The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-02
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Camp Wood Celebrates
March 18th.
Mauites Register 4 Kick High Trade
Winds - General News
And Shipping.

KAHULUI, Maui. March Dist, 1900
Twenty-four days have now passed
without a case of plague, or even a
suspicious sickness in Kahului. The
little community is congratulating it,
self upon having passed the danger
point, and is looking forward with i'm
patience to the opening of the port and
the removal of restrictions upon BUSH
ness.
AS has already been stated, a gal
vanized corrugated iron rat-proof fence
has been erected around the entire
town, and another around the railroad
premises proper. All warehouses have
been sealed up with cement, and all
the inhabitants of the town have been
removed to a detention camp. IL was
generally supposed that this step was
preliminary to a general rat crusade,
but no movement in this direction has
been commenced, although today Is the
sixth following the removal OF the last
OF tne people to camp.
Lite In Camp.
| The new camp, next to Camp Wood,
| but upon the seward side, is a collec-
ton OF eight two-rOomed cottages nav
| ing kitchens attached. The buildings
are quite comfortable affairs, built of
Nor'west slabs with joins covered by
| baItens, floors of tongue and grooved
surfaced lumber and rooted with cor
rugated iron.
| Every lnnabitant was allowed to take
with HIM or her, just as much per-
sonal effects as wanted, and the conse-
quence is that all the temporary homes
are made IdIly comfortable. 1t Is also
worthy OF note, tina, although the au-
tnoI.,.es aIe prepared 10 provide FOR
ali very few have awaited themselves OF
the offer.
! lac new camp is generally dubbed
| Camp WOOd-De' by the community,
ana although life during the day is
pretty SOW, the amusement being
wei confined to surf bathing or card
playing, ample compensation is made
Tor the days sIOWness Oy the night S
frVOnty. WIN view 10 providing
amusement Tor themselves, a platform
has been buut, made OF tongue and
grooved lumber and well planned and
waXed for dancing.
| On the nIsuL "a the nth of Ireland,
the new floor was opened with really
enjoyable dance. Music was furnished
by quInJeLLe of boys and a Regina
music box, and proved entirely saus-
factory 10 the lovers OF the hight IAN
| tastic." Alter the dance, refreshment
Vas prOyIueu ana Lne tOIl4ng OF the cur
| few bell, or rather the dinner bell at
the solemn hour of midnight warned
| the merIymakei that St. faLTlck'S day
was over and that 1t was time 10 al
journ. Next Saturday night is being
eagerly looked Tor by eyei ybody, as a
grand luau Is announced. Already
preparations are wei under way, and
from present indications a jolly time
is assured.
Only one matter mars the content
ment of those IN camp, ana that Is tine
bnssIul uncertainty OF things IN gen.
eral. The darkness in winch every
body is kept as to future intentions
of the authorities is beginning 10 pal
upon the peopIe, and some very caustiC
lcriticisms are heard upon all sides
Inc fact that six rays out of the fifteer
tnan the closing OF gates at night IN
Kahului is strongly commented upon
People are asking why they were re
moved from their homes, which to al
intents and purposes are clean as theil
present habitations, unless some effor
to made to reduce the danger of fresl
outbreak by DISCRIMINATING the rats. /
lWOuiu seem that N kahului is infected
by rats having travelled over the sol
and houses, IL is equally as reasonably
to assume that the site of the new
camp, which is situated only about hal
mile back OF the town, is equally in
fected, especially as it Is stated by NJ
less than three of the inhabitants o
the old camp Camp Wood that a ra
was actually seen in the kitchen of tn
camp, very much alive.
Railroad employees are carried L
and from camp to their work twice
day.
a Washington light plant has beer
installed on the railroad wharf ant
night gangs are working on the ships
cargOes.
Boiled linen is at premium in IA
hului, sweaters and negligee shirts ar
fashionable. Only one Jap laundry
= woman in camp and she can't do starcl
, goods-its cheaper to buy new ones.
A hay wagon ride is being talked o
at the camp.
The old pig pen and stables belong
ing to Sam Sing Co. and situated o.
the outskirts of the town in the direC
ton of wen 5, were destroyed by fir
on Monday by order of the author
tiles.
Some more burning off Is talked c
as soon as weather conditions will pei
. nit Amongst those buildings doome
is a stable in rear Of the Kahului stor
and one or two small cottages.
DEPARTED:-Schr Dora Blum
for San Francisco with sugar,
March: sch. Helen N. Kimball, for Ha
ma, to load: bktn. Chehalls, for Astori'
empty, March 10.
II The Bloemfontein Is chartered
load sugar here for San Francisco an
is expected from Honolulu daily. tt
Antfope and Nuuanu both carry suga
;. and are filing up fast.
VESSELS IN PORT:-Ant'ope, Nul
u ann Novelty ard Mary Buhne.
ARRIvED:-March II, schr. Mar
! Buhne. from Gray's Harbor, with lun
:, Der, 80 days out.