The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-04-29

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entire mountain eide s0 Tar as iItesl-
gated where the hard blue stone can
Do. occurred I'm Quautlt'a. Tine b'us
stone is the only one found here when
is of sufficient density g. adm oi ~
VS. where there is any load upon the
De- 1dway. This stone .s as hard az
granite aaG has "a Tremendous crushing
resistance. Indicating the scarcity ~
DO boz TIE Kniihi district. the contractor
VINO built the kamehamtha Sch OILS
reports that hc had a. open several
uuarriCs before he found sufficient 81
TINS material for his work
Accepting the statement 81 the eN-
peIts that nowhere else can the stone
be obtained, there would appear a pub
lic duty imposed upon the Board Of
Health to permit the op ration of the
quarry and crushcr. II there ~ any way
in which II can be done. IL has been
said that there are very few persons at
the asylum who are in such nervous
condition that the operation of the
crusher disturbs their health. Is IL not
possible then TO remove them TO an
other hospital, for the four or five
months needed for the finishing of the
work now under way? There IL at the
Ealihi detention camp, block OF
buildings. arranged for an infectious
disease hospital, which offer In every
way an opportunity to house the un-
fortunates, even better too than they
are now kept at the asylum. These
wards are newly fitted, have the very
best OF plumbing and are amply sufil-
cient to give rooms for the few pa
tents for whom perfect peace Is re-
quired.
The necessity for the use of the quar-
nv is immediate. The very Board Of
Health which cannot find any way to
assist the Department OF Public Works
to its securing OF this needed supply
of rock. condemns the insanitary con.
dition OF the streets In the Eva end
Va lllt tllys ne l''Bdi hp'o ii'A
deny, but 1t does ask for assistance.
There are now waiting to be complet-
ed, across the stream, some 1000 llneal
feet OF roadway. This means 1000 feet
of Beretana street. 5000 feet Of King
street from the stream to the Kane
hameha Schools and 5000 feet of Liliha
street. The lower King street district
is one of the di-graces of the city. The
land Is low and when there is n rain
the street, with the cross thorough
fares are seas OF mud. 1t cannot be
drained, for there has not yet been dis
covered any method by which mud can
be made to flow off in a sewer, and
for this reason the perfect sewer sys-
tenn of that district is practically un-
available. II Is sufficient to carry off
| the water: II cannot move the mud.
, The rock cTusher at the asylum is n
great one. II has the capacity. with
! nine hours work "A day, to crush loo
cubic yards OF rock, This amount
would cover about 100 feet lineal of
| Bcretania street, for instance, to a
depth of eight inches of stone. Making
"A working reduction OF 40 per cent, for
preakdowns or accidents Of every kind,
he crusher working nine hours would
4 provide for 100 lineal feet of roadway
in one day. The result would be the
covering OF the streets named within
four months. Once there liz surface
given to these streets there would be
no longer the difficulties with muC
holes, for the water would be drained
of The cross streets too might bt
| made perfect while the main work Il
going on. Then there would be no dan
ger Of crying insanitary streets, foi
the sewers would carry off the storm
waters and thus prevent the damaging
of the street or the making passage IN
comfortable for travellers.
There IL no necessity to go into thc
coalition OF the asylum buildings. The
Board wants new structure. There Is
need for il. and for a location some
where else than at the present site, fOi
there would be greater good come from
the institution perhaps, II ii was plac
, ed high and dry. on some of the foot
| hills. There wac an appropriation ask
ed for new buildings, during the SEES
sion Of the Legislature. This was al
. admission that the present building
were unsatisfactory. There would b,
some question as to the plans for tn,
new structures and the site upon which
To place them. But these are detail.
which Of necessity must wait unit
there has been another session Of tn,
legislature, for in no other way may
| there be secured money for the build
ing of new series of structures.
The question which comes home L
the people of Honolulu now Is shall
the Board of Health make conces,
sion, by the temporary removal of &
few hysterical patients, and permit thI
prosecution OF needed improvements?
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