The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-05-23
EXTENSION NOW
ARRANGED FOR
MANoA Valley And PuUlguI
Eror1oNs TO GET SEWER
ACE svsTBMs

(Ffom Mondays Advertisef)
Residents Of the Manoa Valley and
Puunui sections win receive with much
satisfaction the news given out yester'
day by President +. A. Mott.smith,
that the territorial board Of health has
arranged for the extension Of the sew.
erage systems to those districts.
This intelligence was communicated |
in the course Of a conversation regard
ing the valuable results which the
board achieved last week and the i'm.
portant plans it laid for continuing It's
crusade to make Honolulu n clean and
healthy city.
eyes" last week was strenuous
one,'' admitted Mr. Mott,smith, "but
the good thing about it is that there
have been results"
''Tell us about some of them," was
the request of reporters, who called
upon him even though it was Sunday
and he was supposed to be resting pre-
vious to getting down to another
week IS grind on health matters.
81 could not begin to enumsrate all
of them," he answered, as he carefully
removed the red and gold band from a
fat Manila cigar, "but win outline
a few Of them.
4, "For example, we started the pro-
cedure for filing in the Kewalo and
Kakaako low lands; also the low-lying
strip between the Rapid Transit track
and Beretania avenue at Moiliili.
Moreover, we served notice to begin
proceedings on the owners of camp
three. We also took up the prelimi-
nary plans for the slRughterhouse at
Kalihi.
) Orders Erection Stopped.
"I have stopped the erection Of 9
, new slaughterhOuse until the owner
! builds one in accordance with the plan.
and specifications we are getting out
intend to see that he has a real good
= slaughterhouse. In the meantime VIZ
: are taking up the others. Monday
> propose to take up the Iwilei stockadt
!, and the slaughterhouses at Kalihi.
Another matter which engaged oul
attention during the week was the eac
tension of the sewer to Manoa VALLEY
: and Pulnui and in the Kalihi district
= In company with the city and count,
q officials we also started preliminar,
7 work on the sewerage of Waipahu. w,
n also opened the negotiations for car
a rying on cleanup day under a citizens
u organization. / also addressed tn
9 local branch of the Woman Is Nationa
!, Rivers and Harbors Congress to secur
II the cooperation of that organization il
Is the mosquito elimination campaign.
Drainage Scheme.
ttBut that was not all. We have
with the city and county officials, be
gun the preliminary plans for tn
drainage of the section bounded b.
II Liliha, Kulxui, Nuuanu and the water
!. front. We also arranged with tn
1 county officials for the extension an
better equipment of the garbage an
excavator services and also for mil
, inspection.
"This was all outside of the tremeT
dous amount of work done by DR.. J.
B. Pratt and other officers of the boar
of health in organizing the sanitar
inspections where the territorial an
county inspectors have been brougf
m under one system, and in clearing u
n and abating a number Of nuisances an
nm mosquito breeding places throughol
the city. Doctor Pratt has not onl
o done that, but he has participated
10 the general matters stated above.
IN incidentally we have been workiL
in on the laws, rules and regulations. "
I'M are starting many new lines of ne
ed procedure. We have got our procedul
nd fixed now for the application of Il
he new nuisance law and will go rigl
en- ahead with II.