Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-07-28
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ganization, headed by an executivel
committee, that carried on the work.
He summarizes briefly what each
committee did and pays tribute to the
hearty and unselhsh cooperation of
his fellow workers. He mentions the
active interest of the business com
munity, which made the day practical
ly holiday, as well as the enthusi-
astic support given the workers byI
the residents In general among whom
the Orientals were not the last.
Only one thing Is omitted and that
h the mention of the untUing efforts
Of Mr.. Berndt himself and the ability
he displayed in organizing his forces
The report in part Is as follows
Origin and Object Of Movement.
The idea of setting aside a specialI
day on which every resident should
be urged to join in concerted move
ment to make the city more sanitary,
was, | believe, first suggested by Pref
| sident l.. A. Mott-Smith of the Teri
ritorial Board. of Health. At all
events. Mr.. Mott-Smith was one of
the prime movers in the matter. More
| than the mere idea of physically
cleansing the town as thoroughly asI
! possible in one day the inspiring mo-
tive was the hope Of bringing the
people Of every walk of life, and Of
all nationalities, to realization of
| what city sanitation really means. IT,
/ was hoped to awaken the people to-
& greater sense Of their own respon-
sibility in this connection. and to-
open their eyes TO conditions In their
own particular sections. as well as in
the city generally, which have been
overlooked by the great majority. It
was felt that the educational value
of bringing strongly to the attention
;, of all, the nature of the work OF
: health inspection ana city cleaning
: would be such that the hands of the
: health and sanitary departments
would be strongly upheld In the fu-
ture, where they had previously en-
cOuntered Indifference or even oppo-
sition in carrying on their work, Also
that n most valuable lesson could be
taught of the results to be accom-
y plished through enthusiasm and active
corporation.
feel that il is needless to de-
clare that all of these objects have
been attained through our efforts, in
!, even greater measure than the most
: optimistic had dared to hope. The
4 success Of Cleanup Day" Is very
: generally admitted, even by those
who were Indifferent or skeptical be-
fore.
Finance.
y There was generally but hazy idea
of the amount of money necessary
< for the work. At first this gave little
concern for the reason that the Com
!, mittee had been led to believe that
$4,000 or $4,000 would be available II
necessary, from the Board of Health
funds, and that q similar amount
could he counted on from the bust
ness community through the Ship.
pers' Wharf Tax Fund. Within few
days of the day set for the work
however. the Committee was advised
that nothing at all could be expected
, from the Board of Health, and i'm
. mediately following this announce
t ment request for assistance from
the Shippers Wharf Committee me,
with refusal. Thereupon the Com.
mittee began canvass among the
larger business houses, and succeed
ed in raising approximately $4,000 il
cash for this work. In the meantime
the matter of expense had been gone
into carefully. with the result that II
was pretty well assured that this
this amount would be much more thar
sufficient II campaign of one days
q duration only were undertaken. The
!, Honolulu Merchants Association als'
a came to the front with n subscription
of $1,000, in case of shortage, ant
there were one or two other anony
e nous offers of generous amounts
None of these were needed however
since according to the report Of thu
: Finance Committee, the total none,
cost of Cleanup Day was but $l2O2.O2
n Moreover the general feeling that th'
e fairest way of meeting this expense
would be from the voluntarily main
tanned Wharf Tax Fund, which Is KEEP
: up indirectly by the consumers of al
goods entering this port, has become
y so strong that we are led to believe
the guardians of this fund may re
n consider their first stand. and taxi
u over the bills in toto incurred by tn
a general committee.
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