The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-12-30
THE HOME HAS
BEEN SUCCESSFUL
Continued from mage one.

NCuhtAlutu lIOlil udbt ulle.
three years we're: W. w. Hall, w. NJ.
GiTard, B. F. Dillingham;, A. S. Cleg-
horn, TO- d. Tenney and f. W. Damon,
and trustees to fill vacancies, T. c. Da-
vies and w. Pfotenhauer.
Treasurer e. f. Bishops report was
read and showed that the receipts dur
ing the year ending December 80 had
amounted to $1,020 of which amount
5000 had been from donations and the
remainder from interest on bonds. At
ter paying the expenses there was
balance of S64O76 on hand.
The report of Captain I. Bray, the
Superintendent of the Sailors Home,
was as follows:
The income has been made to meet
the outgo, and the year ends without
debt.
The property, now twelve years in
service, is in comparatively good con-
dition.
Liberal contributions of all kinds Of
reading matter have been constantly
supplied by a number of the Honolulu
friends of seamen, ana a good portion
has been given to departing sailors for
/ the voyage reading.
! No further bills for electric lighting
have been received from the Hawaiian
/ Electric Co. since June last.
Letters have been received for sea-
men arriving, forwarded to Their ports
to those who have departed, and nu-
merous letters of inquiry for sailors
from anxious friends, received and an
swered. c. Sheehan, master-at-a
on u. S. A. T. Thomas left the Home
April 10 for the Hospital for Insurables
where he died a few weeks later.
John McKillop, Waterman in the
Home during the past fourteen months,
also went October IA, to the Hospital
for Incurables, and died there Nov. 8.
Three men were turned out of the
Home for indecent behavior.
For safe keeping, banking, drafts,
post office orders, etc, the Superinten-
dent has handled for officers and sail
ors, $12S1OO.
Four shipwrecked crews, numbering
forty-three officers and sailors were
sheltered in the Home. These were
from the Martha Davis, Spartan, and
Norwegian banks Victor and Salamis
In February a plan submitted by re-
quest of the Superintendent to the Trus-
tees and Sugar Factors, advising cap
tains to have all the sugar fleet of the
group do their shipping of seamen
through the Home, was adopted, and
proved successful, ending all the trou-
BILE and danger to ships heretofore ex-
perienced through fighting shipping
masters Masters of the ships were
IN n~ror n 70
ments, and, after the sailing last sea-
son, of the E. NJ. Phelps from her dan
gerous position outside the reef, every
captain of the sugar fleet had his crew
put on board by the Sailors Home.
The ships Willscott, Hawaiian Islands
Foohng Suey, Dirigo, John Eno. Til
lie E. Starbuck, Bangalore, Manga
Reva. Arthur Sewall and several other
transient ships, were supplied with
necessary mates, carpenters, cooks and
sailors, each ship departing from the
wharf without trouble or inconveni-
ence to the captains, or danger to the
ships.
During the year the Honolulu Sail
ors' Home has harbored 4S7 seafaring
men. OF this number were captainsi
16 mates, II second mates, third mate
4 boatswains quartermasters, II
ships carpenters, sailmakers 10!
able seamen, Is ordinary seamen, Il
cooks and stewards 6 cabin boys,
engineers, 10 fremen and coal passers
and 1874 transients (mOstly navy mem
Twenty-four nationalities were repre-
scented. 21S officers and seamen ship
ped from the Home. Fifteen officers
and sailors secured shore employment
30 destitute seamen received free lodg-
ing. $4,000 was expended for meals tc
destitute sailors. There We're SO de-
faulters, amount $241. 70. $S7.95 was
collected on old ebts. 1875 was e3-
pended for repairs 1872. IS was expend-
ed for renewals. Gross receipts, 49,
1893 80. Gross expenditures, $9,S93.S0.
Respectfully submitted
ISIAH BRAY, Superintendent.