The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-11-27

CASTLE g. CooKE's SroRE-We notice that the ad-
dition and improvements to the store Of Messrs.
Castle & Cooke, are about completed. The new sign
has been elevated to its place on the caves, and the
store adds greatly to the appearance of King street.
The building now, makes one of the largest and
roomiest stores in town, and will all be needed, to
accommodate their business it has been made
thoroughly ~fre-proof, in order to give greater as
surance of safety, to the large stocks of sugars.
which occasionally are in hand awaiting shipment,
as also to protect their own stock of general mer-
chandise. We regard with qualification, this grow
ing disposition of our merchants. to put I'D substau-
.fial and fre-prOof buildings. Messrs. Castle s.
Cooke are one of the Oldest firms in town, having
formed their co-partnership in June, 1861. They
located themselves first, in the stone building, near
the Kawaiahao Church, but as they deemed them
selves too far away from the centre of the town. ia
1858 they established a branch store on King street,
near the Bethel, on the premises now owned and
occupied by j. L. Lewis, as a cooperage. The fol-
lowing year they moved this branch over to their
present location, into another wooden, though more
commodious building, than the one they left In
1865 their old branch store building, which they
had rented to q Chinaman, was burned down. in the
fire that destroyed the Varieties Theatre, the Police
Station House, and other buildings in that neighbour
hood This fire was a most threatening one and
was only stayed from a large spreading, by the fre-proof store
of Mr.. Dimond on the east, and the Government House on the
fre-proof store, with a main floor and basement Containing m
area area o. ,h aG1I YsS SOSo feet set, OF store and storage room, and located
of extending the west wing to King street, giving so feei front.
80 SN "not WIN announcer STORY, which gives
about , $500 more 5s square y !, fee, Of additional room, and something
oi coral stone with a brick front, the coral exterior being
finished with Portland cement, the addition is of black stone
laid in lime. and will be cemented outside, to correspond with
the former outside finish The corners are laid with blocks of
concrete. A slate roof covers the building. The work ha,
been done in a substantial and workman-ike manner by MIR.
Osborne, who on this, as on other buildings, has proved his
abilities rs a master mechanic. Five weeks has suf6ced To
put up this addition, the business meanwhile being kent on
with no more inconvenience than the litter and rubbish In the
street, and the noise of the masons and carpenters. The
/! original fat roof was not removed until after the present roof
had been finished. Mr.. Osborne, we understand, will immedi-
ately &c on with the new Post-onfce building that il to be
erected. which will be made fre-proof, and will be another
slightly and substantial edifce,' added to those which now
adorn cur -Gdz
% The steamer Idaho leaves for San Francisco
this afternoon ut 4 O'Clock, taking the mails. Sc.
Papers and letters by her will reach New York De-
cember 16 to 20, and England about the close of the
year. Files of the advertiser Of the last two or three
weeks, can be had at the counter. Mails close at
three O'Clock. -
COOLIES FOR CUBA VIA THE UNITED STTAEs.-It is
stated in the San Francisco papers that the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company have perfected arrange
ments for the transportation of several hundred
(about 2, 5O0) Chinese laborers from China, via San
Francisco and Panama, to Havana.