The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-10-07
Crater Rest House
Affairs Are Given
Airing Once Again
Committees Report to Cham
Der Is Followed by Call for
Definite Recommendations
For Improvement.

Conditions at the rest house on the
crater brink came in for further dis
cussion and consideration at the meet
ing of the Chamber. of Commerce
when a report was read from the rest
house committee. The committee is
asked to prepare a set of proposed
rules and regulations and to make
definite recommendations to the
Chamber at its next meeting.
The report of the committee was
prepared following a call for such a
report at the September meeting of
the Chamber 1t dealt with the let
ters of complaint which had been
read at that meeting and the chief
point offered was that it was the class
of persons who abused the resort and
not the committee that should be
blamed for the conditions.
"If you turn a lot of pigs loose in
parlor anywhere on Maui it said.
"and leave them there over night a
condition would result which would
justify condemnation, of the condi-
tion, not of the owners of the house
So the condition of the rest house at
times may deserve condemnation, but
not the management" President
Penhallow remarked that the owners
of the house might be justly criticized
for letting the pigs in.
Two Possible Remedies
The report said there were two pos
sible remedies, one being to place a
man in charge which the committee
had tried but found impractical Bile
since no man would stay there. Fur
ther, traffic in the past does not seem
to justify it, it continued and Sub
mits that it is generally kept in good
condition and serves it's purpose we'll"
Another suggestion to avoid crowd
ed conditions was to build another
room addition at a cost of $4,000.
Report Criticized
J. H. Gray said party of English
people went up Monday and came
back Tuesday and went away knock
ers" instead of boosters. He said w.
A. Clark of the Press Congress COM
mittee was sending up two men to
clean up in advance of the Press Con
gress party that is to go there and
that such work should have been dore
by the rest house committee, if one
man could do it so could the commit
tee. He also criticized the report in
that it showed nothing as to receipts
or disbursements.
c. D. Lufkin said he had signed the
report with the understanding that a
financial report was to be submitted
at the next meeting. At the former
meeting he had proposed a $3.50 a
night charge and improved service
1t was he, on the suggestion of Pres
ident Penhallow, who made the mo-
tion for a report on proposed rules
and regulations and for definite rec
concentrations.
In connection with the discussion
came up the question of whether Ha-
leakala is part of the National Park
Senator Baldwin said that despite
what had been written in the news
papers the property had never been
taken over but the title was still vest
ed in Haleakala Ranch. This was fol
lowed by the passage of resolution
calling upon the committee on legis-
lation and civic affairs to investigate
the status of Haleakala and report.
Rev. ]. C. Villiers made that motion
and had previously sought to have
the subject of control of the rest
house taken up with Stephen :" Ma
ther of the department of national
parks.
A motion for a general holiday on
Fair Saturday was passed and reso-
luton of protest against transferring
Hawaii to the department of state
was adopted.
A report was also rendered as to
the establishing of wireless station
in Wailuku and a vote OF thanks was
extended Maui News and the Mutual
Wireless Company