The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-06

/ u Specldl COIldSSS DIT hdllUl-hdl. "A
baby belonging to one of the families
! thus removed had died of plague on
| Sunday, showing that the infection
must have been carried from the cot
tage on block is in which they had
resided. He stated also that the cot
tage at Kalihi had been burned.
| The question arose as to the dis
position of the cottage in which the
late Mr.. Robertson had resided. Mr..
Hatch moved that the house be de-
clared infected with plague and the
cottage be destroyed by fire. The mo-
ton was seconded by Mr.. Lowrey and
carried.
Condemned Freight.
Mr. Smith called the attention of the
Board again to the perishable freight
on the wharf. He had visited the place
second time and found great guam
tity or fruit and eggs in bad condition.
He had seen Mr.. Stackable, the Col
| lectOr-General, who stated he had not
received an order to destroy the
freight. The Collector-Generalh had ex-
pressed desire to assist the Board in
destroying such freight as the Board
had condemned. The Board looked up
|
disposition of the freight in question,
and found it called for general destruc-
ton. An agent of the Board, or Mr.. c..
b. Reynolds, will make careful in
spection of the freight, and make his
recommendations to the Collector
General.
A suggestion was made that the
Board make test as to whether plague
germs can be effectually destroyed by
Ifumigation. Mr.. Hatch suggested that
the germs be placed in a piece of cloth
and then put in a packing case and
subjected to the usual fumigating proc
esses. If it could be effectually ac-
complished, then the fumigation of
goods would be all that was necessary,
instead of totally destroying them.
Mr.. Cooper brought up the question
of the destruction of the Aala ware
house merchandise. He stated the
matter had come up in the Cabinet
, meeting in the forenoon. The Cabinet
) wanted more express information as to
} just what valuation would be placed
on the total amount of goods, and what
the Sc % per cent. would approximate.
1t transpired however, that the EXecu-
| tive Council did not receive the entire
resolution of the Board through some
) the matter, an Mr.. Cooper said
, that would explain everything to the
| Cabinet as they desired.
The Sewer System.
: Mr. Cooper advised the Board that
the Minister of Interior will advertise
, for tenders for the completion of the
entire sewerage system Immediately
/ he also stated that Mr.. Dole had writ
2 ten President Mckinley in regard to
: filtration and sewerage asking that
authority be extended to complete the
work
The question was brought up why
saloons have not been closed during
/ the present epidemic. 1t was stated
that if the churches were compelled
to close their doors by order Of the
Board there was more reason and logic
!. for the closing up of saloons. Satur-
20 day nights the saloons were crowded
Vito the doors, and with the very class Of
men who are more likely to be visited
by the plague. The business houses
have been closed, but no one had made
= a move to have the saloons closed. The
, matter was laid on the table.
7 The Board then adjourned to vlsl
. the district of Kewalo.
S Board Visits Kewalo.
At g O'Clock yesterday afternoon the
: Board, consisting of President Wood
George w. Smith, Attorney Genera
: Cooper. DIR. Day, F. M. Hatch and F
: j. Lowrey, accompanied by Surveyor
n wv. E. Wall and an Advertiser reporter
v made thorough inspection of kewalt
: district, upon which an exhaustive re
port had been rendered on Januar.
d 18th by w. E. Wall, Ernest Wodenous
= and f. B. Edwards.
d Driving down Punchbowl street t.
n a point opposite the Government coal
: yard, the Board alighted and inspecte,
: two large ponds, one of which is stag
!, nant, filled with green scum, rushe
= and an accumulation of garbage, whic,
u permeated the air with sour odol
- almost sickening. The other was no
- so foul, but was in the second stage G
d decay. The rear portions of the house
n facing on Punchbowl street were erect
ed over these Shiny sloughs, very lii
tie of the backwards being har
ground Little children playing upo
~ the small portions of hard ground wer
L hardly able TO avoid the slime. A
the ground was saturated and tn
n odors were so nauseating that tn
IN Board soon beat a retreat Thes
as ponds, together with almost all th
in land around them to the shore, belor
a. to the Bishop Estate.
The Sewer Reservoir
or Following the road past the batter
Ut camp and pest hospital, the Board the
Id visited the sewer exit and the lars
y. receiving sewer tank. Several men
I'd bers descended one of the manholu
er into this great cement basin, whiC
n extends fourteen feet below the su
ne face of the ground, and, therefore, a
most the same number of feet belo
ID the sea level at high tide. The par
or found themselves in a room with C
ne ment arched roof, supported by Gig
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