The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-12-12

at,F taL,n oH rut tf lrepinr close
1000. iHe health people ue able 90
accommodate fhU steamship people ans
r.ltfr t0 thH Irnlin Ot ship thfough
f.tf PASS and stamp stsicn. without
Rnulnz llr f.mluto Inspection. They
are able ilus io know that nothing
seontfaland" or forbidden baggage,
passengers or freiplt-is on board, for
everything that has gone aboard has
been stamped 80. k
Some ~ the regulations which the
local office. Of which Dr. l.. l.. Cofer,
Passed Assistant Surgeon, L. :. =. IL.
q NJ. H. s.. and Chief Quarantine OH.
cor. is the head, have been 30 well
thought of by the Washington govern.
ment, they have been made general de-
partment regulations by the Secretary
Of the Treasury, with the approval Of
the President The doctor has been in
charge most Of the period since the ser
vice WAS established here after annexa-
iion. and it is said by people who have
the ear of the department that he Is
considered one of the most able, con
servative and efficient, and at the same
time one of the most accommodating,
officials in that important branch of the
government.
While the wharf plan was large i'm
provement on locking passengers in
=, their rooms on board after leaving the
dock, the public health Office here has
devised another Improvement. Hither-
to, friends of passengers have been com
PEELED TO stand in the broiling sun or
pouring rain, sometimes without the
slightest shelter, outside the docks, with
no place to sit down even, simply TO
save the steamship companies expense.
Now, thanks to the fertile brain of the
local Federal public health force, part
of the wharf Cat the Oceanic dock at
least) has been fenced off Just as is
done day in and day out in the big rail
way stations in the States, as well as
at all the big steamship docks in cities
of any prominence and with a conse-
quent rush of business. The bars in
! this case permit visitors to see who is
coming off the ship without in any way
interfering with the passengers who are
anxious to pass the customs inspectors
| (if there are any and attend to their
baggage, and be free to see their
friends without having great gang of
no interest and who have no interest in
them elbowing against them and max
ing it slow work to attend to the imme-
date necessities of the travellers. Tho
people on Friday appreciated the plan.
| The sun outside was hot, but inside it
was comparatively cool. The fence,
mind you, is erected by the Territorial
government, the steamship company not
being able to afford the expense or per
haps not caring enough for Honolulu
people IS comfort to have thought of the
plan and suggested it. 1t is said, how
ever, that now that it is in force they
will put in benches so that the people
can be comfortable as well as protected
from sun, dirt and rain. 1t is also SAT-
that the steamship company will hav
that part of the wharf swept so tina
, ladies entering the visitors section vii
, not have to send all their skirts to tn
laundry the next day. Condition
, heretofore have been unnecessarily an,
sometimes indescribably filthy on tn
passenger wharves, no protection beinj
afforded friends of passengers iron
dirty drays or grimv lll-smelling steve
dores ana filthy Asiatic steerage passen
gers. There are many who hope tina
the Pacific Mail people will follow tn
suit of the Oceanic and erect on thei
. wharf some accommodations of SIM
lar nature, so that it will be no longe
considered "A crime almost by the off
, cious guards of the steamship compan
for resident of Honolulu to go to tn
. steamer to see his friends come in o
, 90 away. The band will hereafter pla
5 in the visitors enclosure on the ocean,
I wharf on the departure of steamers fo
the Coast and also on the Pacific Mai
wharf if that company fix up decen
, place for it to play under.