The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-04-19

/ fuuds ana one man vas ftetththH uh
what appeared to be bundles Of cloth
Ing and smoking opium. A visit 10
the other rooms Of the building show
"a practically the same ataie Of thingp.
Food is cooked and eaten In the rooms
where the washing IL done. and In sew
erni washing rooms there was bunk
or bed. Some members OF the COM
mittec assembled to tho rooms above
the wash-rcom. used for sleeping
apartments. These rooms were dirty
ana filthy
In the report OF the Superintendent
OF Public Works on page 1913 Is the fol-
lowing.
THE interior OF the wash-rooms Is
regularly scrubbed out. but in spite of
fthis, II Is almost impossible to keep
the buildings In a thoroughly sanitary
condition due to method Of washing
clothes. adopted by the Chinese; pre-
vious to being put into n boiler. each
garment, after being soaped. is twisted
| into shape similar to that OF rope.
then swung In the air and thrust
against table top, which operation
results in suds and filth being deposit
ed about the walls and ceilings, leav-
ing the several apartments In very
uncleanly condition"
The buildings are in very bad repair,
the stills, floor joist wooden flooring
and the lower portions of the studding
and siding are badly rotted out. The
roofs need reshingling and it seemed
to your committee that to repair these
buildings properly would require al
most their reconstruction.
Your committee wishing to be thor
oughly informed upon the laundry sit
uation in Honolulu, visited steam
laundry plant, on South street and
found there that the process of wash
ing and ironing was carried on in a
clean and sanitary manner At this
laundry there were about sixty people
employed on the day of our visit. Most
of these are Hawaiian and Portuguese
women and girls. The manager Of the
steam laundry informed your commit
tee that owing to the assistance given
to Chinese by the Territory 1t is i'm
possible to compete with the Chinese
in the laundry business, in spite of the
facilities afforded by the use of ma
chinery. If however, the Territory
should discontinue to assist the Chi
nese, the steam laundry would be able
by reason of the increase of business
to do laundry work much cheaper
than at present.
FINDINGS.
Your committee find as follows:
First. The Government laundries
are in filthy and insanitary condition.
and a source Of danger to the public
health.
Second. The Territory is engaged
in assisting the Chinese waShmen at
large annual loss.
Third. The Territory is being de-
prived Of revenue by reason of being
engaged in the laundry tYsiness
Fourth. The buildings used by the
Territory for laundry purposes are in
state Of bad repair and it would cost
large sum of money to place the
same in a sanitary condition.
Fifth The Territory by spending
the public money in assisting pri-
waite enterprise is competing with citi-
zens in an unfair and unlawful man
ner.
RECOMMENDATION
Your committee respectfully recon-
mend.
First. That no public money be
spent after July /, 1907 upon the Gov
eminent laundries at Iwilei.
Second. That the present laundry
buildings be taken down, and the land
upon which they stand be leased in
small parcels preferably for laundry
purposes.
A LAUNDRY BILL.
In connection with the matter, Shell
don, the chairman of the special com
mittee, presented bill to regulate the
laundry business of Honolulu by elm
mating the Government washhouses,
making it necessary for all who de-
sire to conduct laundry to apply for
permission from the Superintendent of
Public Works, filing with the applica-
ton a plan of the premises, showing
heating apparatus, water and sewerage
and giving description of the prem
ises A fee of S. must also accom-
pany the application, upon receipt of |
which the premises are to be inspected |
by the Fire Chief and Superintendent
of Public Works. If the premises ap-
pear suitduie d permit VIII bc iSoueu, |
the fee for which will be $25, good
for one year. The report was adopted
and the bill passed first reading.
TRUANTS TO BE LOOKED AFTER.
The bill adding to the duties of the
deputy sheriffs that of calling weekly
at all public schools to secure the
names of truants was favorably report
ed on by the Police committee and
the bill passed second reading, amend
ed so that the official may deputize
some other police officer to assist in
the work.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The order of the day, which had
been reached, contained six bills for
a third reading, three for n second
reading in committee of the whole,
the consideration of House Joint Reso-
luton 4, the taking of the aye and
no vote on the Municipal bill and
of the Governor s mes
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