Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-09-27


Board Of Health office yesterday aft
ernoon. The grave men had been call
ed together by President L. e. Pink.
ham with view Of gathering Informal
ton with regard to what could be done
to remedy the situation. No conclu.
sions were reached by the cemetery
men. There were nineteen present
and each one holly defended his own
graveyard and criticised the others.
Those who had cemeteries outside city
limits agreed that those In the city
should be closed, but those interested
In the city grave-yards fought for
them tooth and nail. Several times tho
discussion became quite heated, as for
instance when Governor Cleghorn call
ed down II. T. Moore for roasting the
Kawaiahao cemetery and in his turn
said that Moore's Lockwood cemetery
was not fit to bury people In.
President Pinkham opened the meet
ing by stating that It had been called
because Of the sanitary condition OF
the city. Honolulu had 10 cemeteries
That was too many. II had been i'm
possible to maintain them on modern
standards. He understood that some OF
those controlling cemeteries would be
glad to close them II new and good
accommodation could be had. He had
called those present together to talk
over the situation.
II. 7. Moore said that four years ago
the Board Of Health had given notice
that burials inside Of city limits would
or On Tho has,. =, Ut ,ho .nn,ns,,
association bad hoen orsoni,ea ons 80
nroc,rod ,ba poasi Citn an Gnu hau
cenotory 7, nos ,,,nn;,, a., '
tent ample to burv ali Uono,ulu,s dead
for thirty years TO come and Accord
ing TO the regulations OF the BOARD
N the BOARD had continued accordino
10 its regulation this ceme,erv would
have been a second croopwood Eo.
some reason or other bowever yer,
few buriaIs had taken nIace there Iats.
ly.
r,o
.,ah. .ee.ry MAD Deen cut up INTO
rs .yhsI me Catnolc MISSION
nas se, Tt elsnt acres Ior It's Gene
very, mere were also Chinese. Jap
anese anu frotes'ant sections Inc
ueieai ms, VI the puriais was kept SO
tnau all .ne graves could be located
Easily. Sucn an arrangement should
De compiied win put none OF the other
cemeteries had cone SO. A burial In
.nls pace cost only $lo besides III rail-
ROAD rare Moore went on 10 describe
.he advantages Oh the Pearl CITY ceme-
tery. lie spoke against the opening
OF new cemeteries saying, II Tor In
stance one was opened on the other
side OF Diamond Head, the cost Oh
hearse would pe sZo'
A. V. Gear interrupted Moore, say
ing he was mistaken on that point.
Moore went on to say 1t was up to
tne board 10 iiVe up 10 It's former regu-
i n On 'he OASIS OF wnich the feari
oity cemetery mad been founded.
~ V. year saia the rear oity ceme-
sers was soou one put IL was 100
iar Instant lor people VINO wanted 10
'isi' .he graves Oh their ueau' IL was
700 expensive ior poor people. Inc
trustees as, vi lear, Lansing q CO mad
a sue near DIalhonu heau' which was
mapped OUT III sections as outlined DIX
Moore; me noard OF heaitn had APP
pIo,eu VI cue sue. several samples
era'es nau Deeh Jug ana MI NOBLE,
one VI .ne nlost prominent cemetery
NV ne" VI oan rLahIiseo, hau pronounced
'"e place @h iueal one.
e"i .npusu. cue poaru should pro,
n.ot. iui 'nei ouIiaIs III tne CITY anu
, .neourase cemeteries IN the suburbs
ne Ma' I,n cemetery woulu oe con,
he ECU WIN .ne napiu transit 20 ana
NC e" M, y, u.uess, n
80 -, Ma .Ls I'M asked finknam what
aouS =, 'n ne p ca,n woulu take WIN re-
eu " 1me Sa.nolS cemetery oh Ming
~ mn, saiu ne couiu nor teil.
di e mau "a sa', n,,, .ue eeihe'ery people 10
'''.a's '"e ''''"''oh'
w. j. karratti said that the over
crowded cemeteries should be closed.
ne SAID, however, that the Makiki
cemetery was not overcrowded and read
STATISTICS 10 prove II,
u. kekaulike spoke about the Moa-
nalua cemetery OF which ne was the
SUPERINTENDENT He did not think 1t
was dangerous TO the public health as