Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-09-09
DEVELOP THE WATER
BOARD OF HEALTH ON
SETTLEMENT PROBLEMS
Dr.. SlOggett and Board Listen to
Complaints and Figure on
Many Improvements in
Water Supply.

Inc party winch leIt on the steamer
aines Makee at 8 p. m. on Friday for
lie leper settlement at Kalaupapa, Mo-
okai, arrived there shortly before s
)'clock on Saturday morning, having
Eli, ountered head winds. The party
was made up of the Board of Health,
newspaper men and eight friends Of
he lepers. Among the party were DIR.
H. c. Slogett. president of the Board Of
Health; DR.. w. l.. Moore, DR.. J. T. Nc
DcEald, DR.. J. s. B. Pratt, F. c. Smith,
E.. A. Mott-Smith, Z. q. Keen, plumb
ing inspector; W. o. Smith. L. L. Pink.
ham. l.. l.. McCandless. J. d. Nc
Weigh. DR.. l.. Z. Cofer, U. s. Marine
Hospital: DR.. A. NJ. Atherton, G. b.
Wilson. Advertiser: Ernestine Cough
can. Republican; G. +. Henshall. Star;
W. II. Coolidge. Bulletin; +. J. Tesla.
Independent: Edward Like, Aloha
Alma; d. II. Kahaulelio. La Hui Ha.
wall; @. +. Kaia and eight others. Supt.
c. b. Reynolds returned with the party.
Upon arriving at the settlement. the
PARTY proceeded to the residence Of
Supt. c. b. Reynolds. and after being
served with light refreshments each
member Of the party was supplied with
a saddle horse and Immediately pro.
ceeded to. inspect the taro patches In
Waikolu valley. which cover about 40
acres Of land. The taro In this valley
seems TO be growing very well AMI
locks to be in a good healthy oondi-
ton.
Before returning to the settlement.
the supply of water was discussed ard
much time was spent In this matter, is
It seems to be the one and only draw.
back at the settlement. The WaikUIi
valley water supply was found to be q
magnificent one, and the supply run
easily be made to meet the demand. al.
though time will be taken in doing So
end II was suggested that by laying au
S-inch pipe instead of the present ons
the supply could be increased to about
100000 gallons day, which would be
ample TO provide the homes of all the
lepers, and allow plenty of water for
irrigating the taro patches at Waihan-
au. which have been recently planted
and cover about twenty acres.
a trip was made to the Puahi valley
TO investigate the matter of boring an
artesian well. l.. l.. McCandless and
L. 4. Pinkham who are experts in this
matter, made quite an investigation.
and are now considering what can be
Cone. The party visited the Baldwin
home for boys, under the supervision
u Brother button, and were greatly
| Impressed with the boys band. The
toys appeared In their uniforms, and
played q number Of selections. which
showed that they took a great amount
Of interest in their work, and had done
a great deal of practicing. The homo
has at the present time about 1l2 In.
mates. After thorough inspection
tie party proceeded to the Bishop
home for girls, now under the care Of
Sister Marianne. Some of the mos,
noticeable features of these homes
were the magnificent grounds. which
are beautifully laid out, and the clean
illness and discipline shown by the In
mates. At the Bishop home there ar,
100 girls. The Bay View hospital fol
tho helpless was visited. There ar,
about twenty-five occupants. Trained
nurses are constantly in attendanc,
ard all Is done for the comfort OF thos,
that are unable to assist themselves
About p. m. the parry was serve'
with a very nice luncheon at the resi-
dence of Supt. c. b. Reynolds. durin
which time music was rendered by tn
kalaupapa band, and quintet. Afte
the luncheon the members OF the Boar,
OF Health assembled on the lawn. Pres
ident Dr. II. C. Sloggett presidirS. t
listen to the complaints and petition
OF the unfortunates, Of whom abou
800 were present-consisting of Iyer
women and children.
a. X. Hutchinson presented a peti
ton for his people which was first rea
In Hawaiian and then reread in En-
siish. The petition dwelt mainly upo
:. the scarcity OF water, and asked tn
Board to prohibit the superintendent
from using the water for the tar
patches during the present drough
and further said there was no con
plant to be made in the supply {
bread, rice and -four, but they wishe
an increase in their allowance of DO
nr. Sloggett through the interprete
explained that the water matter woul
be thoroughly considered, the Boar