyard street is
8 oftered free of rent for one year by Mr.
Theo. Richards, and he did not expect
L there would be any difficulty in reach
G ing an arrangement about the houses
r He thought the Government should
!, build the addition to the relief camp
= specified. The camp is for people who
VIII try to find work in town, and
: when these come home from their
0 work they should have more room
S than can be obtained at the detention
: camp. The addition will probably
t cost as much as $4,000; this amount
b should be appropriated and the interior
Department would spend as little of il
Y as possible.
b Council or Kaulukou said he thought
r we should come to a definite under
standing as to the ownership OF the
buildings after the one year specified
has elapsed
Minister Young replied that it was
his understanding the Government
would be allowed to remove the build
ings. The Government was dealing
with respectable people, and, there
fore. he thought there would De ne
trouble in that regard
Councillor Kaulukou said he was II
favor Of passing the bill. upon the IN