The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-29
DRIVEN To
DESPAIR
Noises From Rock
Crusher Annoy
Insane.
sQUATTERs ON
RESERVATION
Over Dose Of Drugs Causes Death
Of Japs-No Baths for
Porto Ricans.

Insane Asylum are being driven t.
further stages of insanity by tn
proximity of the Government stone
lcrusher to the asylum. The noise an
flying rocks from the quarries are play
ing havoc with the already unbalance
minds of the inmates, and driving tn
keepers and attendants to desperation
i according to the complaint made yes
1 terday to the Board of Health in
written statement from Dr. r. NJ. Nal
ster, superintendent of the Oahu asy
lum. If what he says is true the situa
ton at the asylum Is a very seriou.
one, both for the Board of Health an6
for the Superintendent of Public Works
Superintendent Boyd says 1t will cost
$4,000 to move the crusher. Superin.
tendent Master says it is impossible to
move the asylum, and that If the blasts
are continued the lives, IS well as the
minds, of his patients will be in dan
ger.
In his letter DR.. Master says that
the stone-crusher is located on the
mauka side of the asylum; that his pa
tients are exhausted and that the dis
eased condition of their nervous sys-
TENS makes it imperative that they
should be kept quiet and peaceahl-
In spite of that they are daily exposed
to the noises from the blasts, and the
fncessant grinding of the stone-crusher.
These noises. he goes on to explain,
cause his patients to get nervous and
excited, and at times wholly unman-
ageable Not only that, but rocks are
thrown by the blasts upon the build
ings, sometimes crashing through the
roofs and also upon all parts of the
grounds, making it dangerous for the
patients or attendants to walk about.
He says further that numerous win
dows have been broken, and that the
fences were knocked down and not
properly replaced, making it easy for
the patients to escape. Only by the
vigilance of the attendants is this pre-
vented now.
President Sloggett stated in regard to
the letter from DIR. Master that he had
since it's receipt discussed the matter
with Mr.. Boyd, Superintendent of Pub
lie Works. and he had been told by him
that it would cost $4,000 to move the
crusher from It's present site.
DR.. Sloggett stated that this was a
serious question and one not to be de-
cided in haste; that the presence of the
crusher probably was a menace to the
asylum, but the matter was one of i'm
portance and should be thoroughly in
vestigated before any action was taken
At his suggestion committee was
appointed which will visit the asylum
in company with Mr.. Boyd at an early
date, to seek some way out of the
present difficulty. The committee is
composed of Messrs. Sloggett, Pratt and
Moore
BOARD GOES TO MoLOKAI FRI
DAY.
1t was decided that the semi annual
visit of the Board be made to MoIokai
on Friday, September g. spending
Saturday at the settlement and return
ing Sunday. The number of people who
are allowed to accompany the party is
to be very strictly limited All those
wishing to go must file a written appli-
cation, stating their reasons, before
next Wednesday, and the Board will
consider the applications at their reg
ular meeting on that day.
It was first decided that only mem
bers Of the press and medical men be
allowed to go, but the order was after
wards amended to allow people who
could show some good reason for it to
accompany the party. Messrs. Pink
ham and McCandless will go along to
investigate the possibility of success in
sinking well.
SQUATTERS MUST MOVE.
The squatters on the naval reservation
at the harbor entrance are to be ordered
to leave as soon as some other DISPOSE
ton can be made of them. Most of the
squatters on that land are South Sea
islanders who came here to work on the
plantations and have remained here
ever since. The buildings occupied by
them are in an insanitary condition and
the matter was called to the attention
Of Captain Merry some time ago, as the
squatters were occupying United States
property The Rev. Mr.. Bingham, who
is. interested in these squatters. has
stated to DR.. Pratt that they came here
under contract with the planters, who
were to send them back to their home
upon the expiration of the contract.
Mr.. Smith thought that If the men had
written contracts to this effect, the
planters should be compelled to send
them back. 1t was also suggested that
they be turned over to Mr.. Atherton.
A good many of the squatters are said
to be afflicted with tuberculosis, and
It was also suggested that they might
be sent to the hospital for incurables.
there are over a hundred OF
these squatters, and it is generally con-
coded that some other disposition must
be made of them. The whole matter
was left to DR.. Pratt. who is to confer
with Conanandant Merry on the situa-
ton.
Captain Merry's letter on the subject
is as follows:
Honolulu, Aug 49, 1901
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