The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-08
SANITARY MEASURES.


plans for the filing up Of the plague
spots In Kakaako has the good of the
community at heart and shows its in
terest In tangible way, there seems
to be much to be desired in other
quarters of the city With the long
hot spell, the increasing foulness of
the water in the ponds and bitches
along the Waikiki road, and the
stenches which greet the nostrils along
that highway, there seems to be open
ed an opportunity for the present
board to emulate and add to the ac-
complishments of it's predecessor.
With each summer there has come
temporary relief through a palliative
measure. The old board had the ponds
and bitches and weirs cleaned and sea
water allowed to enter the most filthy
of the ponds. The present board has
wisely cut out the pig styes along the
road and rendered it impossible for the
Orientals to have this most unclean of
animals about their shacks.
There still lies, however, where it
may be made effective at any time by
the board. an ordinance which, with
proper extensions, would mean the re-
Mobilization of the entire Waikiki dis
trict with an attendant beneficial eff
feet upon the health of the community,
not to mention the decrease in the
number of bugs and mosquitoes, which
would be one of the first results of the
abatement of what has been frequently
declared nuisance by the physicians
of the city. This is the ordinance or
recommendation of the Board 4 of
Health, passed September 9Th, 1885, and
temporarily suspended three weeks
later. At the former meeting the re-
port of the Sanitary Committee In re-
gard to certain marsh-lands at Wal
kiki was read. The committee recon-
mended the lands known as Loko Pa
weo /. owned by the Bishop estate. now
leased to John Ena be filled in or
ditched. DR.. Wood moved to accept
and adopt the report of the Sanitary
Committee in regard to Loko Paweo l.
lying between the Waikiki road and
Ala Moana; that said Loko Paweo l.
be declared to be deleterious to public
health In its present condition; and that
the board recommend to the Minister
of the Interior to have said Loko Pa
weo l filed in Immediately with suit
able material to level with the street
grade. Motion carried unanimously
At the meeting of the board held on
matter of the Waikiki marsh-lands
was taken up, this time at the request
of Mr. F. 8. Dodge, who was present
Mr. Dodge, for the Bishop estate, asked
that they be allowed to take other
steps for the temporary abatement of
the nuisance caused by the marshes
known as Loko Paweo /, Waikiki, the
temporary arrangement to consist of
N tna fol Ill
and to provide access for the sea water.
Mr.. Dodge stated that 1t would require
$4,000 cubic yards of earth to fill in the
said marsh, and the cost would be
about $4,000, and with twenty-five
teams each taking four loads a day,
would take at least 800 days to do the
work. On motion of DR.. Day, the board
voted to have Mr.. Cooper make such
arrangements with the Minister of the
Interior as will meet the case and al
low the Bishop estate trustees to make
temporary improvements, leaving the
filling in to be made later when the
proper appliances for the work are at
hand
Acting upon the latter clause of the
motion of Mr.. Day. there may be delay
until proper appliances" are at hand.
The construction which might be put
upon that clause might be different
with each man to whom it was pre-
scented. In the first place the accom-
plishments OF the owners of adjacent
lands must be considered. Along King
street much filling has been done. and
what were rice fields couple Of years
ago. are now the green door yards of
pretty homes. This may have been
done at a cost out Of proportion to the
value of the work which remains to
place Loko Paweo in what the board
declared a healthy condition. That is
a matter which would be determined
only upon some careful figuring. Per-
haps. too. there may be found plans for |
the rapid and cheap fling of these
marsh-lands along the sea
AS to the value Of the work there |
can be no two opinions. Every physi- |
clan in the city at some time has been |
heard to declare that the existence Of |