The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-01-17
Startling Revelations.

Mn. Enron IF you head this communications
Cemetery again" SIS in my last, | fear many Of
v,,r readers will pass II by with a pshaw, d" am
sick # hearing about the Cemetery - let ihecAuSe
o.; the Cemetery must no, be dropped for a! that
,la tar ruh=c must still hear Of 1t your readers
must cruub.e over It yet. until IN fact ihey are VII
ling 10 5,ru the subject, 10y doing iheI; uu'!'
What i the finance state Of the ASSOCIATION !; Inc
income thus far has been derived from burlals o.
persons II private los, ten dollars inns sum-
= 50 j. raii 10 the undertaken, leaving a balance
Of - 90 to be applied to care of the grounds o'ran-
gers Juyiu. = IL, fr one burial. are charged SO FOR
IL, and $40 for bur:al-lea,iUg a balance TO the
Trustees. after paying the undertaken, Of $3.50.
Now Ie, Us see how large IN income has been derived
from these sources. From 1855 to 1860 the annual
average receipts are Sl2S20, including all sales OF
lots. The annual expenses those same years Tor
keeping up the fences and now and then cutting out
the indigo and weeds, has been S69.5o- Thus over
one-halt the income has been for these two items
alone, while every other Incidental expense must be
met from the remaining S5So2.
Whoever looks over the accounts Of the y. Y I.
Association, as kept by Mr.. Damon for twelve years
past, can only wonder how ne has been able, with
this small income. to make both ends meet, or Keep
the grounds at all decent The average buFlAls ioI
. years have been b persons. 1t may be ASKED II
this should not produce more than SoV9 income
each year: This question brings TO we" anO'He'
fact, that many are annually buried who dre IL N
digent circumstances. Who hitherto has buried such
persons, and paid the eXpenSe-the Honolulu puoilc
Nay. verify ! In past years, the y. V L \. through
Mr. Damon. and for the last year the trustees OF the
Oahu Cemetery. With the slender income ABOVE
mentioned, the Board must not only meet a.! ne
ceSsary expenses, but relieve the public from a.! who
die in their midst INDECENT!
What is the present state Of the finances Of the
Board Twelve months ago on receiving the grounds
and assets Of the old association, the Board, with all
the vigor Of new brooms, determined on Frightening
up the Cemetery. \ superintendent was appointed,
who with great taste and judgment lad out q broad
avenue, lined It with trees, constructed q carriage
circle, garnished and cleared up the whole place,
had the lots surveyed and regulated, redeemed a
number that were supposed unfit for burial, ana
finally when all was ready, came forward and offered
at auction to the public the new lots How much
Mr.. Editor, do you suppose was realized Tor TINS out
lay, 10 make our Cemetery respectable why not a
lot was sold, and the Trustees found themselves Tor
their pains burdened with a fresh debt Of over @oOV.
The worthy Superintendent who advanced the funds,
has not to this day been paid again and what seems
more a pity, the work is again slipping away, De-
cause there are no funds TO keep that order IN the
Cemetery which he introduced. Indigo increases
more rapidly on ~ Trustees hands than dollars.
But ASIDE from the current expenses Of the Cemetery the Board
- = s15o III ,nisss ~ nIrIir uI nohIv come forward
and raise the amount, reseryinE the ground for future use, If
no, wanted at present. Could this debt be paid %. 'he Lras-
then, Is the state Of the association.
Yearly income. ~
Yearly expenses Tor fence and eeiiug..-...... : 60 >
Incidental expenses, such - hearse. harness,
buryin= The INDECENT &c say...--..-..---- 100 90
Interest on mortgage ~ "
Total. So4S %
Excess OF expenses over income yeary..-.--..- Slgl Is
Do the public. Mr.. Editor, expect the Trustees tor the honors
10 f0ot each year this excess, These expenses are estimated
on the past. not on what ought 20 be expended on the Cemetery
or the future. Will the public subscribe, should the Trustees
decide to appeal TO them. OF will they buy up the uHsold lots'
VIII the present owners who have done nothing thus far, allow
Us to assess their lots? VIII the Odd Fellows and Masons
forward ans helm Thy have buried many ar-BD in Z
lots, hut not one dollar Of fees have they paid thus far,
not a dollar towards the general expense Of the grUunis' In
word. viii this community need the appeal Of the dead, whose
,raves are neglected, who have looked in vain 70 Us to cherish
heir memories A TEUSrEE.