The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-07
'NU FISHING
IN HARBOR
Health / Safeguard
Remains In
Force.
NEW PHYSICIAN
FOR MOLOKAl
Expert Will Come Later-Good-
hue Aprsointed-RuIes for
iiilo Fish Market.

on the waterfront. Petitions were in
troduced at the last meeting from VIC
toria Ward and from residents of Ka-
llihi and Iwilei Directing strenuously to
the order and upon these report was
made yesterday by DIR. Sloggett and
DR.. Moore after conference with DR.
Golfer OF the United States Marine hos
pital service. This report is as fol-
lows:
Your committee. appointed at the last
Irregular meeting of this board, to confer
with DR.. Golfer of the Marine Hospital
as to the ACCESSIBILITY of repeating or
modifying the boards regulation pro-
hibiting the taking of fish or any prod
ucts OF the sea between Sheridan street
and the reef on the waikiki side, and
Kalihi stream and the reef on the Eva
side. including Honolulu harbor, beg
respectfully to report that in consider
alton of the spread OF cholera in the
Orient generally, the time is most in
lopportune for relaxing these rules OF
the board MADE In the interest of pub
lie health and safety and your commit
tee believe IL would be very unwise at
present to permit taking products of
| the sea in the prohibited area, and they
| Furthermore believe the public health
would be endangered by SO doing.
| DR.. Cofer fully concurs with your
committee in this opinion.
| Respectfully,
H. C. SLOGGETT,
| w. L. MOORE.
| The report of the committee against
any relaxing of these rules was unanf-
mously adopted and it was further
suggested that the limits be extended
so as to take in all fishing grounds up
| to Diamond Head. But one man is
Inv
against fishing in the harbor and he
has a hard time trying 10 prevent its
violation. The resolution providing for
the extension of the limits to Diamond
Head went over until the next meet
ing.
NEW PHYSICIAN FOR MOLOKAI.
Prior to the opening of the meeting
the Board of Health voted upon the
appointment of resident physician at
Kalaupapa to succeed DR.. French who
is temporarily at the settlement. DR..
w. j. Goodhue of Eleele, Kauai was
the unanimous choice of the Board and
he will go TO Molokai as soon as nou-
fed of his appointment. The new ply
sician is said to be very clever In his
profession, and DESTROYS of making
special study of leprosy. At present he
Is located at Eleele where he Is en-
gagged as physician for the plantation
and is also in private practice.
The Board has not given up hopes
of securing a specialist to study leprosy
and correspondence is still being had
with members high in the medical pro-
fession with that purpose in view. DR..
Goodhue will be retained at the settle
1nent and assist in the work of the
bacteriologist when one has been Sc
cured from abroad.
NO NEW CEMETERY.
The Board of Health decided against
the establishment of a new cemetery
at Kalipolia the committee reporting
that the proposed site was near a run
ming spring from which the water
might soon be taken by the govern
ment. and the drainage from the ceme-
terry was liable to pOllute it. The site
also drains towards the inhabited por
ton of the city, and it was thought
that the location of a cemetery in such
a place would be dangerous to the
health of the community
DUCK PONDS AGAIN.
City Sanitary officer Tracy reported
on the complaint of Beach Road resi- /
dents as follows
Honolulu. II. T.. August l. 1902. (
DR.. H. c. Sloggett, President Board Of
Health:
Sir:-On the matter of the ditch COM I
planned of by the residents of the Ala !
Moana or Beach road 1 beg leave to re- /
port as follows:
The ditch or stream is about thirty i
feet wide and extends from the bridge
on the Beach road along the Ala Moana
for about 1000 feet to John Ena's prem
ises 1t forms the lower end of the
Piiuaio stream and ia affected by the
tide. The nuisance is a, very offensive
odor which is most noticeable at even
ing when the tide is low.
After q thorough investigation 1 am
satisfied that while the tide may bring
in more or less vegetable matter which
would be left at low tide, that the main
causes of the nuisance are the four
taen duck ranches with their thousands
AZ ducks. All the ponds drain into
this stream and all waste and sewage
matter from the ranches is allowed to
discharge into the water ana the ducks
keep the mud and filth constantly stir
-ed up. Besides this the ducks destroy
all rho vegetation in and on the water
and thus do away with natures puri-
iers.
In nv opinion the removal of all the
1ucks and ranches would solve the dif-
fculty.
Respectfully.
c. II. TRACY.
The matter was referred back to Mr..
Tracy with a request that he notify
Mr.. Ena of the nuisance with a request
for It's abatement.
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