TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT 85 



ployees of the Privileges, to be based upon the net results for 

 the season. The interest of all was thus enlisted, and we believe 

 the co-operation resulting had a very satisfactory effect on the 

 final figures. At any rate, we were able to give the bonuses, 

 several hundred dollars in the aggregate, and the distribution 

 was made just before the end of the year, in a lump sum to each 

 employee. 



Rocldng Stone Resfaurcint. — Difficult as the problem has been 

 for several years of maintaining a given standard of service at 

 the Rocking Stone Restaurant without incurring serious losses, 

 it became almost impossible in the past year. The gross receipts 

 were reduced but slightly, but advancing prices on all supplies 

 involved a loss for the year. In an effort to conserve and add to 

 the food supplies, a garden was established in a portion of the 

 Elk Range. Results for the first season were not very satisfac- 

 tory, but it is believed that hereafter substantial improvements 

 can be made. 



Boating. — The boating season for 1917 was the first full sea- 

 son for the new dock, and the result, — very largely due to this 

 improvement, — was entirely satisfactory. The net profit was 

 considerably more than double that of the previous season, which 

 was, however, seriously interfered with by delay in constructing 

 the new dock. 



In spite of the fact that expenditures in all kinds of recrea- 

 tion were somewhat curtailed by the unusual conditions that pre- 

 vailed, this particular branch of the privileges experienced the 

 best season in its history. On the whole, the result was a most 

 convincing argument on the necessity and desirability of main- 

 taining a high standard of equipment and the greatest efficiency 

 in operation. 



It was necessary to add two carloads of new steel boats to 

 our equipment, in order to replace old ones that had to be dis- 

 carded. Our experience had shown us some weak points in the 

 construction and design of the boats adopted as our standard, 

 and by placing our orders well in advance for spring delivery, 

 so that the boats could be made up during the winter, we were 

 able to have some special features included that will add very 

 materially to their usefulness. Our first steel boats have now 

 been in use ten years, and it will be necessary to add at least a 

 carload of new boats each season to take the place of those 

 discarded. 



