The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-05-05
SITE FOR BOYS
HOME PLANNED

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ACQUIRE the land now leased from the
Bishop Estate on which the Kapiolani
Home for Girls and the Kalihi Receiv-
ing Station, and the Detention Hospital
now used temporarily as home for
the boys brought from the leper set
Element, are located, and locate these
three institutions permanently on it.
1t is expected that an exchange of pub
lie lands somewhere can be made for
this land.
The matter was discussed at ,the
meeting of the Board of Health yester-
day afternoon. 1t met with unanimous
approval. 1t was pointed out that the
location was an exceedingly healthfui
one. as healthful probably as any, To-
cation on the Island. 1t is accessible,
and having the three institutions there
makes them convenient for admins
tration There is an abundant water
supply from an artesian well. The ques-
ton of sewerage is settled by the fact
that the sewer is already built extend
ing into the sea, and that all that is
needed is to connect with the sewer.
As to the matter of teaching the boys
agriculture. which has been proposed,
Mr. Smith said that there was sufficient
land there available for all the work
that the boys could do, in gardening,
unless they were kept in the institu-
ton long after they were able to earn
a living elsewhere.
Acknowledgement Hemenway said
that he had never favored the idea of
trying to make farmers out of all the
boys. His idea was that the boys
should be sent to the public schools,
and be brought up as much like other
boys as possible, and when they were
old enough to earn a living, work
should be secured for them, and then
they should leave the institution. Other
wise the institution would develop into
place where large number of able
bodied youth would simply be support
ed at public expense.
DIR. Golfer said he had already re-
ceived application from some people in
Kauai for one of the boys. The people
said they were able to take care of
the boy and were willing ito do so. DR..
Cofer was given power to act in the
matter after full investigation. 81 I
Other lands were considered in the
matter of a location for the Boys
Home. Some land opposite Allan Her
bert's place in Kalihi, and some land
farther up the valley were suggested,
but the objection to them was their
distance, important in the matter of
cost of getting building supplies to
them, and in administration and espe-.
cially in the matter of the attendance
of physicians when such were needed.
There was an offer also of the Kona
Orphanage property in Kona from
Miss Alice F. Beard. She offered the
property, ready for occupancy, dormi-
tories furnished, and twenty acres of
land reduced to cultivation, for S14,-
500. This offer was placed on file.1
The approval of plans for a chapel
for the Kapiolani Home was deferred
until after it shall be determined
whether the Board will acquire the
fee on which the institution is now
located, or whether another location
shall be sought for all of these insti-
tutions. chs
The Attorney General was appoint
ed a committee to look after the mat
ter of negotiating an exchange of
lands so as to secure the lands where
these institutions are now located.
The action of the President in ap-
pointing a superintendent at $40 a
month for the boys home, a matron
at $40, and two women assistants at
SIG month, and a cook at $25, was