The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-08-11
Chamber Is Told
About Rest House
Comprehensive Report Gives
Facts And Figures Covering
Eight Years; Betterments
Are Recommended

Haleakala Rest House from the in
ception of the plan for it through the
raising of funds for it and from that
time to August |, was presented to
the Chamber of Commerce at its meet
ing yesterday. The report begins
1914, contains the name of every con
tributor to the original fund and de-
tails how that fund was expended,
shows the receipts each month from
1916 TO the end of August this year
and gives an account of every eXpen-
diture made from those receipts. 1t
shows a balance of more than $1,000
available for improvements that are
now needed. The Crater Rest House
is a community enterprise and the re-
port is so comprehensive and such
wide interest that Maui News will
run it in full next Tuesday.
Eight Years Covered
Though a special committee of the
Chamber originally designed merely to
raise funds for the building and to
have it erected the original commit
tee has continued on ever since it's
appointment in 1914 unchanged until
two new members were named in
July. The original committee was c.
ID. LuflSin, chairman, Worth o. Aiken,
secretary; Louis Won Tempsky, w. H.
Field and Hugh Howell Last month
Lorrin X. Smith and w. A. Clark were
named on the committee to fill vacan-
cies caused by the removal from Maui
of Field and Howell.
At the close of the report were rec
concentrations on improvements that
are needed and request by the COM
mittee for it's discharge. The Cham
ber voted that the present committee
continue on until other arrangements
can be made for a permanent COM
mittee or the entrusting of rest house
affairs to another committee and
meantime proceed to put into effect
the recommendations made in the re-
port for improvement with power to
raise other funds if necessary and to
have ff}l charge of the rest house
with power to make rates of charges
and rules for those wishing to oc-
cupy it.
More Powers Voted
Worth o. Aiken was the executive"
of the committee from the time it be
gan to operate it and its charge has
been his practically individually ever
since He has spent many days and
hours working in its interests and has
made it one of his pet projects.
More and more ii has grown ap-
| parent that the increasing use of the
rest house make the handling of it a
big problem. 1t has been impossible
to keep any one man at the house
| for more than a few weeks at a time
and as a result there have been com
plants of lack of care. Last summer
and this there have been occasions
when it was very much overcrowded
and when some of the visitors had un-
pleasant experience. The added pow.
ers given the committee are intended
to assist in obviating such situations.
Important among the improvements
proposed are the division of the room
or the building of an addition so there
will be another room and thus better
! facilities for housing numbers. 1t is
also proposed to make a larger charge
| for better facilities than have hereto
fore been offered and to make definite
arrangements for some one in charge
Aiken proposed the turning of the
rest house over to the Promotion Com
mittee but there appeared a sentiment
for a committee of five rather than
three and he gave notice of an amend
ment to the constitution to be acted
on at the next meeting to provide fol
permanent rest house committee
Several years ago he suggested that
there should be such a permanent CON
mittee and the amendment to the con
stitution to provide for such a com
mittee but no action was taken al
that time.
DisagreeabIe Situations
In connection with the discussion
of the need for immediate action OF
the subject of custody and control II
was told of the crowded condition o
last Saturday night, the coming in
late of a party of men some of whom
were drunk and of another party still
later that left the coral open so tina
number of animals strayed away
Lorrin Smith told of the affair and his
statement was supplemented by NJ. G
Paschoal who was with one of the
parties that suffered the disagreeabl,
experiences told.
vote of thanks for the report wai
adopted and it was agreed that moth
ing more comprehensive or construc
tive could be asked.
The Crater Rest House has been
subject of discussion at nearly ever!
meeting for nearly a year past ant
the report gives the Chamber all tn,
information it desired.
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