The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-23
PLAGUE BILLS
Expenses Incurred In
Epidemic.
VIII be Published in Full in the Ad-
vert ser Daily as Space
Permits.

Ne AuFtI User pAbAAaAfo NeNeA- ~
first instalmeut of the enormous num-
Der OF bills incurred since the begin
ming Of the plague epidemic. The pub
/ lie have manifested strong desire TO
see these bills in print and it is there
fore the intention Of this paper TO de-
vote such space as is available in its
columns each day 10 the reporting OF
I all such accounts.
AS was noted in yesterdays issue,
permission to proceed in this matter
mas been kindly accorded 10 the Ad-
vertiser by Minister OF the Interior
Young and President Wood OF the
Board OF Health.
A reporter called on c. NJ. Cooke Of
the Finance Committee yesterday after
noon in relation TO the most convenient
mode Of access to the bills. Mr.. Cooke
was most obliging and referred the re-
porter 10 G.. X. Carter at the Fort street
office where the accounting of the FL
nance Committee is attended to. Mr..
Carter seemed anxious in every way to
aid the press in making the plague
bills public and would have supplied
the reporter with all the means of ac-
quiring the desired information, in that
Office, but for the perhaps excusable
though marked disapprobatiOn of one
of the Finance Committees assistants,
Mr.. Beale. Beale complained that the
presence Of a reporter. in his bOOkkeep-
ing department would entirely upset
all system and order and would occa-
sion so much trouble generally that the
work of the Office would be indefinitely
prolonged.
Not wishing 90 inconvenience the
clerk, the representative of the Adver-
tiser applied at the Interior Depart
ment for an opportunity of getting at
the bills which are kept there in dup
licate. Chief Clerk HassInger, though
his Office is at present rushed with
work, very graciously brought forth the
bills expressing his willingness to as
sist in every way the publication of the
accounts.
The following are taken in the order
filed, beginning the middle of Deem
Der of last year, when the plague was
first discovered in Honolulu:
Dec. 10. 1S99-R. r. Daily, $32O.S7 for
coffee and pilot bread, from Dec. IL
10 Dec. IS.
Dec. 81, 1S99-H. j. Nolte, s1O75,
meals 40 men at 25 cts.
Atts To- lo1J AAOAAAt ARAhNA = NDo-VNS
for 157 meals.
Dec. 20, 1S99-Home Bakery, S46S0
for meals for health agents.
Dec. 81, 1S99-Labor Pay roll, S5S965,
for inspectors, guards, laborers, mes
sengers, white-washers; rate OF wages
per day from one dollar to three dollars.
Dec. 81. 1S99-Labor Pay Roll,
1893 so, ambulance service men, 81 and
s. per day, guards 81 per day.
Dec. 10, 1S99-Pay Roll, $500, for
labor.
Dec. IS. 1s99-Pay Roll, $500, for
labor.
Dec. 90. 1s99-Pay Roll, $500, for
inspecting, $500 per day.
Dec. 20. 1896. r. Carter, $3.50 to
cash advanced for following bill: Yon
Yon, cleaning cesspool, $500; Lee Van,
cleaning cesspoOl, $500; McInerny. re-
placing ruined hat, $500; Hall & Son,
bicycle for use messenger, $500; All
Nam, 3lA days use dray and 2 men at
s.. $3.50; Hop Hing. 2 cans oil at s1.25.
$3.50; Kwong Sing, pals and cup. S1.60;
Ohta & Co.. 6 Dbl. covers, $3.50; Sing
Chan. 6 white wash brushes, $3.50; total
S43. so.
Dec. 10. 1S99-Pay Roll. s142. for la
Dor at 81 per day.
Dec. 20. 1S99-Pay Roll. $3.50. for
labor.
Dec. 81. 1s99-Dr w. Hoffman,. to
FIVE post-mortem examinations, at
S25. s125.
Dec. 16. 1S99-Honolulu Tobacco Co.
200 Isabella Londres at $3.50, 500; for |
Board of Health, o. X. by G.. r. Carter. |
Dec. 20. Honolulu TOBACCO Co, |
800 for 200 cigars at $50; o. X. by |
9. b. REYNOLDS.