The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-01
Supt. McVeish's Salary
Raised for Cause
Shown.
The Free Dispen,ary on Short
AlIoWance-Votes Of
Thanks.

L. z. Pinkham, president; Fred. c.
Smith, Dr. J. r. Judd, Attorney Cen
eral Lorrin Andrews. Mark P. Robinson
and Abr. Fernandez constituted
meeting of the Board of Health yester-
day.
The Presidents usual message laying
out the program of business was read
| by Secretary Charlock. AS the first
paragraph showed, the meeting was
special one 'to pass upon the condi-
ton of certain buildings at Waipahu,
Oahu, located on the road from the
railroad station toward the mill of the
Oahu Sugar CO.. 1t was stated that
the buildings ARE situated on such low
ground that proper drainage is out of 4
able expense. These buildings and
their surroundings have been inspected
time and again by DR.. Pratt, Mr.. Keen
and Messrs. Charlock, Lawrence and
myself the president wrote, conclud-
| ing:
1.-The little stores and livelihood of so
tated to take radical measures, but are
forced to-
DR.. Pratt and Inspector Keen ap-
| peared before the board and, with the
aid of a map, demonstrated the ire
| Geemable condition of the ,emises
from a sanitary point of view.
| Cases of virulent disease had occurred
in the congeries of shacks. Children
had been seen tapping water out Of
hand from polluted ditch.
Mr.. Andrews submitted resolution
INTENDED to give officers of the board
authority for dealing with such a con-
dition of things anywhere as was
led for the fumigation and disinfection
Iof persons and property in infected
Il buildings before their removal there
from, and for the prohibition of occu-
ipancy of such buildings after the re-
moval of persons and property until
they We're put in sanitary condition.
The resolution was adopted.
| SUPERINTENDENT SALARY.
81 desire to bring before you the item
lof the salary of the Superintendent of
the Leper Settlement, a part of which
he voluntarily surrendered over a year
ago." the president wrote. This is no
ordinary case The superintendent is
the only person in the Settlement who
] is presumed to have an income suffi-
cient to meet charitable demands. He is
surrounded by over one thousand peo-
Pile and hundreds of them unable to
earn money. Mr.. McVeigh's kindness
of heart is an open secret to all and
he does himself financial injustice in
trying to fill his peculiar position to-
ward the little wants of his people,
otherwise unprovided for.
II therefore believe it the duty of this
Board to at least partially restore the
superintendent salary to it's former
amount. 1t ought to be restored to
$500 per month, or, if that is deemed
impossible, to $685.
! Mr.. Smith asked if it would be ap-
more than the head of the department.
To which Mr.. Andrews replied that the
superintendent occupied a different po-
sition from any other official. He had
practically to abandon his home life.
On motion of Mr.. Andrews, seconded
by Mr.. Robinson, it was voted to make
the superintendent salary $685. a
month.
THE FREE DISPENSARY
President Pinkham brought up the
matter of medical treatment for the
poor of Honolulu thus:
There can be no question as to the
usefulness during the past fourteen
months of the free dispensary 1t is
impossible to longer carry on this in
. stitution by public subscriptions and
the free services of physicians.
| In applying for appropriations I had
in mind the continuance of the dis
pensary. I also had in mind our pub
lie school examinations and vaccina-
tions. Last year these absolutely i'm
perative services We're rendered free of
charge
! 4 believe our appropriation will al
| low US to expend for the dispensary
medicines, outside poor and schools the
sum of two hundred and fifty dollars
per month.
''At the beginning of the school
: terms it would be impossible for any
appointee to attend to both the dis
pensary and schools. DR.. J. T. Nc
r Donald has kindly offered to care for
the dispensary at such times.
} L trust you will give your direc-
t tons to the president of the board
r covering these objects
Mr.. Pinkham, in a conversational dis