The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-19
SIDEWALK FOUNTAINS
Those Interested u Humane Society
Work Think The Patent Devices
Should Have Been Allowed.

Should Have Been Allowed
People Interested i'm promotion of
humane work among lnn dumb animals
and those interested i'm the patent wa
foring device, for the erection of which
permission was asked lately of the au-
thOrties and refused by the Board of
Health call attention to certain condi-
tions which they criticise. They say
there are certain public watering
trOughs now existing i'm the city which
are highly unsanitary and two at least
of which are on public property. These
are the old fashioned style Of wooden
trOughs through which a sluggish
stream of water slowly trickles and
which are often rchled merely by fill
ing UP the receptacle from a hydrant
without attempt to clean out the
tTOughs.
one of these troughs is situated out
side the "Fayorite' saloon on the corner
of Hotel and Bethel street owned by w.
II. Cunningham. This is used indtscrt-
minately by horses of all conditions, no
attempt at special cleanliness being
made, so they say, Another trough
stands outside the site of the burned
out Honolulu Stockyards and, though
damaged by the fire, is still able TO hold
water and is used freely TWO trougns
stand in \aTiolaui PaIk, not only uu u
ed by stock of all kinds, but also used
by Japanese women as a public bathing
place at which they c0ngregate freely
and wash their hands and faces and
also those of their often scrofulous chill
dren.
These old fashioned troughs they in
! sist are highly provocative of the
spread of disease and are Of many years
standing. There was at one time a
public faucet at the mauka-eW corner
| of Thomas square much used by emil
/ dren of different natiOnaliti"s. 1t is
| common sight to see the small Lydrants
/ scattered over the Executive building
grounds for watering facilities, freely
used by soldiers from the transports
| and other individuals, being extensive
/ ly patrOniZed during the SEES siuns CT the
/ Fire Claims by the Oriental claimants
/ and witnesses. The same is true in
smaller measure with the hydrants in
. Thomas square. In many parts of
town as along the busy waterfront,
there is no provision for thirsty horses.
| Men if they have the necessary nickel,
may Stake their thirst at Japanese
/ soda vendors stand, where the glasses
are dipped perfunctOrily into an unre-
| plenished pail of water which gets eN-
/ cessively dirty before the day is out,
and wiped on a grimy, sOdden cloth.
Mrs Helen Wilder Craft who has in
terested herself especially in S. p. c. a.
| affairs. is emphatic in her opinion that
the patent watering troughs should be
allowed to be set up in the city and
says that she will interest herself in
trying for a reconsideration. She cites
in particular the cases of the hard
| worked dray horses on the water front,
working for hours without a chance to
wash their mouths, adding that she has
often seen them with swollen tongues,
making a mute appeal to passersby and
a.. l.. D. tN a
of water.
1t is claimed that the fact that the
city is a cosmopolitan one should be
considered jointly with the fact that
the climate is one provocative of thirst
and that while all precautions should
be made to secure cleanliness, that
drinking fountains are necessity ana
their absence a hardship. II is further
claimed that it is far better to take the
proper precautions and provide free wa
ter that is immune as far as cleanliness
and filtration can make it, than to al
low children, particularly of the poorer
classes to drink tap water, from com
mon cuD as is often the case in the
Oriental and native quarters. 1t is put
forward that the absence of a cooling
drink is apt to make the visiting soldier
as we'll as the local citizen visit the
saloon for the one drink that often leads
to another and frequently to the one
glass TOO many.
The sanitary trough, for which per
mission was asked by the agents for
this territory, is the invention of Nor
man W. GriswOld of this city and the
patent is incorporated under the name
of the Sanitary Watering Trough Com
pany of San Francisco The invention
was patented in January of this year
/ and the company has but recently
| started operations. Fifty Of the tOun-
tains have been ordered for San Fran
cisco and will be erected within short
time The special precautions used
with regard to the drinking fountain
were added since the patent was
granted for use i'm cosmopolitan cities
like Honolulu The agents assuming
the contact with 'the company, bind
themselves to thoroughly cleanse the
filters and basins by hand, at least
once a week. aside from the thorough
automatic flushing they receive with
every drink. All surplus water passes
INFO hopper which is connected either
with the city waste water system, or a
we'll
The machines were to be erected free
of charge to the community the agents
using the blank spaces of the machines
as an advertising directory, the COM
pany retaining royalty interest as its
profit on the cost of the machine. The
machines are built for business results
although they aim to fill a philanthropic
purpose and have been especially plan
ned for perfect sanitation.
Some eleven hundred dollars worth
Of advertising was promised on the
machines for Honolulu in a preliminary
canvas and many applications were