The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-30
CARS
Manager Pain Asks For
Information.
Board of Health Importuned for
Copies of 0rders--NO Clean
ing Yet Done.

Since the 18th of this month the cars
of the Hawaiian Tramways Company,
Limited, have been laid up in the
stables by order Of the Board of Health,
upon the recommendation of the
Boards Special Agent, Mr.. Lydecker.
The latter's recommendations to the
Board were that the cars should be
taken off the line while they were prop
erly cleaned, renovated and disinfected
until there would be none of the usual
unsavory odors clinging thereto.
.. few days after streetcar traffic
was discontinued, a very peremptory
request was received from the attorney
of the Tramways Company, in which
he stated that If the Board did not al
low the cars to run without further
mo.estation, the members of the Board
OF Health would be liable to suit for
damages.
1t seems however, that the Company
has not attempted to place it's cars in
the sanitary condition ordered by the
Board, and after ten days delay, the
following letter was sent to the Board
of Health:
c. Wilcox, Secretary Board of Health.
Dear Sir:-Will you be good enough
to supply me with a copy of Mr.. Lydeck-
er's report to your Board on or about
the 18th instant as to the condition of
this company's cars, whilst holding the
appointment of special agent to the
Board of Health, and it is further asked
that you will kindly furnish me with
copy of the minutes of the action of
the Board whilst the matter was before
them, and what order was made by
them, and what order was maze by the
Board on the 18th day of January, or
on any other day on which the matter
was pending before them. l would men
tion that our business having been Sc
riously interfered with, we are DESTROYS
to receive such full information which
you may be able to impart to US, in
Guiding the report of the said Inspector
and Prof. Ingalls, dated on or about the
26th instant.
Yours truly,
w. H. PAIN,
Manager Hawaiian Tramways Co., Ltd.
Manager Pain was furnished the or
der and resolution of the Board of
Health stopping further car service I'M
til the sanitary regulations were COM
piled with, at the time the resolution
went into effect. Several suggestions
have been made to Mr.. Pain during the
ten days interval, but in each case the
Manager has given but one reply, II
have nothing to say"
The question as, to whether the
Tramways Company understood what
was meant by putting it's cars in a
sanitary condition was brought up by
one of the Board members, and there
fore the manager will be furnished
complete copies of the special agents
report together with his recommenda-
tions for cleansing.
Mr.. Dole speaking before the Board
Of Health said he preferred that the
cars would not run at all during the
present emergency, as they would. If
kept running, be a means of allowing
the people to circulate about. the city
too freely.
A resolution framed by Mr.. Hatch !
was seconded and adopted unanimously |
by the Board, that all the cars slould |
be washed at the end of each trip and /
AS to the manner of en- /
'orcement, ii was stated that the COM /
,any could be prosecuted for not COM ]
Diving with the Board Of Health regu- /
atoms, as they were common carriers.
If the recommendations Of one of |
he special agents could be put into eff
ect, the cars would be provided with
rev curtains. new and clean bell ropes
nd han g-straps, and the money before
'einS placed in the little Change" en-
'eloDes wou'd be subjected to a fifteen
minutes boiling.