The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-01
JAP ANESE
FIRE CLAIMS
Reimbursement Was
Discussed.
MASS MEETING ON STREET
Consul Saito's Plans for Submit
ting the Losses to the
Government.

Something over a hundred Japanese at
tended the meeting Saturday evening on
Nuuanu street which was called for the
purpose of discussing plans for securing
a settlement of the claims resulting from
the sanitary fires during the epidemic of
the plague last winter and spring.
The meeting was held in the japanese
Primary School and the dimly lighted
room was filled with japanese when Con-
sui Mkt Saito called the meeting to or
der. Mr.. Saito said that it would be nee
essary to appoint a committee to investi-
gate the losses sustained by all the Jap
anese merchants whose places of bust
ness had been in the burned district Mr..
Saito then read a statement of the pur-
pose of the meeting. of which the follow
ling is a brief translation:
Il This meeting is to ask the property
losers to produce their itemized statement
| in English at their immediate convent
ence. if there may be any person who has
not yet secured the same
-. To rectify the statements which
been corrected since they-have received
back their property from the warehouse
OF Aala
%. To appoint a committee to receive
rectified statement per block where they
used to live before the sanitary fire.
| The details concerning the fire have
been sent to Washington. Mr.. Saito said
ard have been placed in the hands of the
japanese Minister there. Owing to the
ne gligence of the property losers in giving
! In their statements of losses there has
been delay In giving them to the Terri
torial Government. He urged all who
had sustained losses to attend at once to
this matter of preparing their statements.
| 1t had been decided, he said, to allow
three weeks additional time within which
to prepare these statements and he urged
ltfat all sufferers by the fires prepare
their statements at once. He also asked
that list be given him as soon as pos
Isible of all those who had suffered loss
by the fire whether in the large conflagra-
liter in Chinatown or in the burning OF
buildings about the city by order of the
Board of Health during the plague cpl
ldemic. so that it might be possible for
him to check up on all the losers when
the lists were sent on of the property de-
lstroyed.
Mr. Saito spoke likewise of the losses at
IKahului, Maui as a result of the plague
fires and also at Hilo. These losses will
HE considered at later date. Mr.. Saito
lsaid. 1t was suggested that all who put
lin their list of losses have them attested
Thy at least two Witnesses, so that there
might be less danger of any items being
disallowed Mr. Saito urged that all the
members of the Japanese colony here
should cooperate with him to have ar
learly settlement made of the claims.
Short speeches were also made by Mes
srs. Susumago. r Ishikawa and |. kato
all Of whom asked for information on
some of the minor points with reference
10 the inventories.
| Consul Saito intends to make a strong
leffort TO have all the claims liquidated by
the Territorial Government and, failing
lin this will take the matter to the FEEDER
ial GoVernme mt