The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-01
TWO LAUNDRIES
ARE AUTHORIZED
Besides One Already Licensed
IAN Infirmary at Oahu
Insane Asylum.

authorized to erect laundrleS, unueF
Board of Health regulations, to take
the place of the government establish
ment at Iwilei. This is in addition
to one already licersed.
Public ownership OF washhouses hav-
ing been condemned by the Legislature,
the Board of Health wanted to hay
the succeeding private laundries
punched As President Pinkham said
in his message to the Board yester-
day. "the Board of Health believed
it was in the interest of public hygiene
and sanitation that the laundry bust
ness be kept concentrated so the in.
speetors of the Board could supervise
the operations.
Accordingly the Board sought those
with capital to undertake the erection
of a suitable building well located for
this purpose. The number of rooms re-
quired would be about forty.
1t was stipulated that the building
should have the floors, walls and divi-
sion walls to the height of about six
feet made of reinforced concrete smooth
finish, all corners to be rounded, the
grade such the building could be flush
ed out, the roof to overhang so as to
allow an arrangement of perfect ven
tilation. Hot water was to be furnish
ed from a central heating plant. There
should be no cooking, sleeping, or
human habitation within the building,
After much negotiation and seeking,
suitable site retired from observa-
ton was found. Y. Amin agreed to
build laundry strictly in the manner
stipulated. He wanted to give each
laundryman going into his proposed
building some little interest, but when
he had got about twelve pledges he
ran against the building scheme of an
other man.
This was Theodore Richards, who
planned to build washhouses at Camp
No. ?, Vineyard street, and had sign
ed up twenty-five laundrymen as ten
ants.
| This so divided up the washhouse
business, he told the Board, that the
object of the Board was somewhat i'm
periled.
In the meantime one license had been
| granted, being for laundry in the
| taroena factory of DIR. Vile on Liliha
street, which had never been occu
pied. The building had been equipped
under the Board s stipulations, and the
president expected that a suitable fence
would be erected on Liliha street tc
conceal the drying yard.
d. L. Wilmington appeared at the
meeting as attorney for Mr.. Richards
whose building plans were exhibited
there, but when asked to make state
ment said he had only come in to an
swer questions.
Mr.. Pinkham amplifed his written
message with remarks to show the
desirability of having all the laundrie'
in one locality.
w
Twenty-Five" Mr.. Wilmington said
sbut with these plans can not accom-
modate more than twenty-five. A few
contracts are as yet unsigned in con
sequence of awaiting action by thu
Board of Health. Our difficulty is al
excess of applications.
"Do you think you could extend you
plans TO accommodate all?" Mr.. Pink
ham asked.
cit would be expensive" Mr.. With
inqton answered, ''but I think it eoul'
be done. There are twenty-five VIII
want to go together. Perhaps the 9th
ers could be accommodated elsewhere.
In further conversation Mr.. With
ington showed that the difficulty woul'
be to get all the Chinese to come to
oether. Some were union men and som
not He was afraid that Mr.. Richards
general plan was going to be inter
fered with by the Chinese themselves
Tt would be easier if Amin took hal
|
about the law if the Board shoul
license his clients place alone an
Richards took the whole forty-he wa
a little afraid of what the other
might do. Mr. Richards would like t
have all, but the Board could not sho'
N discrimination.
In response to Mr.. Pinkham s state
ment about Amin s proposal to CAV
each of his tenants an interest, an
his running up against Richards
scheme when he had got about twelve
Mr.. Wilmington said if Amin got twel
J tv it would be ali right. Mr.. Rlel
}. ards would have contract not onl
= with each individual but with the hu
for full observance of the regulation
Mr.. Pinkham, in the discussion, ma
d told how hard a place a laundry WS
! to watch, as the Board had foun
, from experience with the governmeI
11.. IF tha Landowner coul