The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-12
CAMP WOOD
At KAHULU|
AHundred Railroad Men
Live There.
Twas QUARANTINE STATION
How Superintendent Filler Has I'm
proved the Place for His
laborers.

WAILUKU, Maui, Dec. 8.-When
antine station the buildings were pur-
chased by the II. G. & S. Co. for the
use of the laborers of the Kahulul
Railroad Company, and more than one
now.
At the invitation, and in company
with superintendent Filler. the Maui
News man visited the camp on We'd
nesday afternoon to observe the sani-
tary conditions. The population of the
same consists of Hawaiians, Chinese
and Japanese, some of whom are single
men and some who have families. The
grounds are covered with a growth of
soft, velvety grass and are kept abso-
Ilutely free from all rubbish and gar
Ibage, which is gathered every morning
and carried nearly half a mile from
the camp. Lime is freely used and the
houses and grounds are perfectly free
from all disagreeable odors.
When the buildings were first turned
lover to Superintendent Filler he re-
moved the rough board floors and fitted
every building in the camp with neat,
tongued and grooved floors. The build
ings are kept neatly whitewashed in
side and out and the occupants are re-
quired to keep the floors of their rooms
scrupulously clean. Each family has
one or more rooms of it's own and the
single men are assigned to rooms ir
groups of not more than five to ont
large room. No cooking is allowed il
the living rooms, kitchens having beer
built near the living rooms for culinar!
purposes. Superintendent Filler state
that at first he had some difficulty il
making the occupants keep their prem
ises clean and finally he adopted tn
plan, after Intellectual warnings, O
simply taking the offending members
/ with their household goods, and put
ting them out into the road withou
further warning. Two or three repeti
tions of this was sufficient and as
result every room in the camp is ker
as neat and clean as parlor.
=. A number of the rooms of the singl
= men were inspected and the most care
full housewife could have found nothin
in their condition to complain of. The
the families of the married men wer
+ visited in their homes and everythin
| was as spick and span as a new PHI
The women seemed proud of the nea
appearance of their rooms as they we
!, might be.
A camp boss is in charge of til
w premises and ii is his duty to see ths
everything is kept in good order in til
camp. Superintendent Filler has care
r fully weeded out all inefficient mel
and as the Kahului Railroad Compan
pays good wages. he has the pick
tthe best men on the Islands for labor
ers. The people in the camp can a
ford to live well and as a result the
physical condition and mental an
moral characters seem to have undel
gone a change so that they absolute
look different and more manly.
would be a good idea for some of II
plantation managers on Maui to Wis
the camp and initiate some of the r,
forms there initiated.
Another thing for which Mr.. Fill,
deserves much credit is the number
trees which he has set out in the cam
In few years beautiful rows of ire,
VIII adorn every avenue to the cam
This improvement in the condition
the laborers was not undertaken as
IN philanthropic, but rather as utilita
IN ian measure, and the company is a
ready reaping the fruits of its work
securing well-fed, well-house
healthy and contented set of industr
Gus and reliable laborers