The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-11-20
INSPECTORS
PAY RAISED
Will Receive 500
a Month From
Dec. |.

largely of a routine nature. After
| the set items had been disposed of,
Mr.. Robinson asked If it was expected
the members should resign their COM
missions to the new Territorial adj
ministration.
| DR.. Cooper replied with a negative
| opinion, saying he understood the act
was only desired of heads of depart
| ments. His own resignati tion was
| handed in two weeks ago, as that Of
| the head of the department and sal
aried official Members holding hon
| orary commissions he thought had no
| occasion for resigning.
Those present were: DIR. C.. b. Cooper,
! president; Fred c. Smith, DIR. w. II.
Mays, Mark p. Robinson, f.. C. Wins
! ton and Attorney General Andrews,
| members; DIR. j. S. b. Pratt, chief
| health officer; c. Charlock secretary,
and Miss Mae Weir stenographer.
John Cassidy's bid of $4,000 to con-
| struct the Mookai telephone line was
| formally accepted, and the contract
| awarded to the bidder by the president
| last week confirmed.
LAHAINA REGULATIONS.
| Letters from DR.. Molony, government
| physician, and l.. NJ. Vetlesen, sanitary
| inspector, discussing the proposed san
| itary regulations for Lahaina, were
read.
DR.. Cooper stated the difficulties in
| the way of prescribing drainage of ten
| ements near the beach into the sea.
| Unless the owners united in construct
| ing a common sewer he did not know
| how it could be done. 1t was a hard
| matter to handle.
DIR. Pratt explained his idea in maxi
| ing the recommendation on which the
| proposed regulation was based. This
| was to have pipe run down to the
beach with lateral drains from houses
connected Herewith.
DR.. Cooper spoke of the difficulty OF
| ordering compulsory sewerage sys-
| TEN for Lahaina, until the Legislature
| should see fit to make provision for a
general system.
Other of the regulations were consid-
cred, such as those relating to the sale
| of fish and disposal of garbage. The
draft and communications were finally
| on motion of Mr. Andrews. referred to
a committee consisting of the medical
members.
|
| The sanitary inspectors OF Honolulu
had their pay raised at the suggestion
| of the president.
DR.. Cooper, after the sanitary reports
for October had been read, brought up
| the matter. He said one of the four
teen inspectors had resigned and an
other gone to the Coast, leaving twelve
which he said in answer to n question,
| were sufficient to cover the city. The
inspectors had been receiving sS5 a
month, poor living for family, and
he recommended that their pay be
| increased to 500 a month from the first
| of December.
| Mr.. Robinson said an inspector had
complained to him that morning of not
having received his due pro rata OF
salary the past month, and stated that
he represented other inspectors in
making complaint.
DIR. Cooper remarked that any in
| spector who was dissatisfied had only
| to return his badge. There We're plen-
| ty of good men waiting to take the
| place.
/ On motion of Mr.. Winston, seconded
by Mr.. Smith, the salaries of inspec-
tors were raised to 500 a month after
| November.
The secretary reported that there
would be surplus of $3S in the in
spection fund under the six months
appropriation. Mr.. Winston moved
seconded by Mr. Smith, and II was car
ried, that the president divide the sur
plus money among the inspectors.
REPORTS.
Reports We're read from the food
commissioner, the chief health officer
the sanitary inspectors, the plumbing
inspector and the sanitary inspectors
OF Lahaina and Hilo.
Two letters were received from DR..
l.. f. Cofer chief quarantine officer
reporting health conditions in the Ori-
ent. The latest showed as follows:
Yokohama, two weeks to Oct. e.
Plague cases, 3; deaths, 4; doubtful
plague cases, 8; deaths, /.
Kobe, two weeks to October 2S.-
Clean.
Hongkong, two weeks to October 20.
N-Plague cases. 4; deaths, 4.
" Nagasaki, two weeks to October Co.
Cholera cases, 40; deaths, 22. Remarks:
is cholera, 22 suspected.
Shanghai, two weeks to October IT,
Cholera cases. 2; deaths, Q.
NEW DISPENSARY.
DIR. Mays asked for information re-
| garding the projected new dispensary.
DIR. Cooper answered that they We're
In period OF transition. not knowing
where they We're at Plans and
bids were in hand and he did not think
there would be any difficulty after a
new head was appointed to the Public
Works department. A morgue as well
as dispensary was planned, and he
considered morgue the more pressing
necessity OF the two.
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