The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-15
ALGAE FOUND IN
KAIMUK! WATER
Water Is Pure Until 1t Gets
Into the Reservoir
There.

lows:
s.The water from the Kaimuki reser
voir at this time is of marked differ
enee from the water of the Kaimuk
Pumping Station which supplies 18th,
reservoir. A considerable growth o.
algae in the reservoir was noticed anC
is the cause of the disagreeable ap
pearance and contamination of this wa
ter"
The board directed that the Superin
tendent of Public Works be notified Of
this condition and be directed to clear
out the reservoir.
When Dr. Golfer was president of the
Board of Health, he issued General
Order No. /, which was a tentative eff
fort to thoroughly systematic and co
ordinate the different departments of
the work of the Board, and TO define
the duties of each employee, so that re-
sponsibility could be placed where it
belonged. At the meeting of the Board
yesterday, President Robinson announc-
ed that this general order had worked
well in great many particulars, but
that in some particulars friction had
grown out of it, and that revision was
advisable. He suggested that the mat
ter be referred to the Committee on
Rnles and Regulations for revision. 1t
was suggested that as the general order
had never been adopted by the Board,
it could be rescinded by the president.
DR.. Wayson thought that as it had
worked well in some particulars that
revision ought to be undertaken in
order to make it workable in those par
ticnlars wherein it had not worked well.
In reply to a question from one of the
other members of the Board, he said
that he thought they ought to secure
as well established and orderly meth
DDS of transaeting the business of the
department as possible, and that this
was in that direction. On motion the
matter was referred to the committee
fQT revision.
The County Clerk notified the Board
of the passage by the Board of Super
visors of the tenement house ordinance,
a copy of the ordinance accompanying
the notice.
DIR. T. Mitamura notified the Board
that the japanese Cemetery Association
had opened its cemetery at MOiliii, in
accordance with the rules of the Board.
The secretary of the Board was directed
to secure official notification of the Of
fcers of the association, so that the
employees of the Board would know with
whom they were dealing in all matters
with the cemetery.
A letter was received from Superin-
tendent J. d. McYeigh, saying he had
received letter from DIR. j. H. Ray
mond that the latter, with his party, |
would come into the Settlement over
the Pail in order to hold political meet |
ings. He expressed regret that Dr. |
Raymond was coming that way, as it |
always led to more or less confusion
and the mixing of the lepers with those
who were not lepers. The secretary was |
instructed to write the superintendent |
TO say that no pass had been issued to
DR.. Raymond to enter the Settlement |
by that route; that the pass issued to
him only permitted him to land at the
settlement from steamer, and to re-
main in the visitors corral during the
tay of the steamer at the Settlement.
# DR.. Raymond insists on entering the
settlement by the pail trail, there may
,e trouble.
A request was received from Dr.
Iayes, the new government physician
or Honolulu, to be informed whether
lie should require children having ira
homa to remain away from school I'M
il they had recovered beyond the dan
,er of spreading infection or not. The
Board by vote instructed him to keep
hildren out of school until they were
ully recovered.
Fred C. Smith asked if Kahuku plan
alton had done anything yet in regard
o improving the sanitary conditions of
me of the camps which had been found
o be infected with typhoid fever Dr..
Nayson said he had been told that they
lad, and the matter was referred to
Dr.. Pratt to personally investigate and
eport. It was reported that several
asses of typhoid had broken ont in an
ther camp not heretofore infected.
a letter was received from the Jose
inc GerseheweileF Remedy Company in
egard to a wonderful cure for leprosy
which the company claims to have. 1t
5 the discovery of great scientist of
he fifteenth century, which has remain
d forgotten until recently. A govern
nent of Europe is considering the ac-
uisition of the remedy, but meanwhile
he company offers enough of the rem
dy without cost to demonstrate its
irtues.