The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-09-03

does not need a medical man to see
the damage that 10 being done, the
dents In the roof. the patients fright
ened at the noises, and the rocks flying
all about AS a member OF the Board
of Health can see no other way 10 do
than to stop the annoyance from the
quarries and crusher."
Mr. Aud: II can hear the noises
from the blasts at my house a long
way off, and 1t seems to me that the
patients at the hospital who are in
close proximity, should not be made
to bear all that distress They often
become nervous, and the inccssant
noises are enough to weaken a man of
even strong nerves. The noises should
be stopped. If not in one way then in
another"
Upon motion of DIR. Moore, seconded
by Mr.. Smith. the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
Resolved. That the secretary be in
structed to write to the Superintendent
Of Public Works and notify him that
! the using of the rockcrushcr, ana
blasting at the quarry, is common
nuisance and is In defiance of section
/ l42 of the Penal Code. coming under the
head of intolerabe noises. And that II
Is the opinion of the present superin-
tendent Of the lunatic asylum, as well
as Of former superintendent, that the
noises are detrimental to the health or
the patients, a marked exaggeration or
their symptoms having been noted In
many cases such being the case the
! Board of Health must respectfully re-
quest the Superintendent OF Pubic
Works to Immediately discontinue both
the blasting and the operation OF the
/ stone-crusher."
The secretary was also instructed TO
send to Superintendent Boyd copy OF
the section referring to common nui-
sances. Of which the following are the
pertinent parts:
The offenae of common nuisance is the
endangering of the public personal safe
~ or health. or doing, causing or per
hitting, maintaining or continuing wha'
Is offensive or annoying and Vcxatious
. or plainly hurtful to the public.
As, for example, the carrying on trade,
, manufacture or business In places so sit
uated that others Unfortunately. who
reside in the vicinity or pass the high
, way or public place or resort to school
house meeting house, or any other place
of legal and usual resort or assembly, OF
liable to be thereby injured, annoyed, dis
, turbed or endangered by deeterious ex-
haation, noisome vapors, hidcous, alarm
Ing or disgusting sights, intolerable noise
or otherwise
The Board thereupon adjourned. anc
Secretary CharloCk Immediately com
! piled with the instructions of the meet
ing, and wrote and sent the letter t.
: Mr.. Boyd. What the latter will do II
the premises is extremely problemati
cal. AS he has not received the letter
; yet he of course can take no action
and the whole matter may now be pre-
scented to the Executive Council \!
there are no funds with which to obey
I the request OF the Board OF Health. th
r stone crusher could not be removed IL
= any event, unless some other arrange
n rn.nt should be made. The Board /
q determined to free the patients from tn
: annoyance Of the blasts and nyinl
o stones as 1t Is believed that all chance
< Of recovery are precluded by the prox
II Unity of the crusher. 1t would cost II
: the neighborhood of $780, 900 to remov
. the hospital. so that seems even NOR
% impossible II is minated that unles
!, the order of the Board to cease opera
: lions is obeyed, other steps may b
n taken and proceedings begun on tn
q ground that the crusher is a commo
II nuioauoN Oithir tho moaning of tn
J. istatute as quoted above. In that even
J. an injunction to prevent its operatio
= may be asked. 1t is hoped by tn
n members that the trouble may be set
n tied without recourse to further pro
y ceedings, and that the request sent t
e Superintendent Boyd will be observed