The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1921-05-13
SUPERVISORS
ASKED TO ACT
UPON LIBRARY
Trustees of Association Send
Committee to Board; Two
Alternative Proposals Are
Presented.

Action by the board of supervisors
on a County Library will be sought
this afternoon when committee of
teh trustees of the Maui Library As
sociation composed of ID. IL. Case,
Charles Wilcox and Joseph II. Gray
appears before the board following
the presentation of a communication
10 that body on Wednesday.
In the communication TO the super
visors the committeeman say that the
trustees recognize the fact that coun-
~ monies in both the general and per
manent improvement funds will be
considerably less this year than form
.-erly and have taken such fact into
consideration. II undertakes to point
out that IL site is to be purchased
at this time il must have building
on ii before territorial funds for
library purposes are available and the
trustees have found only one such
site and building within the probable
means of the county at this time.
TWO Proposals offered
There are two proposals presented.
One contemplates action under sec
tion 2 of the County Library Law
which requires there being building
on permanent site and that the coun
ty shall name the board of conduct.
The other provides for contract
with the existing library and under
such provisions leased building and
site would be available.
In part the communication to the
board says:
Under the terms of the law, you
will notice, there is available for the
present biennial period for support
and maintenance of a Maui County
! Library $4,000. No part of such sum
is available for purchase of site or
erection of building.
III the county will purchase site
and building for library and make
other provisions for its future in addi-
ton to the territorial appropriation
the Maui Library Association will
forthwith turn its library over and
transfer it to the county as nucleous
for the county library. You will note
that section Q provides for building
on permanent site before making
the territorial appropriation available.
"Or, if the county will furnish to
which need not necessarily be on a
permanent site and agree to furnish
such further financial cooperation as
the members of the board feel is at
this time possible for the county to
supply from its funds, the association
is ready to enter into a contract with
your board for the conduct of a
library under the provisions of section
of the law.
Speedy Action Desirable
"It is desirable that one or other
of these plans be acted upon at once
so that the present governor may
give the action his approval and certi-
fly that the terms of the law have
been complied with and so make the
appropriation available for if there is
delay until a new governor is named
1t would mean that the whole subject
would ahve to be gone into and in
detail with the new executive, while
Governor Mccarthy knows all the
facts and circumstances, is heartily
in favor of giving Maui library, has
been of much assistance in bringing
the project to its present shape and
is in all ways friendly to it.
IF the county desires to purchase
a site and building the Robinson prop
erty now occupied by d. III. Case can
be secured for $500 and the county
engineer says that necessary altera-
tions can be made for $500, an initial
outlay of $4,000. But the option for
the property is for the month OF May
only. The library trustees have not
found any other site that is available
for immediate use that could be pur-
chased for any such figure and at
their meeting decided TO recommend
buying such site If the board decides
to purchase a site and building.
"The alternative plan is for the
the present library.
Town Hall Suggested
"The room now being used is mad
equate and can not be used much
longer as the Alexander House Settle
ment needs it for its own purposes.
1t will therefore be necessary in any
event to secure new quarters. We
are informed that the lease of the
county on the Town Hall has about IL
years to run. 1t might be used to
house the library until such time as
funds are secured to erect handsome
building on a public site. If the coun-
ty will furnish that building or some
other equally Gable one for library
use and in its contract give further
financial cooperation as the members
of the board may consider adequate,
the library association is ready to en-
ter into such contract as is pro-
yided by section of the law.