The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-11

on sanitary lines, as much as you can 4
the people living in the building"
DR.. Day: suppose We interfere with l
a man erecting a building and arrest 4
the owner or builder; We contest the I
matter in the courts. II the court de- .
cided We had not the power TO prevent /.
HIM erecting the building. of course. /
that would stop it. The Board would /.
then feel that il had done its duty to /
the community. We ought to give the /.
community the benefit of the doubt. II
seems to me we ought to look 10 the
future interests of the city"
Persons from Quarantine.
President Dole brought forward the
question of providing for the people
who are about to leave the quarantine
camps their period of quarantine hlv-
ing expired. 4 great many will seek
the tenements outside the old district.
The inspectors should see that the air
and space regulation is enforced in
such tenem5nts.
Mr.. Gait: 81 have eigh.y-two Chi
nese. japanese and Hawliians whose
ueri~d of quarantine has expired at
Eak8akO-tEc ten days quarantine.
Shall I discharge them?'
This phase of the quarantine regula-
ti0rs was evidently unpreparCd for nE
the Board. whose efforts have been
centralized mainly on quarters for the
reorle as they are brought out of the
/ infected district. Forty-One Chinese
/ are in somewhat destitute circum-
stances and will need assistance upon
leaving quarantine. Mr.. Gait said ne
/ had examined a piece Of lard just ma
/ kai of Queen street on PunchbOWl
street which would accommodate 100
reople. The property, it was stated,
had already been secured so these peo-
pie could locate upon 1t.
As these people have been IN con-
tact with more recent arrivals from
Chinatown. Mr.. Smith said he did nor
consider that they had fully stayed
,beir quarantine. and upon motion Of
the Board il was decided that they
would have to remain a full ten days
in quarantine without coming In con-
oct with new arrivals. This will keen
4ba piqhtv-two people In Kakaako I'M
til Saturday.
i A letter was read from Consul Cen
oral HAYWOOD relative to making use
of the Queen Hotel as a place Of quar-
,rtire for intending passengers to the
Coast. DR.. Wood appointed DR.. Day
a committee of one to confer with Dr.
Carmichael
More Buildings to Purn.
The question Of burning six cottages
this morning facing on kukui lane. as
included i'm the Boards order yester-
dav morning. was brought NJ bv Mr..
Robertson. He stated that Mr.. Ripley
fe1t that they could be rendered sani-
tqrv otherwise than by subiecting them
IN fire. III kept vacant and remOdeled
Mr.. Robertson thought by this means
the buildings could be saved from de-
structiOn.
president Wood: "The question is
whether the plague can be eradicated
in this manner rather than by fire"
Mr. Hatch: 81 don't see any reason
WHY we should reconsider our action.
Dr.. Emerson: 'T am opposed Il
modifying the action of the Board this
+ morning"
Mr.. smith: so am T." De-
, DR.. Day: at don't see any reason
, for changing orr decision"
The Board. by these utternnceS. has
announced a strong policy that wher-
ever they deem IT necessary 10 amply
r the torch. that action shall be hno
: and the condemned structures must go
TrOn motion Of Dr. Day the ren0ri
Of the Sanitary Committee was accept
C. ed and the same ordered published.
Colonel Fisher. who now has ch7rg.
2 Of the districts outside the infected
Chinatown quarter. asked the B1art
for more definite instructions as TO The
I duties Of himself ard INSPECTORS, an'
/, desired to know explicitly what va
y -enrired Of him He stated he had Ill
- vided his district into fifty-fve sec
y tons. and If thorough Inspection wa
made. such as was instituted durin'
The cholera time. the entire d'strlc
=. would have to be so suhdivided. Il
- felt that If the Board was brought FAC
20 face with an impending endemic
- then the only manner in which tn
e district could be thoroughly inspecte
:. would he nv calling out the Citizen;
) Guard Most OF these were residents o
&c the district. ard could readily inspec
small subdivision. which would re
= suit throughout in a complete census
:, Marshal Brown. who was present, wa
~ conferred with by Colonel Fisher. an
Il the former acduiesced in the need @
!. calling the Citizens Guard ont. ifmor
y drastic measures were taken by tn
- Board.
Upon motion of Mr.. Smith the Boar
y adjourned at 5:45 p. m.
.e Chinatown Census.
,e The census of all persons at presen
u IN the infected district was complete
II last night and the following approx
mate figures we're handed in to IN
IS Board ~ HeaIth by Dr. Pratt:
le Block /. S3i: 2. 500; 3 and 4, 3GS:
u and 6. SIS: Z. 257: ard Q. AZ; 10. Jos
u Il. 21O: 70 ard %. POI; - ard H. "a
le Is G17: b 10. 1917: Is and Il ZIG
E Is. 10 ard 90. go: q. % and .. g
ID Total 1912. PlCck Is Is under Two II
|snectors on account Of this large are
e The district commonly called China
D. town. that is from Queen 10 B7-et2ni
between Nuuanu end River streets cor
{. tafr- t.o59 persons and the r0n1lati0
U. outside Of that area but within ~
$ infected district number 1858 person
ct DETENTION CAMP NOTES.
d After the removal Of the three ~
, ITEMS TO the cd npsthOuse the old bal
a. 4l--- e+r+frv HrrsT1rvrr- moro burned vpt