The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-04-25

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lafuft 90 give us some heans af uofk.
ing cur machinery There ias been
/ loi az Misunderstanding. hut We all
made up our minda in unr thing and
That is That We must have adequate pro
lection in che futufe, even NJ We did not
have it IN the past The present lenis.
isturo has not had time 90 understand
everything that we have asked for but
with The enormous amount Of work they
have to put through this N n matter
that is readily accounted for. The fact
Of cholera bcinH IN our midst has
brought many matters Into notice that
would otherwise have boon missed.
There has also been fast growing SEN
timcnt among the general public and
In the press that something had 10 be
done TO put our house In order, not
only for ourselves, but also for others
who come here.
In Financial Straits
"You can have all the organizations
under the sun, but IL yol do not give
them the means TO work with they are
no good. During the last two years we
have had to 60 on an economical basis.
The Legislature of 1909 faced a fnan.
cial trouble that called for this. The
| department mas uuu ~
gle along with only six sanitary in.
spectors, whereas in 1900 there were
ten of them. This has led to a state
of things that you gentlemen and also
the press criticize. The sanitary and
mosquito campaigns 90 hand in hand.
We have been able to do something in
regard to the matter owing to eontri-
button Of $1,000 a month from the Ship
pers' Wharf Committee. This has not
been permanent thing, however, and
4 we did not know how long it would last.
, They have signifed their intention of
keeping on with the contribution until
the money appropriated by the legis-
lature becomes available. am not
: offering you these facts as an apology,
0 but simply to show you the conditions
!. under which we have been working.
0 Emergency Fund.
4 "The president then ran through the
= bills that the present Legislature has
y passed and at the end came to the
extra appropriation asked of 100000
which is now being discussed in the
a house. 'I feel,n he continued, "that
: both the legislature and ourselves are
to be congratulated on the work that
. has been done, and it only now remains
! for that additional 100000 to be car
: ried to complete the good work. There
= has been considerable disquietudC
= through the fact that cholera broke o1t
8 here, but it has proved that this or
, ganization has been able to success
= fully check the first outbreak and
y hope also the second one. In all mat
10 ters of sanitation we must not TAKE
; measures while under the influence o.
~. Hx,cf ~ lie d.
! worst thing that can come into santa
. ton matters. 1t creates only a flash il
u the pan and nothing permanent is done
Regarding the Waikiki swamps anC
zt other places under discussion, the com
4 munity wants drastic measures to bt
,e taken. 1t is not because of the choler'
"a outbreak that the question of these Low
"a lying lands have been brought into dis
m cussion. The subject has been unde
consideration for the last fifteen o
a. twenty years. What advocate now i
n. that we shall not waste time in sayinI
- things. The community is just as seri
az Gus as the board of health and know
,ir that the time is now ripe. There is
be growing sentiment bit it wants cryE
Ie talization. 1t has been suggested tina
d. the legislature appropriate $S,000,OOt
ut This is not necessary, as there ar
tv other means more equitable to the CON
munity and also to the government.
lv would take millions to fill up all tn
q. swamps that require attention and tn
nm only recompense to the communit
err would be better health conditions. TIL
in present plan is to provide revolvin
n fund of $250,000. 1t was at frs
thought that $4,000 would be suficien
[r. but we have felt the growing sent
10. ment of this community behind us an
SO we go farther and not, as the paper
have said, with spoon and oil ca
70 proposition
It. The Best Way.
of :'We may not get back the entiI
al amount we may have to spend, but W
n. shall get back as much as we can. I'll
to fund will be used over and over agail
at and the way in which the scheme wi
ny be worked is as follows: Land desil
ID, mated as low and unsanitary will
at reported, and then the owner will
lis notified to fill it in within a certai
time. If this is not done, then til
as, superintendent of public works goes
lly work, using the fund. The owner
he given an opportunity of filling it in {
~, his own expense, and if he will not d
SO so then the government will complet
ty the job and place a lien on the LAM
I'd This will then be sold at public auction
DIV and any surplus over and above cos
an viii be refunded back to the Owne
~ If there is any loss, then the land wi
dis revert to tho Territory and will be sol
ad at its pleasure.
no Owners Promise Cooperation.
81 "Because of the large ownerships
~ land and the disposition of owners I
n come in and cooperate, I think thi
W W it will be possible to do the work wit
" the $250,000 far more easily than wit
y a 100000 out of the loan fund, an
" that the system will give greater sati
faction and equity to everyone cor
cerned. Moreover, the Territory wi
ny not have to stand the entire cost
I improving land that will only be f,
nd the owners beneft.''
ed The president finished up his addre
ay with mention of the good work tn,