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

sald. liat they are ths principal oause
fuf ihe ffraoutt nf noflnliUtt These
breed IN she caps 81 wattt ouufhi in
iho tftca and boz places auth as that
The tenement question was a bad one
and should certainly be cleaned ur. Bat
he ilid not seem 10 exactly understand
how ihc bin would DO u. Later how,
ever. be seconded The motion that The
meeting was In favor Of the bill being
passed By the legislature.
President Scott Of the Mckinley
nigh school also gave his impressions
"a 10 the tenement buildings and said
that some OF the places whore these
houses we're built were 10 flthy that
no selfrespecting pathological sporoza
would live there.
Time for Action.
President Mott-smith then said that
while he was perfectly In accord with
what the speakers had said regarding
these matters, and wished that some.
thing might be done along the lines
they suggested, tho question before
them now was the matter OF the extra
appropriation. The &250,000 would not
iii in the Waikiki ponds; II would take
somewhere in the neighborhood OF
$6,O00,O00 TO do that. All he wanted
to do was to fill in the lowlying lands
that were a danger TO the health of
the community Such places as Ka-
kaako and others about the city are a
danger, not only on account of the fact
that they breed mosquitoes, but also
because they breed filth. Each of the
facts mentioned was menace to the
city, and they should not forget one
for the other. They had been talking
for the last twenty years, and it is
time that something should be done.
Straight Talk.
Judge George A. Davis said that he
had not much to say on the subject
and that what he had to say did not
want flowery speeches TO clothe it with
In fast ten-minute fire, during which
he mentioned the fdeath cart going
through our city with corpses," hI
summed up by saying that the healtl
of a city is paramount to any part,
platform, and that although the party
is pledged to the belt road scheme, i
Senator Chillingworth or any othei
member did not make the latter mat
ter subservient they would never sit
in the legislature again.
The Governor answered the speeche
that had been made, and especially tina
of Senator Chillingworth. "'There is
sum of two and a half million dollar
for the roads during the next two an,
half years, and do you not think tina
should be enough, and that we nigh
spare a sum equal to ten per cent of
for the health of the city7 Do yo
want to add the 100000 to that9" h
! asked
els not that more or less Of
dreamP'' queried the senator.
"I do not think so, answered tn
Governor. "The counties have a mi
; lion and half as the usual thing, an
the extra amount win be appropriate
from the loan fund.-
: MagoOn's Dainty Tenement.
. J. Alfred Magoon rose, after m,
' ton had been unanimously passed SUI
/ porting the passage Of the bill, and too
. up what he said was a direct person,
q challenge to him. 'There is no be
ter tenement he said, Gin Honolulu
at the present time than mine. 1t
better ventilated and has less nun
t Der of people to the cubic foot tha
l. any other tenement in the town. AS T
q CARDS the people sleeping out in Il
IS verandas they should be much healt
2 Ter there than in rooms. We will n,
}. benefit the city by making attacks {
/ persons or any special locality. L hay
f lived in Kakaako for the last thiri
), years and we have had no epidem
Q traced to there. They say that one ma
It had cholera from there, but he is abol
y and kicking now and 1 for my part
J. not believe that he ever had it. I'll
IS board of health should not do thin;
G behind peoples backs If man wi
not comply with the law then !
should have the full pressure of
. brought to bear on him. AS far as II
= place is concerned I am perfectly wi
\ ing for committee from this meetil
\ to be appointed to come down and e
- anime it for themselves. We've got
y. have places for the poor. The SINE
:. may be Objectionable to Davi
!. aesthetic nose, but that may be We
Z overlooked"
3 Daniel Logan stood up immediate
n and moved that a committee eonsistir
a of General Soper, c. w. Ashford al
= Doctor Clark make an investigation
a the tenement houses of Honolulu al
j report at their leisure to the member
A Also that the fact of their investig
d tions be published. This was carrie
a unanimously.
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