The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-12-30
NEW SAILORS HOME DEAL
WILL PROBABLY
SOON CHANGE.
Sailors Home Society Holds It's An
nual Meeting and Discusses the Sub
ject-Bluxome Goes Out.

The annual meeting Of the Sailors
Home Society was held this morning at
the Chamber of Commerce. w. w.
Hall, b. f. Dillingham;, j. f. HaCkfeld,
A. s. Cleghorn and T. May We're re-
elected trustees and W. NJ. Giffard was
elected i'm place of w. G. Irwin.
The subject of the management of
the Home was the principal subject
discussed. j. b. Atherton stated that
the arrangement with the present and
with past managers had been that they
were to take the house, keep up cur
rent repairs and furnishings, board
sailors for s. a week and officers of YES
sells for Sc; they were at liberty to
board and lodge other than sailors eX-
Cept that sailors were to have the pre-
ference and all others were to give
way for them when the room was re-
quired. The manager also had the priv
elege of running a restaurant Under
this arrangement no manager had ever
made much money, though some had
done better than others, and all had
made a living. Many people had
| thought there was a fortune in it until
| they investigated the limitations inn
posed on the manager in order to make
the place serve it's purpose as sailors
! home
The executive committee presented a
! report in which it was stated that
many of the conditions at the home were
! unsatisfactory. Some of these were
that current repairs were not kept up
as they should be, and some parts of
| the house, particularly the dormito"ies
| for sailors were not in q clean or salts
! fS ctory state. Some particulars were
! given on this point that were a surprise
! to some of the members of the society
Manager BluXome presented a report
| stating Jhat 80 sailors and others had
been provided with lodgings during the
year. The average monthly receipts
We're about 500 and the expenses about
$G7
An application for the management
was received from the shipping mas
ter's firm OF Lewis and Turk. They
offered to take the building as il
Stood make all necessary repairs. keep
up furnishings ana fittings, board sail
ors at s. a week and vessel officers at
$6, reside al the place themselves with
their respective wives, conduct it in ac-
Cordance with any rules the trustees
might provide, keep cOmnlete accounts
of all receipts and expenditures and all
the work and dOings of the home open
to tho inspection at any time Of any
committee appointed by the board
They also agreed that no part of the
building should be rented for the
transaction of any business other than
that of the home. They proposed to
run it along the lines of its original
foundation as a Christian home foi
: sailors
Some question was asked as tc
whether Lewis and Turk We're the men
who We're referred to IN a published
= communication from Captain Goodman
1t was stated that they were. Col
allen said he saw no objection to the
manager or managers Of the Home rum
ming shipping business besides There
was need of shipping office and in the
old whaling days it was a large and
extensive business here. Mr.. SchaefeI
said the two men had called on him
and created a very favorable impress
sion. Their application too was in Il
very business-like form.
The whole question Of management
. was referred to the executive commit
F. tee with power to act. This committee
consists of John Ena, c. L. Wight and
Frank Damon.
, The question was asked if Superin-
p tendent RluXOme had sent in his resig-
, nation. 1t was stated that he had not
p but the members of the executive COM
= mittee stated that they had given Mr.
e BluNome to understand that In view
or the report they would make. his res.
lsnauon would probably be asked for
3 ana in this sentiment the members
present seemed to concur.
J The financial report of the society
showed that ii was i'm debt to the
I treasurer several hundred dollars.
t A special meeting of the trustees viii
p De called within a week or two.
Lewis and Turk who have made an.
| phcatlon for the management Of the
, nome say they viii endeaVOr to keep in
t II an the sailors who are i'm port and
r to be ready to supply crews 10 copt9ius
r upon demand. No financial assistance
is to be asked from the directors. They
expect to get their ~oturns from tho
AGENTS for vessels that are supplied
with crews.
Manager BluXomc saws that he has
had enough of the attempt to run .
, sailors home and as a matter of fact
ne mas never succeed in dOinC it. for
the name is a complete n1isn0per
There are generally more landsmen IN
: the home than sailors. Tie saws that II
, is not possible under the present cir.
, cumstances to make the institution e
, success. Tn to late date NJ RIuv-
/ ONE tried 10 10 shinDing buelrass IN
connection with the Home but the cx-
eXperirN"nt cost money Several bitn.
drod dollars We're lost by him i'm the
, EFFORT 70 carry sailors TN thew were
: ready 10 ship. the men leaving without
! paving bills or advance money.
CAPTAIN William G.. Goodman Of the
schooner Robert Levers is also said tc
be candidate for the position of man
ager Of the Home and as soon as the
news Of BluXOmes resignation becomes
, generally known there win be others.