The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-05-17
The Hotel.


The building designed for hotel pur
poses, to be located on the Hooper lot, on
Hotel Street, has been commenced. The
excavation for the basement began on
Monday last, and the work will be pushed
forward as rapidly as possible until the
building Is completed and ready for occu-
pancv. We do not pretend to inform our
readers when it will be finished, for, al
though all the material is in the town, and
can be placed upon the lot as fast as it
may be needed, the labor Is not SO easy
to obtain, and therefore, the building can
progress only as fast as men can be found
to proceed with it. 1t can hardly be ex-
pccted that our mechanics will all be en-
gagged upon this one work, or that they
viii lay aside other Jobs, in order that
this one may be finished up in an extraor-
dinarily short time. The public necessities
do not demand the completion of this
building under a pressure of labor that
shall add largely to the cost Of its con-
struction. 1t viii be quite satisfactory if
it can be made ready for use within a few
months from now. and. when finished, if
1t shall have been built in thorough and
workmanlke manner. Our community
have talked hotel for more than twenty
wears, and now that we have really set 1
about having one, we may as well not
fret about the time when it can possibly
be finished.
The direction and oversight of the work .
and Of the construction of the building is
in the hands of Mr.. c. H. Levers, one of
the committee chosen by the subscribers
to the bonds. His practical knowledge
of this kind of work, acquaintance with
Its details, and habit of managing men, is
sufficient guaranty that no unnecessary
delays viii occur, and that the structure
viii be brought within a reasonable cost
OF the several plans that have been.
considered, and discussed very thorough
ly, that of building having two wings,
each 10 by 81 feet, and connected by a
central portion, so by - feet, has been
adopted. Such shaped building avoids
interior rooms, and allows nearly all the
apartments to have windows opening to
the outer air. The makai and mauka
sides viii have verandahs Of 10 feet
width, so that the extreme lines of the
building viii be 100 by % feet.
1t viii consist of basement story, the
floor four feet below the surface of the
ground and twelve feet in the clear. and
two other stories, respectively fourteen
and twelve feet in the clear. 1t is divided
by Railways of eight and ten feet, width
sufficient to give thorough ventilation as
well as easy access to all the rooms, of
winch there are forty-eight sleeping, and
ten Others for the general uses and needs
Of the establishment
The walls are to be made Of concrete, 1
rustic finish, similar to that of the new
Post Office, with ornamental window caps
and sills, and such other finish as may be 5
suitable for the structure. 1t is found
that the coral is about seven feet below
the surface of the lot, so that The founda-
ton can be made to rest upon it.
The working plans and elevation, which
are being drawn by Mr. Osborne, viii be !
completed in a few days, and can be seen
at the Office of Mr. Levers, by the sub r
scribers and such other citizens as feel Il
interested in this matter
We have no doubt that the building !
viii be slightly and handsome structure,
aud viii be a credit aud ornament to the !
own. 1t viii be sufficiently large to
meet the present demand of the travelling a
public, and sufficiently roomy to give 5
comfortable accommodation to its occu- n
,ants, and it viii, therefore, remove the Il
objection that does exist abroad, in the Z
minds of many, against visiting our :
Stands. 4
The lot is already well covered with 5,
rees, and is shaded and pleasant, 50 that to