The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-04-17
SYDNEY IS
DANGEROUS
Reasons for Refusing
Freight.
PLUMBING REGULATIONS
Extreme Care Must be Taken to
Prevent Plague From
The South.


quorum for yesterdays Board OF
Health meeting; President Wood was
on hand in the chair and G. w. Smi h
and +. ]. Lowrey we've waiting. look
somewhat impatient at hav ng to do
business on Good Friday. A nessen-
ger was sent for Attorney General
Cooper, who was found four miles out
in the country. Mr.. Cooper, however.
came post haste to heal h heauquar-
tiers. finding on his arrival that he had
come away without his neck lie, where
upon he telephoned Mclnerny for a
dozen of "uhe kind he always wears"
managing 10 hide his gOld collar ui
with a dainty creation IN white befo
Secretary Wilcox had finished real-
ing the minu es Of previous meet ngs.
Minister Young, Rat Catcher Duvai,
detachment of plumbers and score
of serum seekers were present a. the
meeting. which was begun ABOUT half
past three o'clock
President Wood invited Minister
Young to address the meeting N
plumbing. Minister Young said that
he was extremely anxious TO see the
work of connecting houses with the
sewerage system started. He stated
that he had been troubling the ma ster
plumbers to get then to realize The
work before them and that they had
informed him that they were all ready
to go ahead but wished that rules and
regulations concerning the CITY
plumbing be adopted to facilitate and
render clear what had to be done.
The Minister remarked that one
master plumber had handed him,
through Mr.. Brown, a copy of the
San Francisco regulations concerning
plumbing. Mr.. Young thought these
were most satisfactory and that the
Board of Health could do no better
than to adopt the plumbing rules OF
San Francisco. The speaker went on
to say that we would have legislature
here within a year and then such reg
ulations could be changed or modified
as occasion demanded.
Attorney General Cooper believed
that it was not the office of the Board
to consider the legal aspect OF ru es
or regulations but simply to see that
the City plumbing was carried out In
a sanitary manner
F.. ]. Lowrey thought the Board
would be necessarily obliged to take
the opinion of some one else In the
matter since the members OF the
Board were unfamiliar with plumbing.
He understood that Mr.. Edwards had
the ord nance. on plumbing of several
cities of the Pacific Coast and that he
would be in a position to draw up a
t,pda for Honolulu
Emmeluth Talks.
John Emme,,lt.. said tina. the plumb
ing regulations had been SO long de-
ferred that unless Mr.. Edwards was
in a position to write up the regula-
tons between then and the departure
of the Australia there would be but
little use in his preparing them at
as so much time would be lost that the
necessary work could not be accom-
phehed at the time specified. Mr.. EN-
meluUh emphasized the necessity OF
the plumbers knowing jus. exactly
whaI the Government required, since
misunderstanding would only cause
more delay, and advocated the adop-
tion of the San Francisco pumb ng
regulations with one or two exeeo Ions.
DR.. Wood expressed 1t as his OPP n
ION that the Board could ATT very we'll
recommend regulations in hurry
when It's members did not understand
the subject.
G. w. Smith moved that Mr.. Ed
wards he instructed to draw up ru,es
and regulations on Plumb ng for Ho-
aolulu and submit them to the Board.
Minister Young though this was
very good IDEA and advised that the
matter be as expedltiously handled as
possible. He added that the sewerage
system would have to be finished n
November and that the pump would
be ready in May. He Thought hat The
regulations should compel people to
connect their houses With the sewer
and that no delay should be tolerated.
G. w. Smiths motion was here w.t.
ed upon and carried.
The Plague in Sydney.
The following communication from
Thee. H. Davies & Co., Ltd, was leAd
10y the Chair:
In accordance with the instructions
issued by you yesterday, the freight
brought from Sydney by the steamship
Miowera was carried on by that vessel
to Vancouver, and the perishable por-
ton will doubtless be total loss TO
the consignees here.
1t Is our understanding that the per-
ishable freight. butter and onions. by
that vessel was refused landing on
account of It's place OF origin being
presumably the vicinity of Sydney. but
we do not know why the European
freight transhipped onto the Mlowera'
in Sydney was refused landing, and
we should be greatly obliged to you
for information on this point.
A great deal of European freight
comes here by the steamers OF the
Oceanic Steamship Company. and the
Canadian Steamship Com
pany, and II is of great Importance that
thasa aUanfa In SVnnaV