The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-19


military guards, work upon the struct-
ure has been pushed rapidly. and the
new station was finished yesterday
evening.
Board OF Health Meeting.
At O'Clock yesterday afternoon the
following members OF the Board were
present: President Wood. in the chair;
George w. Smith, F. NJ. Hatch. DIR. Day
and DR.. Emerson. Attorney General
Cooper was not present, assigning as
a reason that he was too tired 10 be
there at that time.
The first business transacted was the
reading of the report of the special san
itaTy committee with relation TO the
Kewalo district. This report more
than ever demonstrated the crying need
for the early erection OF a garbage
crematory. The report, which is given
below, was accepted by the Board upon
motion and ordered published for the
benefit of the community:
c. b. Wood, N. D., President OF Board
OF Health.
Sir:-Your committee appointed to
investigate and report on the sanitary
condition OF the Kewalo district and to
recommend such sanitary improve
ments as, in their opinion. may he
needed. would report as follows:
The district examined is Included be-
tween Punchbowl, Queen. South. King.
Sheridan streets and the ocean, and
contains about 367 acres.
A considerable portion OF this dis
trict IS about level with the ocean at
high tide and much OF IL is covered
with water during the wet season.
In places basins have been excavat-
ed. making ponds, the eXcayaied mate
rial being used to raise the surface OF
the surrounding land. Many OF these
ponds have no outlet and water, fouled
by household use and overHowing
privies. drains into them besides being
n convenient place to throw rubbish OF
every description, making condition
that is a fruitful source OF disease.
In other places the refuse from the
city. composed OF vegetable matter
mixed with household waste. has been
used as filing. There are spots where
such filling is floating upon hidden
water which. TO the observer, looks
solld but is not safe TO walk upon.
Holes dug through this material re-
veal a decaying mass. through which
! highly colored Shiny water Is ooziDg
and the gases produced by the process
of decomposition Is very much in
evidence The presence OF large swarns
: OF flies at the place where the Govern
? ment Is now depositing and burning
the city refuse would seem 10 indicate
that considerable decaying animal and
; vegetable matter has not been destroy
/. ed and is in process Of decomposition.
1 The channel of the stream that has
! its source near the intersection Oi
ID 4ha
Meeting branches are in an insanitary
q condition.
Privies and the surrounding ground
z soon become very foul as vaults canno'
!, be dug, but few inches below the sur.
u face and as the ground Is not porous
there are frequent overfiows. In som,
= places privies are placed over water
r but from such places IL is impossible
!. for any floating substance 20 reach tn
d ocean. Near South street there IL {
z modified form OF earth closet in use.
z There are several partially grades
q streets on some OF which, today. II Il
A impossible 20 pass on dry ground am
: elevated sidewalks are built along tn
= sides OF the street.
Many OF the streets are but alley
seemingly laid out without any regar'
I. 20 existing streets or future extension
:, OF existing streets.
d This insanltary condition is confines
= largely 10 the immediate vicinity q
l. buildings. and along water courses tina
n are near them.
3 This district r. near the center of IN
% city and ~ allowed TO remain in II
lf present condition will always be class
n "a as cheap land and II half as densei
~ populated as Chinatown" Il will be
come a much more unhealthy spot tha
a that place and constant source q
> danger to,the good health OF the who'll
A. city.
= ne problem Is q raise the surfao
- OF this district above ground wate