The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-07-31
A DIAMOND
HEAD SITE
New Insane Asy.
Ium May Now
Go There.

Another site for the new insane asy-
ing of the Board of Health. This is at
Diamond Head to the back of Kapiolani
Park, where the Kapiolani Estate Of
fers to trade a thirty-one acre tract to
the government for asylum purposes.
Several other sites were also proposed
and it seems probable that the asylum
will now be located in the Diamond
Head district. There were present at
the meeting yesterday, DR.. C. b. Coop
er, the president; F. C. Smith, NJ. p.
Robinson and DR.. Mays.
The letter from the Kapiolani Estate
making this offer was read by Health
Officer Pratt. The land offered consists
of thirty-one and a half acres in back
of Kapiolani Park and this side of Dia-
mond Head. The letter stated the will
change the tract for other land owned
by the government, and it was said
that Supt. Cooper had also been con-
ferred with upon the subject and had
stated that he was willing to make
the exchange provided the Board of
Health wanted the offered site. The
land was said to be on a gentle slope,
well drained and planted with guava
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President Cooper stated that he had
been looking for sites for the asylum
and had inspected a tract of several
hundred acres of government land on
the other side of Diamond Head. He
had also looked at one tract on this
side of Diamond Head. He said that
he intended to make further inspec-
ton and would then ask the members
of the board to make a tour some aft
ernoon and take in all the suggested
sites.
NEW FISH INSPECTORS.
Sam Herring was appointed as fish
five dollars per month and S. Lilikane
was appointed his assistant at a salary
of five dollars per month. DIR. Cooper
stated that Herring had been told that
the legislature appropriated fifty dol
lars a month for inspector and assist
ant and that he could get the latter
as cheap as he could. Herring also in
formed in a letter If the Board pro-
vided him with rations. He was in
formed otherwise.
Rev. S. Kapu was appointed fish and
food inspector for Lahaina. He had the
endorsement of the sheriff and Repre-
Pail He is also a minister of
the gospel. Another native also applied
for the job and said he had been ac-
quainted with Hawaiian foods since his
birth. Also that he was a Republican.
DR.. VIM. Peters was another applicant.
PIG PENS MUST GO.
City Sanitary officer Tracy was sus-
tanned in the report of the committee
upon his condemnation of the Chinese
pig pens on Sheridan street. The COM
mittee reported that Tracy's order for
was justified and the owners
were given sixty days to sell out and
move.
TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE.
DIR. Pratt reported on the doings of
the Board in the suppression of tuber-
culosis among cattle. He said he had
visited C. Boltes Heeia Ranch with DR..
Monsarrat on Friday morning and ex-
AHMED all the cattle in the corral. All
seven that had been previously tested
we're found to have tuberculosis and
we're killed. At Ahuimanu Ranch the
of all the cattle had not
,een concluded. OF the thirty-nine ex-
lmined two had been found to be at
ected with the disease and were killed. |
As soon as a fresh supply of tuber-
uline is received from the Coast a new |
is to be made. DR.. Pratt |
tated that he had never seen a cattle |
anch so clean and well kept as that of |
KEEN GETS A VACATION.
Z. G. Keen, the plumbing inspector.
vas granted a six weeks leave Of alb
ence with salary. He is Ill.