Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-08-01
PERMITS GRANTED
FOR TWO LAUNDRES
Board OF Health Also
Adopts Regulations
For Barber Shops

The Board Of Health at its meeting
yesterday afternoon decided to grant
two licenses for wash houses. Y. Amin
hadB an application in to erect one
building and Attorney ID. l.. Withing'
ion appeared to represent Theodore
Richards who wants to put up build
ing at Camp No. to accommodate
about 22 or 90 laundrymen.
President Pinkham was anxious 20
aave all the washing confined to one
place, but while Amin was willing to
put up a building to accommodate ali
of them, he had the promises of only
about Is that they would come in
Wilmington said that if the Board in
sisted, his principal would agreed to
erect wash house to accommodate
the entire lot Of Chinese, but he eX-
pressed doubts as to the possibility OF
getting them all together and their
living in harmony if they were
punched in one place.
Finally on motion of DR.. Wayson the
Board voted to grant each of the APP
rlicants license, with the under
standing that if either of them failed
to erect a building the other should
put one up large enough to accommo-
date all 40 Or As of the laundrymen.
The matter of barber shop regula-
lions was briefly discussed and the
regulations as presented by the Presl-
dent were adopted. The Board is now
ready to take the matter up and sec
that the law in relation to them is
enforced.
President Pinkham presented re-
port as follows:
To the Members of the Board Of
Health:
| am glad to present to you DR.. "
d. Baldwin as Il member of the Boart
of Health. succeeding Dr. James A
judd. who certainly had more thar
his share Of Gratuitous public duties
and in tightening them states he en-
joyel his duties with you and did no
wish to avoid public service but ne
time was unduly SO occupied. | an
sure we. lave esteemed it privilege
TO have Or. Judd with us and tender
him such sentiments.
| herewith present letter of with
lrawal from Dr.. w, c. Rogers who ha!
so kindly given his services at the
dispensary to the indigents needing
his skill as specialist in diseases o.
the eye and ear. The appreciativt
thanks of the Board are due him.
LAUNDRIES.
For two years the necessity OF somt
solution of the public wash housC
problem has been obvious
The Legislature of 1905 appropriated
in the Loan Bill $14,500.00 for nov
wash houses and the President of thu
Board had complete plans made an
Dlate ed before the DEPARTMENT of PUP
lie Works. suggesting that the laun
Qrylnen put III steam laundry washing
and drying machines, pooling thu
washing part of their business. Witt
superheated steam disinfection NJ
more sanitary method could be EN-
ployed. We are able to conduct ;
steam laundry on Molokai on thi
basis and there is no reason why
could not be done here. 1t was to-
deep proposition for the Chimes
laundrymen, and the administrator
dropped the matter.
The Iwilei laundries are now legal.
closed, though running temporary!
until the laundrymen can locate them
selves.
When the Government concluded t.
close the Iwilei wash houses TIL
Board of Health believed it was in thu
interest of public hygiene and santa
ton that the laundry business be KEEP
concentrated SO the inspectors of tn,
Board could supervise the operations
We sought those with capital to un
dertake the erection of suitabl
building well located for this purpose
We stipulated the building shoul'
have the floors, walls and division
walls to the height of about six fee
made of reinforced concrete smootl
finish, all corners to be rounded, tn,
grade such that the building could b.
flushed out, the roof to over hang St
as TO allow an arrangement of perfec
ventilation. Hot water was to be fur
nished from central heating plant
1t was further stipulated Their
should be nb cooking, sleeping. or hi
man habtation within the building.
>The number OF rooms required
would be about forty.
After much negotio ton and seekin!
of sites a suitable enc retired flon
observation was found
Mr.. Y Amin agreed to build such
ia, ndry strictly on the lines suggested
Mr.. Amin thought it conducive t,
the best interests Of all to induce eacl