The Hawaiian gazette., 1870-04-27

z cede thSt hotel Is very desirable; thSt
it will be public benefit. thAsit viii
certainly pay: and that our being with
out one is rspro@ch 10 US for our inert
ness parsimony. and lack Of public spirit;
vet nobody Is ready to enlist his individ-
nal capital and labor in the project, or is
resdy 70 labor 70 carry 1t forward through
a continuation with his naghbcrs. IT'S
Is not this s fine field tor private enter,
prise, that. Theoretically At least always
stands ready 70 meet : public want, and
to supply deficiency, just when the sup
ply Is needed
We are not without hope that some
F body will turn M among us, able to " keep
hotel" and probably had We suitable
building. somebody would undertake it,
without further delay; hut il can hardly
be expected that one, OF two, or more
individuals can be found who will place
the capital in building that ought 10 be
employed in the business; or are willing.
under the present circumstances. to en-
bark SO much capital IS viii be required
to put UP hotel building, IS well as to
run 1t in good style We may have TO
wait for such person TO turn Up, as many
years in the future IS we have in the past;
in other words, we believe that unless
little public spirit is developed in this
matter, In the way Of subscription, or
formation of & stock company, or some
scheme of combination. through which
suitable building may be put up, to be
given 81 = nominal rent for few years 10
some proprietor, Honolulu VIII remain for
long time to come, bare of attractive
accommodations for the travelling public
We observe, in turning over old files Of
our papers. that our public began to talk
over having hotel as long ago as 1874,
we have been talking over II ever
since: and we venture to brag that no
town can be pointed out that has been
longer-winded on this subject than we
have been.
There was 5 little spirit of action in
1865. just twenty-one years subsequently
when public meeting was called, at
which there was happy unanimity OF
opinion as TO the necessity of hotel, and
3 resolution was passed 10 set about 1t
immediately, and to the end that stock /
company be formed. with s capital Of
$4,000. A Committee was appointed to
select suitable Site,-which they did
with oommendable diigence,-and then .
the whole matter subsidized out of sigat. .
and has never rAsppeared since. But of
late. we have CHANGED To hear some of our E
fellow citizens talk more to the purpose;
that Is to say, have heard them back up
their statements by offering to take from !
$1,000 TO 5000 of stock in hotel COM
pany; and possibly, if some one viii IN
dertake TO canvass the town, and by .
little labor in the good cause, TO ascertain
what amount would be pledged, that In .
formation would suffice to start the ball 1
rolling, and definite plan towards secur-
ing the hotel would follow IN due course.
1t may be taken for granted, that If 5 fair
sum is pledged by the eitizens.-those
whose business viii be benefited, (and we
take ii that merchants, mechanics. profes-
sioual men, and, indeed, all classes, viii
be benefited. that fact, when substan-
tiated. viii go great way, If IT not be
altogether conclusive, in causing the work
to be commenced at once and viii result
in giving Us frst-class hotel
We have been shown the drawings OF
building-a three story structure, sur
rounded on sll sides with broad veransas.
that Is calculated TO accommodate from
one hundred TO one hundred and fifty
persons, and has roomy apartments for
all the requirements Of frst-clsss house,
that viii cost IN wood some 10000
We would prefer to see stone or brick
building.-a structure that viii stand our
climate with less wear and tear than
wood. and therefore be less expensive TO
keep in repair; but of what material it
shall be built is not the point AZ issue, but
whether II shall be built at all If any
other town than Honolulu had this public
necessity in hand, We should expect to
see speedy action on the part of the eth
zens and & resolute purpose manifested
to meet It At once, and that efectu&hy.
The seed would be planted, in expectation
of gathering the fruit in due time, and
the present dollar would be advanced,
even at the rsk of loss, in the calculation
that il would come back with increase.
We are not prepared to show just how
much per cent may reasonably be ealca-
lated TO be returned upon an investment
of $4,000 TO ssO,oeO, in hotel in Homo {
lulu. but with the belief that IN good
time II would prove one Of the best In
vestments here: one that private parties
would be eager to take of the hands OF
stock company or the public, at an ad-
vance on the cost, we assert that II ,
would not be less than FIVE OF SIX per :