The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-12

been made in the last year or two and
shippers who only occasionally visit
this port have found more to surprise
them in that time than ever before.
The Naval reservation, the great rail
way wharves, the channel wharf ano
the various other recent improvements
on the Honolulu waterfront are now
! perfectly familiar to Honolulans. There
is something that has as much to dc
with the front, however, as any of the
foregoing and concerning which the
public knows little or nothing. That is
the quarantine station.
| Not very long ago it was briefly an
nounced that there were to be certain
general improvements and changes on
Quarantine Island. since the station
had been handed over to the Federal
Government.
These changes are being rapidly made
and, when completed, the Government
will have a quarantine station at this
port of which it may well be proud.
In about three months all improve
ments now under way will have been
realized and the quarantine station, in
Guiding the channel wharf and Kalihi
camp, will have comfortable accom-
modating capacity for over two thou
sand people.
New barracks are being erected; new
hospitals are going up: new attendants
quarters are under way and a fine new
administration building is nearing COM
pletion.
Uncle Sam has things done right when
he goes about it and the buildings which
are now being constructed will be the
most serviceable, the most convenient,
the best equipped and the most scien-
tifcaIly arranged that brains and dol
lars can supply.
Dr. Golfer the Federal quarantine Of
ficer for this Territory, has charge of
the work. He is paying particular at
tention to the arrangement of the va
rious buildings, with view to having
everything conveniently situated and
providing in the best way possible for
segregation of classes and of diseases.
Those who do business with the genial
doctor in this matter say that he is pos
sessed not only of wonderful executive
ability but that he is we'll up on great
many subjects about which doctors are
not supposed to be especially well post
ed
HE is a trader. too" remarked a
friend of his yesterday; "he is forever
scheming how he can arrange to get In
this and that Improvement without ex-
ceeding the appropriation for the
work"
Fl. w. Beardslee of Beardslee & Page
lis constructing the new buildings. One
has but to inspect that portion of the
work already done or about to be fin
ished, to appreciate the cost and merit
of the improvements. One of the stron-
gest frame buildings on these Islands
is. without doubt, the new administra-
ton building. It is constructed to re-
sist the high winds which generally ia
vor the Island, and is something of a
novelty here.
Jack McVeigh. the superintendent
of the quarantine station, was visited
at his headquarters yesterday after
noon by an Advertiser reporter Mr..
McVeigh very kindly showed the re-
porter over the island. explaining the
work and exhibiting the buildings.
There Is at present pier, about half
a mile long. which extends from the
island into the stream. This is the ap-
proach to the quarantine station. This
is in disrepair. The plan is to build a
new pier parallel with the old one and
at the same time. TO fix over the origi-
nal pier. Then there viii be two piers
approaching the station from good
sized wharf which is to be built in the
stream where the present platform Is.
One of these piers will be used for the
transportation of saloon passengers and
their baggage while the other will be
kept for steerage passengers and their
effects. Small cars will run on tracks
laid on these piers and it is planned
that small motors shall be used to pro-
pei them.
AS one approaches the station along
the pier he is most favorably Impress
ed with the administration building.
This structure of two stories stands
right at the end of the approach. 1t is
large and roomy and, when completed,
will house the superintendent and the
station doctor on the upper floor while
the ground floor will be used for Of
fees. drug room, laboratories. linen
room and so forth. The house rests on
concrete piers and is as solid as a rock.
DR.. Cofer desired that the building be
of double partitioned house without
there being any space between parti-
tions for rats and other vermin.
The administration building, there
fore, has been constructed with the
studding on the outside while the rough
boarding runs horizontally on the in
side, the tongue and groove going on
the inside of the rough boarding.
This arrangement not only provides
against the pest of rats and other YER
min but renders the entire building per-
fectly tight so that. in the event OF its
being necessary at any time to fumi-
gate the house. very little viii be need
ed to make it so that no sulphur fumes
can escape.
The building has an ideal location.
The winds are generally so free there
that mosquitoes are almost unknown
and the situation is a most pleasant
one for the residence of the superintend-
ent and doctor.
All of the buildings are not only sup
piled with modern plumbing, but. in
connection with the sewerage, there is