The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-11-29
MOVE
AGAINST
THE RATS
Campbell to Meet
Shippers and
Proceed.

! A SSISTANT Superintendent of Pub |
! ~ lie Works Marston Campbell, |
IA soon after his return from Ha-
wall yesterday morning, met with the !
members of the Chamber of Commerce
who have under control the work for
| the protection of the city from rats,
and the destruction of those now along
the waterfront. As a result of the con- !
| ference there will be held Friday
meeting of the committee of the Cham
Der and the assistant superintendent.
at which time all details for the work
OF destruction will be decided
inc plan which will be followed in
the matter of the killing of the rats
on the front, is that which was discus
sed and decided upon at the recent
meeting of the shippers and the COM
mittee of the Board of Health. At that
time Mr. Campbell submitted a pro-
pOsal to bulkhead the wharves and seal
the floors, after which sulphur gases
will be pumped into the spaces so that
all rats will be killed. The putting in
operation Of this method will involve
the cooperation of the United States
Quarantine service as the only appara-
tus which is available for the work is
, now installed by that service at the
channel wharf.
J The Chamber of Commerce commit
tee, consisting of Messrs. ]. A. Gilman
, of Castle & Cooke w. NJ Giffard of
w. G.. Irwin e. Co., and w. Pfoten-
, hauer, of Hackfeld e. Co., has given
every assurance that there will be pro-
D vided all the money which is needed
for The complete equipment of the
0 wharves along the lines fixed. The de-
cision reached at the informal meeting
Y yesterday morning was that there
4 should be one wharf treated al first
and if the plan proves TO be a success
O then there shall be an immediate prose-
cution of the work until the entire wa
o terfront is cleared of the vermn.
While there has been no decision as
U to the wharf to be chosen for the ex-
- perimental stage of the plan, it is be-
~ lieved that the choice will fall upon the
N Oceanic wharf. This is the one which
10 has been discussed in all the prelimn-
airy talks with the national officials, as
10 they believe the necessity of providing
for the ships from the colonies is great
" er than any other, owing to the fact
" that these vessels cross here and that
N there can be made provision at the
~ channel wharf for only one at time
10 Smould this be done there will be after
the completion of the first trial of tn,
% plan, two wharves which are regarda,
20 as free from the possibility of rats go
W ing on board a ship.
W The expense which will be incurred
m in the complete bukheading of tn
no docks on the front will be in tn
neighborhood of $4,000. and it is tn
20 expectation that the experimental worl
70 can be done for not more than one
eighth of this sum. The committee vii
W see that everything possible is done Il
NJ insure the carrying out of the worl
" upon the lines Mr.. Campbell at frs
20 laid down, so that the possibility o
failure will be reduced to a minimum
% 1t is the expectation that the worl
viii be inaugurated with the first y
" next week. Assistant Superintendent
" Campbell has assured the members o
N the Chamber of Commerce committee
that he is in readiness to go on a!
10 soon as the material is ordered. If til,
meeting of Friday reaches the expected
70 decision there will be nothing to do blu
order the ldnlber and summon the men
W which will make it all ready to take VI
~ the work with the first of the week.
M An unexpected matter may hampe
m the work of the final killing of the rats
1t is found that there is not at presen
20 available a suitable scow for the car
rying of the fumigating machinery O
the United States Government, whicl
is 10 be used through the courtesy o
DIR. Golfer. The only scow with its owl
= power Is the old one of Hackfeld's
> which is thought TO be In such stat
that to place upon 1t machines whic,
e are revolving at a high rate of speed
al would cndonger the vessel. There l
,e one scow which might be used and tow
is ed from place to place by the quaran
IL tine launch. This finally may be done
w The government people are eXpectin
or TO move upon their share of the wor
/ very shortly as they have been assure
as that the utmost rapidity will De the rul
ic in the work, once it Is undertaken.
10 II had been the intention of Assist
s. ant Superintendent Campbell to leav
Ie fuc the Coast on the Sonoma whiC'! vii
is leave on December 10th, but the com
Il ing up of the business now under dis
g. oussion will prevent this trip. He ha
er planned 10 spend three weeks on bust
/, moss and pleasure in San Francisco an
lg Oakland, where his family now is visit
s. ing.