The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-08-21

stroying campaign is to be made.
All householders of Honolulu may
have their empty tin cans taken away
free of charge on Fridays.
A competent man Is to be employed.
with the least possible delay, to cap
tain the crusade against the pest.
The foregoing results are the out
come of q short meeting held by a
small contingent of the Citizens Mos
quito Committee held at the Board of
Health headquarters yesterday after
noon.
After half an hours wait over the
appointed hour the following named
proceeded to business: DR.. c. B. Coop
err president of the Board of Health
and chairman of the committee; DR..
L. e. Cofer, Chief Quarantine officer
of the United States for this Terri
tory; w. e. Rowell, acting Assistant
Superintendent of Public Works; c. H.
Tracy, City Sanitary officer; Capt
Sam. Johnson, in charge of the Public
. Works garbage service; p NJ. Pond,
P. r. Helm, F. w. Macfarlane and d.
L. Van Dine.
DIR. Cooper announced the object as
being to get down to a plan of opera
tions. Board of Health officers were
already working. Means of raising
funds were to be devised. Somebody
was wanted to take the head of the
movement Mr. Tracy's hands were
full of his own duties, but whoever was
appointed should be under his direc
ton so that the movement would have
authority of the Board of Health.
DR.. Cofer said there had been much
talk over the means of raising funds
of 40 time pf tho crusade
Mr. Macfarlane thought the first
business was to consider the methods
to be employed and after that was set
tied they would have a better idea of
what it was going to cost. Though the
matter was entirely foreign to him he
was in sympathy with the movement.
The Board of Health should suggest
something about the method of start
ing in.
DR. Cooper replied that the Board
had already started in by instructing
the sanitary inspectors to advise peo-
pie to clear off empty cans, fill UP stag
nant pools, cover cesspools. protect
tanks with wire gauze and treat stand
ing water with oil. The inspectors
could not do this work themselves but
only advise householders.
Mr.. Macfarlane spoke of the difficulty
of filing up ponds from his observa-
ton at Waikiki, where for two years
material had been going into a pond
without producing appreciate effect.
individuals could do great deal by
giving instructions to natives living
near them.
DR.. Cooper told of pool of abomi-
nation he had discovered at Kakaako
on n recent call there.
ls,,t
sion OF work should be given to a
separate committee. There should be
a problem committee. an investigation.
a community. a school. and n press
committee, with effort concentrated up
on every line.
Mr.. Van Dine thought committees
should report to the president of the
Board of Health to have the work pro-
coed in a systematic way.
Mr.. Macfarlane said the work should
be under authority of the Board. 9TH
erwise people would not respect the
movement.
DIR. Cooper anticipated an early
decadence of public interest, which was
reason for pushing the work at the
start.
Mr.. Macfarlane held there ought to
be enough public interest to ensure the
funds required. They could at least
start in on moderate scale and have
the smaller nuisances abated first He
gave an instance of water left stand
ing in a horse pond for several days
in which the horses had not been
bathed. If the chairman could give
an idea of what the cost of campaign
would be, a finance committee might be
appointed to devise means for raising
fund.
DIR. Cooper. replying to Mr.. Macfar-
lanes questions, said there was moth
ing available from the Boards APP
preparation, but the Board could give
commissions and badges to workers.
Resides, some assistance was promised
from the garbage service of the Pub
lie Works Department. They wanted
a man. however. for the head of the
campaign.
Mr.. Tracy did not think suitable
man could be obtained for less than
s125 a month, as he would be on call
both day and night. Another neces-
sity would be a cleaning gang. Cap
tain Johnson would give the use of
wagon and two men part of the time
for gathering up tin cans and other
rubbish. This would be every Friday.
He had followed up the work of an in
spector for two days and found good
results, but there were empty lots with
nobody taking care of them. He did
not think 1t necessary to have any new
regulations as yet. In answer to Mr..
Macfarlane, he said people generally
would donate needed kerosene oil. Re
plying to Mr.. Pond, he thought 5000
month would be enough with volunteer
help.
Mr.. RowelI said the storm water
sewers were in charge of the sewer
inspector.
Mr.. Van Dine thought treatment OF
these sewers once in two weeks would
be sufficient. but DR.. Cooper and Mr..
Roweli said together once a week
would be safer.
Mr. Pond asked II there was any
possibility of having the garbage col
Iecting changed back to free sys-
tenn.
DR.. Cooper said that was question
for the Public Works Department.