The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1873-04-30


ieg, Surrounded vi,h versudas on al sides. 1t
vas planoed to sccoCauodats one hundred guests.
ard be offered 10 undertake its erection and
eoodocs the establishment. provided the sum
Of forty thooSasd dollars could be raised for the
objeei, Though Do,hiug ever came Of his Plan.
yet 70 bin i dae the credit q having directed
pubic siteotio0 to the necessity % hotel in
s1ch way and a. such tine. Is led 6aaly to
its commencement and scccsssfal completion.
10 May. 1870. the steamer woaxa WouSa.
the pioneer Of the Hsll Lice. arrived here frOn
sydney. With over 10 passengers. many Of whom
were wsIl-to-do travellers, who bad improved the
opportunity Of returning by steam to America
and Engh1d VIA Hooolalu and San Francisco.
o. reaching this port where they were detained
several DAYS aEalting toe arrival Of The Idaho,
their disaPpointgea: il 6nsi0s no accomnoda-
Jioos tor them o. shore. except tie Chinese res
saurants, reused car citizens to the uecessity Of
iuHas,iiatsly providing gOod hotel for travellers
aud strangers arriving here.
Aitsr considerable discussion 10 the local
newspapers and anoag o1r citizens as to che best
coarse to De adopted, His la,e Nsjesty's Cabins,
took The initiative. ard O. ;bs 9Th Of December,
ISTO. a5op,sd resolgttoa authorizing The cree
tea Of a hotel. and toe issuing Ct bouds to the
amount os 100000 for this object. AT the
suggestion Of bis E1ceIIency J. MOTT Smith,
then Master Of Finance, an effort was first
made 70 raizs funds amoag the merchants and
citzsas, It proved quite successful and 10 less
thaa oEs week over forty thousand dollars were
pledged for the pGrPose- The sun 61aIIy eOu-
trioutsd b. citizers was So 500. fos Shieh bonds
we're issued, payable At the end Of I've years from
Oct. Is. ISL. Il vas understood that the sub
seribers to the fund we're nos TO become share
holders in the boildiag. bet !haE the risk Ct the
enterprise vas TO be assumed wholly BY the Gov
erumsns- They. however. wsre invited to choose
Two persons 70 coufer with the Cabinet regarding
the erection Of the hotel. and the appropriation
Of The f-ads. Msssrs. L. L Torbert and {. II.
Ls~srs we're chosen for this object
Thus. mainly through the peesouSl Efforts Of
the Minister Of FInauee. WIS the project begun,
and the ways and means provided Soon after
this, Dr. Saith purchased fruul the Catholic
Mission. As site for the hotel the Hooper Prsui-
ises. vith the adjoining lots kuozu as the French
premises on Ahkea street. and the Friel prem
isss ca Richard street The sun paid for these
three properties. including costly ir0a fence o.
the zay from England. vas tea thousand dollars.
The work Of e1cavusing foe the foendatio1s
Els couusseed on the 18th Of May. and tie
necessary materials having beeo provided, the
erection Of the boiIdIHg vas carried f5r~ard
daring the sumner a rapidly as the mechanics
araii4be IN the plscs coald perform It. The walls
Throughout are Of coucreie sto1e, such As was
used in the erection Of the Post-oeics and the
new ParlAzie1t-hozzs- A wooden building
might have beea pat up 1t half the cost, bat it
H0qId not have been 50 desirable or permanent I
OF the ssveraI plans which we're considered.
and Diseased very thoroughly, that Of building
hsvlus two wings, szch IS b. 81 feet and COZ
1ected By 3 esuSral portion, 80 By - feet, vas
adopted. Such shaped bGllding avoids Interior
roous. and allows nearly al the apartments to
have windows opening to the oGter air The .
frUot aad rear sides have vsraadas Of 10 feet I
zistb. % that the extreme lines Of the building
srs 10 By IS feet
Il consists az basement story. tie fcor folr
feet below the surface Of the groand and twelve {
feet IN the clear, and two other stores respect
lively F0grtesu aad tEeIve feet in the clear. It IS
divided By haI-Eays Of eight and ten feet. I
width suficisat to give thorough ventilation as
=eH Is easy ac-ezs 10 III the rooms Of which .
there are forty-tEo sleeping. and sixteen others
for the EsuerzI uses and needs OF the establish
usat- We insert here rouzh diagram OF the
plIn Of the mai1 f5or OF the hotel. which VII .
show the shape and size Of the baiIding: