The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-08-15
CRATER REST HOUSE REPORT

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in the winter storms of 1918 and 1919
the walls of this stable were very bad.
ly undermined, and it was necessary
to repair them and place a new door
on the same at quite a little expense.
Since that time the rest house itself
has stood very well, and although
there has been of late evidences that
the front wall is again beginning to
leak, and it will probably be neces-
sary to re-water proof it at an early
date.
During the summer of 1919 a stone
wall was erected around the rest
house premises and a good gate put
there, which made it very convenient
for parties leaving their horses there
lose. Within the last year this gate
has been cut up and burned by visit
ors there and it is planned to have
an iron gate made to take it's place.
At the present time the stable also
needs repairs, a new door being re-
quired and the walls be rebuilt on
every side.
Furnishings
The house was furnished in the be.
ginning with ten double iron hunks,
having an upper and lower berth. with
excelsior mattresses and pillows, and
these in general have stood the usage
very well. At various times since
new blankets and new pillows, and of
late entire new mattresses have been
added, together with oil stoves, an
ample wood stove, wooden tables and
benches.
Caretaker
The Committee endeavored from the
beginning to maintain a care taker at
the Rest House and succeeded in
keeping such a man there for five
months in 1915, from July until Nov
ember, winter coming on the man re-
fused to stay any longer and it was
impossible to get anyone to take his
place then, and it has been very diff
cult to get any man to stay there for
any length of time since. During the
summer of 1916 a man was there for
about three months during 1917 for
about four months, and in 1919 for
three months during the summer. Dur
ing all of this time the general super
vision and care of the house and the
collection of the house fees has been
attended to by Mr.. Aiken's nan at
Idlewild, for which from December
LIST, 1917, the committee voted an al
lowance of $1,000 a month for the said
man. At the present time there is a
care taker at the Rest House, who
has been there since June, and we will
keep him there as long as he will
agree to stay.
Financial Report
Some complaint has been voiced of
late in the Chamber that our commit
TO- haI -~4 800
showing the expenditures made in the
building of the Rest House or other.
wise, and we beg to submit herewith
a detailed report made to u COM
mittee on July 9Th, 1915, by Mr.. Aiken
as secretary, showing an intended
statement of all expenses in me
ton with the building of the house,
and also a statement showing to
whom this money was paid and the
amounts in connection Herewith. This
copy is the original copy from u
files, and we have always been under
the impression that this report was
submitted to the Chamber and read
at a meeting thereof soon after the
date mentioned. However, it is at
tached hereto as a part of this report,
and will show in every detail the
figures mentioned. We submit also as
a part of this report full financial
statements as follows:
Previous list of original subscribers
making up the first Rest House Fund,
totalling as previously stated, Four
Thousand, Five Hundred One Dollars
and four cents ($4,501.04) this list
showing the name of each subscriber
and the amount subscribed.
We then submit further a complete
report from the beginning of all sums
collected at the rest house, this re-
port showing in detail monthly collec-
tions for each year, the total of such
collections being Three Thousand Six
Hundred Forty-seven Dollars and forty
cents ~(S3647.40) or a grand total col
lected by the committee of Eight
Thousand One Hundred F~orty-eight
Dollars and f~orty-four cents $(8,14S.44)
You will also find a detailed list
of expenditures, showing each check
/. drawn, to whom, for what, and the
amount thereof, making up a total of
Seven Thousand Ninety Dollars and
sixty-eight cents ($7O90.6S) leaving a
balance on hand as of July 31st, 1922,
of One Thousand Fifty-seven Dollars
and seventy-siX cents C$1057. 76).
These schedules are attached to, and
are a part of this report. Vouchers
and receipts are IN file covering the
expenditures made, and these can be
checked and properly audited at any
time.
We also attach a summary showing
the original cost of the house, repairs
and maintenance since, amount ex-
pended for furnishings, and for care
taker and oversight, which may be of
interest to you.
In conclusion we beg to say that we
have nursed this rest house fund
along as much as possible against a
time when it will be necessary to ex-
pend a considerable amount in needed
improvements and additions, and we
believe that the time is now ripe for
the consideration of some such i'm
provements. With the increased travel
that has been going up the mountain
of late and with the prospect of much
more to come, it is beginning to be
very necessary that additional accom-
modations be provided for people at
the rest house. We believe that il
will be necessary to build a new room
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