The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-01
Ak
IS WELDED.
Health Board Cuts Off
Heads.
lRETRENCHMENT POLICY
Office Of Private Secretary Abol-
ished-- Better Sanitation
For Hilo.

In executive session yesterday the
Board of Health began a policy of re-
trenchment by using the ak freely and
cutting off the official heads of several
E. r. Hendry, private Sec
retary to the president of the board,
was the first one to be sacrificed. 1t
without secretary now that the rush
of plague business was over and 1t was
agreed to abolish the office.
The Office of chief sanitary inspector
was also abolished. This position had
been filled by Ed. Towse who resigned
recently and no successor will be ap-
pointed. The force of sanitary inspec-
tors will be cut down from six to FIVE
but who will be let out was not deter
mined. The position of sanitary in
spector at Waikiki, which had been
held by George Manson, was discon-
tinued also. The salary of DR.. Mon
sarrat, veterinary surgeon for the
board, was cut from SITS to s140 per
month. With these decapitations the
board rested content and hopes to be
able to keep within its monthly ap-
preparation, which in the past few
months has been exceeded by an
alarming amount.
From Hilo came word that the town
was rapidly becoming in dangerous
sanitary condition. Inspector Metz
stated to the board that there were no
'excavators there and that the cesspools
about the city were never emptied and
were likely to prove a faithful source
of disease.
at the time nf m visit with DIR
Carmichael we found the town In such
shape that if plague had found its way
thither it would have had q rich felc
to work in. Hilo is enough of a towr
now so that it needs to have It's sani
tary conditions carefully looked into
The principal street is along the water
front and is in bad condition, as bad
as Chinatown was before the plague
When the cesspools are filled ther'
they simply fill them in and dig new
! ones and as a result the soil is saturat
ed with filth. They have no excavation
there and there is no way of cleanin,
the cesspools.
Upon motion of Mr.. Lowrey 1t wa
decided to send to Hilo one of the extr;
odorless excavators now in this city.
Il hope the board understands" Dl
Garvin interjected just here, that b
sending an excavator to Hilo we shal
ihave to provide also mules to haul 1t,
force of men to work it and other &C
cessories."
But the board was unterrified an
tHiIo will get it's excavator, plus tn
mules and men. Mr.. Winston suggest
ing that it might be possible to fin
! some secondhand mules to send alon
with the secondhand excavator.
DIR. Pratt came forward with the oil
| story of builders who will not obtai
permits before they begin to erect the
! buildings. I'm one case" he said, q
Chinese erected nine buildings withot
: obtaining a single permit. He was al
rested on one of the charges and pt
up 800 bail and then forfeited tn
money and went on with his building
None of them followed the regulation
of the board and one place was simpl
filthy The owner has fourteen house
accommodating in the neighborhood {
800 people and he has but one cesspo
for them all, and that is a tiny litt
one. There are numerous cases iii
this coming to my attention daily, b'
cannot be everywhere at once and
: is natural that there. are many viola
. ors of the building regulations who
, miss entirely"
1t was decided that all violators
, the building ordinances should
, prosecuted vigorously and Attorpe.
General Dole promised his co-operatic