Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-02-24
HEALTH BOARD MEETING

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yesterday afternoon there were pres
ent the following: President Wood.
DIR. Day. +. NJ. Hatch, Minister Cooper,
Geo. w. smith and +. J. Lowrey. At
ter reading the minutes of the meet
ing Thursday and the resolutions re-
garding Block 10 adopted at a meeting
Friday. President Wood brought up
several freight matters which had been
mentioned to him by various mer-
chants OF the town.
II. Hackfeld & Co. wanted permits |
sion to ship european goods to the |
other islands in original packages after |
subjecting the same to a form of dis |
infection approved by the Board. |
Others had complained about the lack
of coal at certain places on the other
islands and asked to be allowed to
ship some.
DR.. Wood then went on TO speak
about the unsatisfactory method of
hauling the vessels to within six feet
away from the wharves and keeping
them there by means of lines only.
Sometimes one end of the island
steamer would be nine feet away from
wharf and the other only about two
Itt's ODJttttu very
ly to this but the men told him that,
in taking heavy machinery aboard,
steamer was bound to swing in on ac-
count OF the weight. After this, tim
bers Jutting six feet out from the wharf
will be used so that there will be no
possibility of getting in closer than
six feet.
President Wood stated that il would
be best, now that the existence Of the
plague has gone beyond the time ex-
pected, to again look over the Boards
list OF permitted goods and revise 1t.
During the first three weeks the lines
were drawn very close to prevent any
possibility of the plague getting to the
other Islands, but the people there
could not be allowed to starve and 9TH
er things were added to the list when
1t was found that the epidemic was
not ceasing.
Mr.. Hatch brought up the matter Of
proper appliance for the fumigation
of the holds of vessels, particularly
large vessels from the Orient. II was
then moved that a committee be APP
pointed to look into the matter and
DR.. Wood chose DR.. Day and Geo. w.
Smith.
Here arose discussion on the ship
| ment OF wines and food. Mr.. Smith
did not like the idea of allowing the
| former and prohibiting the latter Sal
mon and beef in casks should be IL
lowed to go to the other islands after
disinfection.
President Wood next read the CON-
munication from the Citizens Sanitary
Committee, reference to which was
made in yesterdays Bulletin. Mr..
Hatch said: The members OF the
Board appreciate very highly the APP
proval OF the Citizens Sanitary Com
mittee and regret their dissatisfaction.
| At the same time the Committees
views are from one side of the case
only and would not influence the
Board at all In its consideration Of the
matter. The Board deeply appreciates
the valuable assistance which the
Sanitary Committee has rendered and
they value their assistance more than
their approval. The Committee seems
to lose sight OF the Judicial element OF
the Board altogether. The Board Is a
Dody whose functions are judicial IN
their nature. IL mas TO weigh the facts.
An irresponsible man could not do
that' Inc Board Is responsible body
one OF the members remarked that
the citizens Sanitary Committee could
assist the Board very much by ferret
ing out An lungs whereabouts In ka-
kaako ana Pauoa before his death.
Any assistance which the newspapers
could give In the matter would DE
greatly appreciated.
Dr. WOOD stated that he had asked
the assistance OF the committee. Mr.,
Ihurston was unable to give him any
information through his sub-inspec-
TORS. Marshal Brown had also been UNI
successful
MI. Hatch remarked that, while APP