The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-06-19
HOME FOR THE
M0L0KA| LADS

A suitable building for the boys OF
the Molokai settlement, recently
brought to Honolulu, and chapel for
the girls OF the Kapiolani home, are
to be built at once, tentative plans for
both buildings being approved at the
regular meeting of the Board of Health
yesterday afternoon. The money for
the boys home is available and must
be utilized within the year, while there
is also $4,000 available for the Kapio-
lani chapel.
The architectural work for these
buildings and the matters of drawing
up the plans and specifications for
tenders will be done by the Superin-
tendent of Public Works who has stat
ed his willingness to undertake the
work, and on motion yesterday the
matter will be turned over to him.
: Land for the new home is to be
secured from the Bishop Estate, the
site now in use, if an exchange ar
rangement can be made. The trustees
of the estate have signified their will
ingness to trade for other government
lands and a proposition will be made
to the Governor just as soon as he
will be at liberty to attend to it. There
is an artesian well on the grounds, to
supplement the flow of which DR.. Cofer
thinks the installation Of a gasoline
engine and pump and the building of
a 10000 gallon tank will be necessary.
SETTLEMENT SUPPLIES.
Yesterday was the regular day for
the awarding of the contracts for the
Territorial Board of Health supplies,
but the majority of the tenders were
not examined, the whole matter being
passed up to the president, with
proviso that the lowest tenderer in
each case should get the contract. The
tenders for the supplying of beef cattle
were the only ones definitely acted on,
that contract going to the Molokai
ranch at the following prices: for cat
tie delivered at the Settlement by the
pail trail, six and half cents a pound
dressed weight; delivered by steamer,
six and five-eights cents. The Carter
ranch quoted IA f. o. b. steamer and
6 ga cents delivered at the settlement.
The successful bidders will be required
to enter into an agreement to repair
all damage done to the pail trail
through driving their cattle over the
steep road.
ASHFORD TALKS HABEAS
CORPUS.
c. w. Ashford asked the Board to
allow one of the wards at Kalaupapa
to attend a land trial at Lahaina, |
offering to pay all the expenses of |
having him taken over and back. He |
asked the Board to grant this privilege |
as the man was necessary witness |
and a refusal on their part would |
compel him to bring habeas corpus
to secure his presence at
he trial.
The matter was left to the president
% take up with the Attorney General
md he was empowered to act on the
Attorney Generals advice.
SALE OF HIDES.
The Metropolitan Meat Company and
R. K Porter tied in their offer to pur-
,hase the hides to be sold by the
BOARD, each proffering five cents q
'ound. The offer of Porter was ac-
epted.
RAT STATISTICS.
The statistics of the rat campaign ,
resented by President Cofer make
cry creditable record, the average
ost of rat bacteriolOgically examined
n Hawaii now being fourteen cents.
he record in Seattle at the time of I
he plague there was $3.50 a rat, while
t the present time it is costing San ,
francisco sixty cents a rat
For the week ending July Is, the
otal number of rats caught in the c
erritory was S4s, of which 623 were i
aught in this city and the rest in [
lilo. There were III examined in the
'oard of Health laboratories and in
o case were any infected rats dis
overed.
A departure in the rafting being done
insists of having shotgun men out
Or the purpose of driving the tree rats /