The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-29
EPER Contract RENEWED.
SOUTH SEA ISLAND VILLAGE TC
GO.
The Insane Asylum and the Stone
Crusher-Hilo and the Swine Ordi-
nance-Porto Ricans and Baths.

The Board of Health yesterday made
contract with Wilder's Steamship
Company for weekly common carrier
service between Honolulu, Molokai,
Maui and Lanai. The contract is for
two years, the company refusing to
make it for any shorter time, though
| President Sloggett wanted the contract
| terminable on six months notice, as
the appropriation for the boards own
steamer may become available during
the biennial period.
| The service contracted for is the
| steamer Claudine or substitute between
Honolulu and Lahaina and Kahului
and by steamer Lehua or substitute be-
| tween Honolulu and Molokai and Lanai
ports two trips a week. For this SER
vcie the company is to be paid $50 a
week. For freight service to the leper
settlement, all freight from Honolulu TO
| Kalaupapa is $3.50 per ton weight or
measurement, except paiai which is to
pay II cents for each bundle, and heavy
pieces of machinery, special rates Lee
pers and agents of the board to be
transported at $4 agents to be given
cabin Accommodations, lepers, deck. Cat
tie are to pay Sc or 81 a head according
to port shipped from.
The board will make it's semi-annual
visit to the leper settlement leaving
Honolulu Friday, September 6. All per-
sons desiring to go must file their appli-
cations in writing stating their reasons
for wanting to go by Wednesday Sep
! TENDER 4. Mr.. Pinkham and Mr.. Nc
! Candless will accompany the board to
! look into the prospects for artesian wa
ter.
Captain Merry sent a communication
in regard to the South Sea Island
squatters occupying land on the naval
station. He detailed the history of the
settlement there. 1t had become in
sanitary now, he said. He asked the
cooperation of the board, that he might
be able to remove them from the gov
eminent property without working un-
necessary hardship on the people them
selves. DR.. Pratt was detailed to con-
fer with Captain Merry on the subject.
The old complaint of the deleterious
effect of the stone crusher on the in
| mates of the insane asylum was revived
! by the superintendent. DR.. Master. DR..
Sloggett stated that he had been in
formed that the removal of the plant
would be a very expensive matter to
the Government and appointed COM
mittee to investigate the matter with
the superintendent of Public Works.
Inspector Bowman of Hilo complained
of being unable to enforce the swine re-
gulations owing to the reserving clause
"by special permission of the Board of
Health" which was accordingly ordered
I stricken out A request from Sheriff
Baldwin of Maui for a sanitary inspec-
tor was tabled for lack of funds.
A request for the exemption of the
rule of abolishing cess pools within the
sewer district brought in by ]. p. Men
donca was denied on account of the
fear of establishing a precedent DR..
Luella S. Cleveland was re-appointed
as medical examiner of girls in the pub
lie schools at a salary of 500 per school
year. Sister BonaVenture, superinten-
dent of the Malulani hospital was
made an agent of the Board at Wal
luku.
The Department of Public Works will
henceforth take over the service of re-
moving garbage and charge household
ers with small fees for so doing The
government inspector DR.. Irwin, made
a second complaint of the medicines
used by the Japanese people citing
case of mortality from the use of
them. The letter was tabled as the
drugs used did not come under the cate
CORY of poisons.
After the arrival of the Porto Ri
cans expected next week, the order for
bathing and disinfecting them will be
Withdrawn. A diminution of small poX
cases on the mainland was reported by
Executive officer Pratt, making the
precautions adopted for arrivals of such
cases unnecessary in the opinion of the
Board.
DR.. Henry Hayes, a resident of Hilo
was recommended for license. He is
a graduate of Washington d. G. Gov
ernor Dole and Professor Alexander
signed his certificate.
Inspector Bowman of Hilo was au-
| thorized to to make collection of fees
for the removal of garbage.