The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-01-20
COUNCIL OF STATE MEETS
MATTER OF MORE MONEY GOES
TO COMMITTEE.
Another Session to be Held This After
noon-Letter and Offer Of Merchants
of the city.

The Council Of State met in extraor-
binary session yesterday afternoon to
consider the matter of appropriating a
further sum of 100000 for damages in
Chinatown. After discussion the mat
ter went to a special committee with
instructions to report before another
meeting at o'clock this afternoon.
Minister Damon presented the sub
ject, reading the communications of the
merchants committee and Board Of
Health, and the resolution and bill pre-
pared by the Executive Council. Presl-
dent Dole related the occurrences Of the
forenoon in regard to the matter. At
torney General Cooper said he was in
favor of the measure and did not be-
lieve there were any legal .impediments
in the way of the appropriation.
Mr.. Jones moved that the bill pass.
Mr.. Achi asked the Attorney General If
the Board Of Health had authority I'M
der the law to burn property as it was
now doing. Mr.. Cooper replied that the
Board was acting clearly within It's
powers.
Mr.. Kaulukou moved to refer to a
committee. Carried. The following were
appointed to report at 2 o'clock this aft
ernoon: J. L. Kaulukou, A. G.. NJ. Rob
ertson and A. V. Gear
Following is the letter of the mer-
chants which brought out the action of
yesterday:
Honolulu, H. l., Jan. 10, 1900.
To the Honorable Board of Health,
Honolulu, H. dear Sirs: At meet
ing held this 10Th day of January by the
wholesale merchants of Honolulu the
following resolution was adopted:
Whereas, the wholesale merchants of
Honolulu, having met on the 1st day of
January, 1900, appointed Messrs. J. F.
Hamburg, ]. Wakefield and c. Kaiser a
committee to act for them and to con-
suit with the Board of Health and ten
der their services in saving and remov-
ing all the goods possible from blocks
condemned by the honorable Board of
Health and stow the same in proper
warehouse until the quarantine is rails
ed; and,
Whereas the committee acting under
such instructions have removed quite a
lot of merchandise from said condem-
ned blocks after being fumlgated by the
Board of Health and stored them in
warehouses built and rented for that
purpose; and,
Whereas the plague being on the in
crease and some cases traced to the
handling, carting and storing of the
goods before and after fumigation,
which shows that the fumIgation is not
effective; and,
Whereas, the greater portion of the
goods already moved and those to be
moved from said condemned blocks are
of a perishable nature and liable to
spoil and create a nuisance in itself;
therefore be it
Resolved, That the Wholesale mer-
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orable Board of Health stop all further
moving and saving of merchandise ant
private efforts from the infected dis
trict, in order to more effectually ant
quickly eXterminate the disease, which
if continued for any length of time will
become a menace to commerce and pub
| lie health
And the meeting further recommends
That the honorable Board of Health an.
point a commission of three members
| to appraise said stocks and losses, anC
settle the claims on basis of &c 2-3 pei
cent.
respectfully submitted,
! (Sgned) H. Hackfeld & Co., Ltd, by
! w. VOTERS, directors; NJ. Phillips &
Co.; M. S. Grinbaum & Co., Ltd, per A
Gartenberg, secretary; Theo. H. Davies
& Co., Ltd, by James Wakefield; Hoff
| oSAioSBSl * W. LII, ny IOpeII Il
Lange, manager; The Won Hamm
Young Co., Ltd, by c. Won Hamm; The
Washington Mercantile Co., Ltd, by w
E. Burnett, secretary; L. B. Kerr; M
w. McChesney & Sons; c. Brewer &
Co., Ltd, by George H. Robertson
manager; S. Kimura; California Feed
Co., Ltd, by T. ]. King, manager; Con
salves & Co, Ltd, by f. Hutchinson
manager; Macfarlane & Co., Ltd, by
w. Lishman; Hawaiian Hardware Co.
Ltd, by Abraham Fernandes; w. G
Irwin & Co., Ltd, by it's second vice
president, w. M. Giffard; Pacific Hard
ware Co., Ltd, by L. e. Pinkham, man
ager and treasurer; Lyman Brothers.
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