The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-05-14
Colon Arrives With Porto Ricans.

Early yesterday afternoon the Pacific
Mail steamship Colon, Captain George
| McKinnon, arrived in this port from
Port Los Angeles with over five hun
,dred Porto Ricans to labor on the suS-
ar plantations of these Islands.
| The Colon sailed from San Francisco
on the % instant, and arrived at Los
Angeles on the morning of the ith at
about o'clock. At s o'clock she was
alongside the railway wharf in that
port and taking aboard the Porto Ric-
Ians At $3.50 o'clock she was away
again, bound for Honolulu.
The Colon is fine looking vessel
and the accommodations are the best
that could be provided for the immi-
grants.
The vessel started from Los Angeles
with 525 Porto Ricans three died at
sea through dysentery, and she arrived
in port with 500. OF this number 36l
are adults; l12 are between the ages of
four and twelve years and forty-nine
under four years old.
| 1t was about O'Clock yesterday af-
ternoon when the Colon arrived off
port..t She remained outside for some
timeyas there was great deal of work
| for the quarantine officer to do aboard
| When the vessel did come into port
lshe,s. Svent alongside the quarantine
wharf, and no one was permitted to
leone. ashore nor was anyone allowed
to go aboard.
This morning the work of preparing
the large number of immigrants to
leave quarantine will be commenced.
All of their clothing and effects Will
be subjected to thorough fumigation
and each one of the number, male and
female. young and old, will be bathed
| in a disinfecting solution. After this
they will be sent to the various plan
tations which have engaged them.
They are sorry looking lot. When
they have had good bath, however,
and have been at work on the planta-
lions for awhile the probabilities are
| that their friends in the country from
whence they came would be unable to
recognize them II they had the chance
' of seeing them.
! Some Of the number are sickly look
ing. and several of the little children
are pitiful sights. They have been sick
with travelling. and are about worn out,
some OF them too weak to stand. Dirty
does not pePin to describe the appar-
ance of the Porto Ricans. This, how
ever, will be changed in the wash.
This is the sixth expedition OF Porto
Rican laborers to these islands The
Colon had been specially fitted to re-
ceive the Porto Ricans In San Fran
cisco before she sailed to Los Angeles.
There is room enough on board the yes
sci to accommodate over eight hundred
people.
Everybody aboard the Colon has a
7 ., ~ hn
vessel and for the vessel herself.
| They say that the treatment accord
ed them, Interpreters, passengers and
immigrants, was exceedingly kind. and
that during the voyage every attention
was shown them.
"If the crew Of the Colon had been
specially picked and selected" said one
OF the interpreters C. r. Perolra "for
the purpose Of handling the people,
who need such an unusual amount Of
care and nursing as did the Porto Ric-
ans during the trip, the result could
not have been more satisfactory. There
IL no doubt that the next expedition to
be brought 20 Hawaii by the colon win
be even better handled, since every
member Of the ships company has had
an experience which he did not have
when the present lot ~ immigrants
went aboard the vessel at Los An
Felcs"
This same man SAYS thnt the immi-
grants are many OF them fast be-
coming physical wrecks lie thinks
however. that life IN these islands on
the plants tons, win make new people
OF them Lack ~ proper nourlshment
II responsible for the present condition
Of large number.
The following nro the officers ~ the
Colon Captain George McRlnnon,
hrst 0flcer ~ W lewis; chief on
glneor' n q Rowley purssr and IN
torpreter J, o. Jlrnenez, surgeon. ",
!, Hust0ni storekeeper ~. y, How
land second ofieer, y T.. wilson, third
onieer W A. chris,ianson, chief stew
ara, Mcconnell