The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-10-25
viii Take Charge Of What viii Be
important Branch Of Marine
Hospital Service.
RAMUS RECOMMENDED IONS
Advertiser Story Stlrs Depart
ments-Starts Talk of
Troops for HiIo.


been appointed the chief quarantine Of.
fcer Of the southern city, his duties to
\ commence at once, the latest man upon
whom the duty has dovolved of
watching Iilo Grow" That's the
II process Of this observation will not
n prove as irksome as IL has to others
who have attempted it in tho past is
fact best attcstcd to by the appoint.
mcpt itself and the changes eontem.
H plated there which II portends.
Several weeks ago President Mott
smith Of the territorial board of health
and DR.. Cnrl Ramus, chief quarantine
officer of the port Of Honolulu, visited
n Hilo with the intention of sizing up the
N Crescent City's needs in the way OF
sanitation and health regulation.
The appointment of Doctor Sexton
followed this visit but results did not
stop there, for Doctor Ramus has for.
waTdcd TO Washington his official rec.
concentrations In regard TO the port.
These include a quarantine station, a
marine hospital service and disinfcct.
ing boat that may anchor alongside the
vessels in the hnrbor and kill OFF tho
meteorological specimens before they
begin 90 grow In Hilo, too.
An Important Matter.
"Quarantinc matters In Hilo,D said
Doctor Ramus last night, "hnve como
TO a point whore such things arc Of tho
grcntcst urgency do not like to lose
the services Of Doctor Sexton here but
j wns under the necessity Of sending
capable man there. The position which
no leaves vacant is nm important one
and ! expect that Washington will send
us a man TO take up his work"
Doctor Sexton has been bacteriologist
for the bonrd Of health Of the Territory
besides holding his position in the fed.
eral marine hospital service, his mp
pointmont 10 1Iilo therefore making two
vacancies instead Of one, 10 be filed.
His work in tho local branch Of tho
federal hospital service has included all
the duties commonly falling TO marine
hospital officers and he has done
great deal OF the meteorological work
for 10.
He succeeds DR.. John j. Grace, who
~ acting nssigtnnt surgeon Of the ma
rine hospital there.
Look for Big Things.
The recommendations above noted,
which Doctor Rnmus has made 10 Wash.
iDgton, indicate n new viewpoint with
which federal eyes nro watching tho
The Advertiser which contained tho nm.
nounccmcnt Of japanese plans TO uso
IIil0 ns a mercantile clearinghouse for
Central and South Amcricn has been
forwarded TO Washington by Doctor
RamuB MS being in line with the fncts
upon which he bnaed his rorOmmendn.
tionB md TO back up his arguments.
~ believe II N really not nppreci.
ntcd," he said Inst night, "that IIilo
" twelve hours nenrer the Panama
Cannl than we are here and that Hilo
has much greotcr aud better harbor
than We have. That brcnkwater is n
great thing.
~ believe that those Japanese plans,
ms announced, are true, for n would be
strange n an energetic race like the
Japanese would pnss over such nm OPP
portunity. The completion Of tho canal
will probably result In through lines
between the Orient and the Atlantic
American and English ports.v
II is In anticipation Of this ynst In.
crease in shipping that the quarantine
Improvement recommendation have
been mnde, and their scope sO0ms 10
indicate that Hilo IN looked upon as
being In the future larger port even
than Honolulu, from lis NATURAL posi-
ton on prospective steamer lines utiliz'
Ing the Pannmn Canal
The board Of health will meet Tues
day 10 consider applicants for tho ya'
cancy loft by Doctor Sexton.
Looks Suspicious TO Some.
Doctor Ramug and the quarantine
service N not tho only man and the
only branch Of tho federal service
which has shown interest In The Ad'
yortlsers story of q japanese bonded
warehouse In lilo. Army and navy
officers have, IL N reported sent copies
Of this paper 10 their respective dc.
partmonts, calling attention TO the
story
nflt may be that tho Japanese are
going 10 help thoir South American
trade by establahinR q huge warehouse
or serios Of them At Hilo,o said an
handy N would b6 for tho Japanese IN
case Of war 10 have That stock Of Jap
aneae foodstuf oil ready on the Island
Of Hawaii"
This phase Of Tho question II an In.
iereatinR one, but tho scheme, IN the
opinion of q. II, Buckland, who talked
II over with Professor Abe, h strictly
what II pnrporis 10 be- Oue for trade
and steamship development, not In any
sense WIZ moaeure,
Nevertheless II would be nice for any
invading Japanese TO have O huge sup
ply OF rice aud 0tlnr things all ready
here Tor them and this phaao 0f tho
question u not 10 DO lost sight Of
IN the opinion Of some who have
discussed tho question, tho establish
ment Of great tfndlhg port NJ lilo
would cnll for tbo atationing of troops
there and tho erection Of f0riiaeatiQna
tor the defense Of the hATbon
Government Fayofn Honolulu