Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-07

Dry goods ..---.................... SOS 4aO.ls
Boots and shoes s..-.-............. l6ilfAS
Cold storage supplies, ........... lsi3 GSsI
z1IrniturA SOFAS
Tobacco Observation-Disclosures. sle-'9Soso
Raw materials ............ 1854 q
Paper. stationery. etc....!>,..... sAefsN
Total $42SI 7Sso6
These impOrtatons do not represent
the total transactions Of the commis-
sary for that year. as the stock on
hand and bought on the lsthmus ran
the volume OF business to Sa.I54 .9,'H.69.
OF this amount the commission paid
81 .G25 .34S7I for supplies used In the
hotels, mesSes. kitchens and elsewhere.
and So, tS)9. 35S OF represents the amount
Of the total which was paid by en-
ployees using coupon books Nineteen
stores were Operated In rs many set
Elements and u,wns. and the average
monthly business WAS $4T0.3I9,G0
No cash sales are made at the COM
missary. Employees are Issued cou-
pom books In value from $3.50 TO SO
and containing coupons ranging In
face value from ! cent to ID cents
Enough coupons are torn out by the
clerks To cover each purchase. At the
end OF each month the value OF the
coupon books Is deducted from the en-
ployee's salary
The quantities OF various articles
handled by the commissary in the
year being reviewed We're AZ follows:
Eggs. lD2.MO DOZEN: butter. 42l2GI
pounds. meat. a,2li:SlS pounds; poul-
try. 5;S4.0aS pounds; milk and cream.
80. 46t; gallons: coffee, 32u.49l pounds:
fi0nr. lH.aSS barrels: Ice. 33.26I tons;
Ice cream. llU.a0S gallons.
One central laundry II Operated for
the white or gold employees In f9lT
there were T.:..tjO patrons md 3s'Sl .!ess
pieces were Numbered Patrons de-
pOsit their bundles at the brapch com
nlissaries In the respective towns. and
they are collected for shipment over
the raiIroad to crisfobal. by this cen
traiization OF work the cost IL from 30
10 80 Iwr rent lUuer than for similar
work IN American cities ciPaning
and pressing are dtna for both men
and wolnen's clothes ut low rites,
Early 10 1906 tie commissions adyer-
tised free quarters to both married
aud bachelor employees NJ a special
lnduceinent to come to the cuiial zone.
Thus IN addition Ia high pay the EN-
ployees have n0 house or room rent to
pay. This alone constitutes a slnrp
Increase In IN employers Income over
what be could earn In the United
States for similar work. but this Is not
all be receives gratis
1t has been figured that in six years
the commission grapts to each married
employee gratuities that cost 1t 5000
and tola bachelor employee gratuitIes
that cost $3.50 The monthly service.
such as commissary. fuel and distilled
water deliveries. removal OF garbage,
etc, to married employee costs $l2ss
and janitOr service and other service
to bachelor employee cost &32.2j
monthly. liz six years an average
force Of 5000 employees has been en-
titled to these gratuities. and 1t Is dg
ured that the total Investment by the
commission In that period for all free
service aud gratuities runs between
$10.OO0.00O and $20O00.O00.
To married employee the free al
lowance Is az follows: An Individual
house or an apartment In building
with two or four families, range. q
double bed two pillows. six dining
chairs. two kitchen chairs. one ehif.
fonier. two center tables. mosquito
bar. refrigerator. double dresser
double mattress. kitchen table. din
lug table. sideboard. bedrooms mat and
three wicker porch chairs.
Married quarters were assigned In
1905 aud 1906 on the basis of one
square foot for each dollar OF saiary.
with extra allowances for the wife and
children. This method was abandohed.
and quarters are assigned without re-
gard to salary. except that officials re-
ceige first consideration. There are
one. two and four family houses. en-
tireIy screened on the outside. Every
uOuSS h0S 10 ShORCt
bath. tubs not being used. and each
town has complete sewer system.
Bachelors. whether men or women.
are treated correspoudingly we'll.
Quarters with two. three or four In d
room and janitor service are free. In
the early days there was unpleasant
crowding because Of the scarcity OF
buildings. but only occasionally has
there been congestion In late years.
These buildings shelter from a dozen
to sixty men aud like the married
quarters. nre screened on the outside
Hotels operated by the commission
are the boarding places for the bach
elor employees. The wide verandas
are screened. and tables here are re-
served for the bachelor girls and for
the me-. who wear coats ut mealtima
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