The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-09-12
WOULD HAVE PLUMBERS
PISS EXAMINATION
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the settlement could not be depended
upon TO accomplish much Some Of
the lepers were absolutely unable to
work while many OF those who could
work could not accomplish much as
come Of them had no fingers and we're
otherwise more or less incapacitated
for manual labor. He knew some
thing about mining himself and there
would be considerable tunneIling in
laying pipe or ditching Miners would
be needed
The matter was not decided yesteT-
day. being laid on the table
Various petitions Of the people OF
the leper settlement next occupied the
attention of the Board One NahaIo
desired that his little boy be admitted
TO the Bishop Home. Evidently he
had made a mistake The Bishop
Home is for girls. He may have meant
the Baldwin Home. Il was decided
TO communicate with MahaIo to this
effect
]. Kaiko. who is a leper, prayed that
his wife, who is in Honolulu, be sent
TO him as a helper. as he is unable
to help himself. Il seems that he is
says he is. The petition was denied
Ambrose Hutchinson, a leper, petit
toned, with several others, for several
improvements in the conditions at the
settlement He complained that there
was not enough paiai, that the water
supply was inadequate in certain sec
lions and that many Of the roofs of
the buildings were in a leaky condi-
ton The water question was left to
a water commission, to be appointed
\ later. In regard to the paiai the petit
TONERS will be notified that Superin-
| tendent Reynolds has already made
arrangements that will be satisfac-
tory and that he win carry out these
arrangements. The petition in regard
TO roofs was denied, Reynolds report
ing that they were all in good condi-
ton.
A petition was read from a woman
of the settlement who requested that
her husband be allowed to go to her
as helper. The motion was denied.
Reynolds had investigated the case
| and had discovered that the man has
wife and couple of children in Ho-
nolulu and that if he was permitted to
go to Molokai to join his wife there
he would be compelled to abandon his
family here.
There were various other petitions
of minor Importance. One man want
ed Beretania Hall moved from its
present site in the settlement nearer
TO the landing. Another wanted a
Pinch water pipe put in where a
1-inoh pipe now exists.
] The Dnard x-oc con, bo4
ed when three plumbers, W. J. Eng
land, W. w. Graham and o. Sellers,
| appeared before the body and asked
that the Board compel all master
plumbers doing business in these isl
ands to peSs an examination and file
a bond before being allowed to carry
on their trade.
England was the spokesman and he
said that he wanted to elevate the
sanitary condition of Honolulu. There
was a great deal of bad plumbing
work done in Honolulu and England
and his friends thought that some ar
rangement should be made whereby a
master plumber should be compelled
TO pass an examination and file a
bond, lust like a doctor" so that the
plumbers who did their work well
would be protected against the men
who did not understand their business
or who worked in careless manner
The delegation was informed that the
Board of Health had no authority to
make any such regulation or law, but
that it was a matter for the Legis-
lature
Plumbing Inspector Keen, E. A
Mott-Smith, F. C. Smith and Execu
tive Officer Pratt were named by the
president of the Board as a COMMITTEES
to look into and report upon the con
ditions of plumbing in the city.
The matter of exterminating mos
quitoes by the use OF oil was theI
taken up. This matter is fully re
ported in another column.
The food commissioners report wa!
then read and accepted. after which
the Board looked over the report Of
: the physicians of the city. for. th'
month of August The food commits
sioner's report is in part, as follows
Among the samples of milk passed
as up TO or above standard are larg'
number containing the minimum
amount of total solids. viz: lis pc
cent, and it is quite probable tina
some OF THESE were 2uullSTdlcu VIII
smaH proportion of water. Th'
! present shortage of feed both In pas
ture and imported is affecting tn
milk supply. and there is q greater IN
centive 10 increase this supply by tn
addition of water. which fact is
think pretty well proven BY the analy
ses given. There are few new name
in the BLACK list" and the adulters
ton varies from 10 to 90 per cen
added water.
Seventeen samples of canned sau
sages, representing nearly all tn
brands on the market. were examined
II no case was there any evidence o
decomposition or poor preservation
and in no case was the acid value o
the fat high enough TO indicate tina
the meat used was not in good cond
ton In some cases there was an e1
cessive amount of moisture presen
!. but as different meats differ not onl
: in themselves but according to th
> way in which they are prepared i
their capacity to hold water no al
tempt was made TO tx a standard 70
moisture