The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-03-14

One blow of the executive knife yes
terday cut the twisted miles upon miles
of red tape which have hampered the
growth of the old Honolulu into bet
ter Honolulu, resulting in stern and
definite orders for the cleaning of the
city, throwing down the faintest claim
of politics or interest for the sake of
the health and benefit of the unheard
majority.
For the entire afternoon and good
part of the morning yesterday the board
Of health was in session on wheels, cor
recting in one day as many evils as
the city and county has overlooked in
a year, and practically returned an in
dictment against municipal negligence
by ordering the very things done which
the supervisors, and particularly the
old supervisors, timidly attempted and
as hastily withdrew from.
The first step which was taken was
to order the screening of the fishmarket
at once. An order is now being drawn
which will be formally passed in its
official dress today. 1t gives the stall
keepers ten days to screen their stalls
tutcllNElN lIOul lue IlltS anu uusJ.
The paid attorneys who talked the
old supervisors out of the fiy-screen,
protetted-food ordinance were not even
consulted this time, and, adding insult
to injury, the board has incorporated in
its order that portion of the unfor-
tunate ordinance relating to flies.
There are no quibbles as to how and
why it should be done, or apologies for
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mosquito bar screens was not even
talked about. The order merely says,
in effect, "Screen your stalls and keep
the flies out and the dust out and the
germs OUT and screened they will be
or the tenant will be elected at the
end of ten days, and stay elected until
he makes his peace with this new order
Of things.
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Hard as this order hits the Chinese
stallkeepers, the testimony of the stall
keepers themselves being warrant for
the statement, they are not the only ones
to suffer by this new activity of capable
officers and vitalized board of health.
The property owners of Kewalo, many
Qt whom derive tenement rents from
the partially reclaimed land of the dis.
trict, have been ordered, without fur
ther parley, to "fill it in
Acting under the powers bestowed by
chapter 83 of the Revised Laws, that
long-forgotten but important territorial
law, the board of health has merely
ordered it done, referred it to the su.
perintendent of public works to see
that it is done. If the property own.
ers don t do il, he viii do it for them
under the direction of the board. and
charge 1t up to them. If they don't
pay then, their property will be sold
and the Territory viii take its expenses
out OF the proceeds. There is no quib
bling about this chapter. It does moi
recognize party and does not know
Home Ruler from a fusion candidate
or a Makiki millionaire owner from /,
feesimple pake.
Mackan objects.
DR., Bruce MeV. Mackall has stated
that he wishes to go on record agains
The aetion of the board of health, par
ticularly in regard to its screening orde
for the fishmarket. He states that h,
does not believe in such an order bein,
promulgated except through prope
ordinance.
The fact that the board of healtl
stepped foreibly in after a weli-drawl
and comprehensive law had been Offered
10 the old supervisors and ignominOnsl,
killed and after the new city govern
ment had promised to take II up agaiI
and then got in a road department i'm
hroglio and forget about e., weaken
the city physician s protest.
The screening ordinance, which Foo
commissioner blanchard, a bohd VI
LAaIIh .llaaI. larralR Enraaaied. vii al