Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-11-09
HONOLULU SANITATION

Following Is the report Of c. IL.
Tracy. City Sanitary Officer, for DC.
tcber. 1901:
Number of building applications re.
ccived. 80.
Number of building applications ap'
proved. %. 81
Number OF building applications dis.
approved. v.
Number OF building applications oil
previous month approved, IL.
Number OF building applications oil
previous month disapproved. o.
| Gambler OF building applications
! withdrawn. 0.
/ Number OF building applications
held by this office. 3.
Number OF building applications
held by the Survey Department, ..
! or the five applications held by this
Office three are Tor plans and two will
not be issued until the lots are filled
to the required grade.
Cesspools located uring the month
eight.
Buildings altered or moved so as tC
conform to the sanitary regulations. ] |
Examinations before, during and a,
completion of buildings, l45.
Certificates for lodging houses OF
restaurant licenses applied for, 90
held for sanitary work to be finished
10; issued on previous application, 2
previous applications neld for sanitar,
work to be finished, l2.
Number Of adults which can by Law
be lodge in these buildings licensed
81.
Six formal complaints have beer
In 90 hs. mi ka.
been abated: In the sixth the present
source Of the trouble will shortly VI
removed.
Seventeen 4s.hour notices have beer
served and fourteen accomplished
their purpose without further trouble
The time Of two has been extende,
and one necessitated an arrest. Tn,
man was convicted and fined $25 anC
costs and compelled to put his prem
Uses In sanitary condition
Three notices ordering the recipien
to connect his premises to the publ,
sewer system within thirty days hav,
been served.
Five builders without permits hav,
been ordered to obtain the same an,
have done so.
! am glad to be able to report tina
Messrs. Vincent a Bilser have begul
work laying the Kewalo sewer sys
tom.
The matter OF proper slop contain
) ers for restaurants and all place
where cooking is being done has becl
taken up during the month. Pre-
viously the restaurants all used wood
en- barrels and left them open an,
never clean them. with the result tina
they became feeding places for all tn
animals in the vicinity. and conss
quently they were frequently upset
We are doing away with these barrel
and with the kerosene tin cans of tn
private residence and having then
replaced with cans similar to those Il
use In San Francisco. They are mad
OF No. "a gauge galvanized sheet iron
round In shape and varying in siz
according to the necessity. from |
. inches In diameter by 20 inches hig
to 90 inches diameter by 80 inche
high. They have n tight.fitting cove
OF the same material.
Following are the totals of improy
ments ordered and finished, with nun
Dcrs OF inspections made. Dy the san
tory Inspectors of Honolulu for tn
month of October:
, James Is. German. Inspector No.
District-Improvements ordered, sos
finished. 37S: inspections, 500.
A. q. Hitchcock, Inspector No. . hi.
. tIict-lmprovemeuts ordered 500. fiji
, ished, iS: total inspections. 5i5.
n. p. Jacobsen. Inspector No. 3 hi.
, trict-Improvements ordered, 592: d,
lshed. i97; total inspections. 1876.
Inspector Vivichaves, No. 4 Distrit
improvements ordered. ,SS: fnisl
ed, 1856. total inspections, ll4S.
7. w. Carroll, Inspector No. ) Iii
trict--ImDrovements ordered, IT'S: I'll
lshed, 742: total inspections, 1876.
John W. Francis, Inspector No.
District--lmproveme ordered. 5y9
finished. 494: total inspections. 1877.
+. G. Keen. inspector of plumbin
end house sewers makes the followin
report for October: Total plans file,
10; total permits issued, 10; tot,
inspections of plumbing and hous
sewers, $50: total final certificates I
., sued, l5l; total sewer connection
made, 50.