The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-28

PRICE FIVE CENTS.
date Of the case in the detention camp.
ANY time set by the Board for the
raising of the quarantine in Kahului
would necessarily date then from Feb
ruary 18th
Mr.. Hatch: 81 move that after the
expiration Of thirty days from the date
OF the last case Of plague in Xahului,
providing no other cases or suspicious
cases appear, the quarantine be rails
ed" Carried.
The same motion was made concern j,
ing Hio and was also unanimously
carried.
1nsanitary Palama Pond.
DR.. Wood; 81 would like ingtruc-
tions in regard to pond in Falama-
A Chinaman made application 10 me
this morning for permission 10 remove
the hsh and lilies from the pond. He
had leased this pond In November last
for the purpose of catching the fish
| and using the lilies as vegetables. In
view OF the fact that the pond has been
declared nuisance and insanitary, /
I u
have To consult with the Board before
| could give him an answer"
DR.. Emerson: 81 move that permls-
sion to remove the fish and lilies from
this pond be denied" Carried
| Mr.. Hatch: 81 understand that a.
water c.oset used by one of the plague
victims was situated right on the edge
of this pond"
hot Air Disinfecting Plant.
| DR.. Wood: 81 have to report that 7
have secured the figures in regard to
the erection of hot-air disinfectfng
plant at the Aala warehouse. The Ho-
no-ulu Iron Works will erect the re-
qulred apparatus at cost of $3.50. /
received an application yesterday Tor
permission to snip rice, flour, salt and
sugar in bags from Honolulu after
they had been disinfected In the hot
air chamber. asked Mr.. Smith 10 ex-
/ pertinent on these articles in bags in
order to ascertain whether the heat
would penetrate not only the bags but
through the material ITSELF He did so
and understand the experiments were
not a success
Mr.. Smith explained to the Board
how he had placed wax in little glass
tphia.s and placed them in the middles
fof bags of flour, sugar and rice, and
then placed the bags and their com
tents in she hotSair chamber at very
high temperature for sixty minutes.
On removing the phials after that
time he found that the wax had not
melted, proving that heat sufficient
to destroy bacilli had not penetrated
the centers of the bags.
DIR. Wood: "Yh9 other TslQude
some Of them, are In very serious need
of foodstuffs."
i Mr.. Hatch: Cannot special ar
raDgements be made for shipping
those things absolutely necessary
without raising the quarantine?"
Mr.. Smith: .'The plantation labor
ers when deprived of their customary
food are susceptible to disease
DR.. Wood: Il think we will have
to take some special steps to provide
for the shipping of rice anyhow; 1t is
perhaps the most necessary article OF
food. as far as the plantation laborers
are concerned"
DR.. Emerson: Rice for the most
part is prepared and bagged outside
the limits OF Honolulu. 1t passes
through here in good bags, and /
should think there would be very lit
town unless the bacilli have the power
of penetrating into the contents"
Mr.. Lowrey: IF the rice were hand
led in small enough bags / should
think it would be susceptible to the
power of hot-air disinfect!on."
DR.. Wood: THE 10th of January
cleaned up the ripest part Of the
p ague-infected district and we should
consider this and the time that has
elapsed between the more recent cases.
/ know that all business is suffering on
account of the plague, some more than
others; perhaps the foodstuffs trade
has the worst of it. Conditions are
becoming such that we will have to
consider the sending of necessary ar
ticles to the other Islands. 1t Is be-
coming urgent and the Plantations IN
many cases viii be subjected 10 great
hardship and suffering unless we send
them supplies"
DR.. Wood enquired of merchant
present at the Board meeting, if the
demand from the other Islands for
-four, etc, could be supplied quickly
enough, if the bags and their contents
had first to pass through the hot-air
dieinfector.
The reply was that the arrangement
tory one. Rice was most needed and
large shipments of that article would
be necessary.
: DR.. Emerson: Il move that the
matter be referred to the President of
the Board or 70 whomever he chooses
,, to appoint 70 investigate as to the
, prozT ects cf shipping rice and report
a back % the Beard. If it is possible to
allow it, it should be allowed
. Several prominent Honolu mer-
! chants VINO were present at the Board
) meeting yesterday with certain written
: suggestions on the shipping of food
/ stuffs, were very interested listeners
to all the Boards deliberations. Mr..
Smith had copy of their suggestions;
2 also list Of foodstuffs they desired to
I ship.
d Mr.. Smith: "T would like TO add rice
{ to the list | have here, as consider it
{ a most necessary article and think
that 1t can be properly disinfected be-
/ fore being shipped. Perhaps it would
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