The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1889-05-28
CETRaL UNION CHURCH.
r--ur-u--d New Edihce-Ertracts from
--s EzfdinE Committees Report


e business meeting OF Central
-11 Church On Wednesday evening,
EIssz-s- C. n Cooke and Alex. Young
dine Banding Committee presented a
lz-- ------ q which we give below
e--- portions. After fulI
z--c--- u -Hc steps by which the
cf the committee were ar
1. the report proceeds as follows:
TIE 5er-h ai our lot from Beretania
p the centre j. l73ls feet, the
--- ID. tine proposed church has
--.r rl--a51ard on the same
ana ---5 on the survey Of our
SHOW l-w -ae hriiaing win fit,
position We propose it would
land Should the church
-5l- 5- accordance with sizes
ae-e plans. there will remain
and j half iee- in the rear,
a- sufficient width Tor 2 drive
z =.u-lE rre decide to build OF
~ --1as e part OF this space will
-r Che increased thickness OF
such beng the case, we would
- E1 horses and carriages
-u-z "a the grounds, and
- hs wei laid ont with
. -ak-- lawns, gardens, etc,
zle Surroundings be made
a. possible. In view
-.-- committee have made appli-
r-a -le Trustees OF the Oahu Col
aev would charge to allow
E- and carriages to remain in the
a1-r ~raoo- grounds during al the
- u l5lis church We are informed
z-zu1smeut could he consum-
-zsz c5 >zf1 per annum ;this
--le 6eeriug the part so used
and lighting the backyard.
owing are the dimensions OF
-l a1a---1eu-s Tor the proposed
about sixty-eislt feet long
E-a- Ulle being entered from
street nv nine steps, through
r.-aav- each SIX feet vide; there
UaEs az each end leading TO
Tire TWO iogrways 10 the audi
are each SIX iee- wide.
Is proposed to be sixty
e=- Ei1a av siXiy-eiEht feet and
al-- E11-E-ilEr 5eer high with groined
Tie for has an incline OF five
Ea-ls the pulpit, over the vesti-
E sa a. gallery projecting into the
z1--1-u as lar as the first row OF
-- is estimated that the audito-
-l El- =a4- 81 adults, and the gal
i- l- making q total OF 6lS, this is
z.agl-E twenty-five and a half inches
lI- each person. 'pew-makers figure
E-1-e l--eE nineteen 10 twenty inches"
liE- present auditorium is 57X57ls with
-Le-r OF 4 ax67s, together seating
u1uio-1shly, when five occupy a seat
81. persons can find room, with the
same lrlFgllr- the new auditorium will
=z- about 40. The pews are arranged
1 se-i--lr--lar form, there viii be five
zs-s- -le centre one only about two
l= l- The way. Upon either side OF
or 5it and leading 10 the main
E 1 -be sunday School department
ar $3.50 entrances, these being on the
lowest lerel % the floor viii be appreci-
--llse who wish to avoid ascend
-le --l-- steps. as well as connecting
il-U--uu with all other parts Of
l-- BlTlWea expects 10 meet all
Is required When the commit
les-ei that both the auditorium
sunday school room be so venti-
lz -s- rr depend on the doors and
thus avolding draughts with
heights ID these apartments and the
l- -Hut5.at0rs over head Of both,
end can doubtless he accomplished.
Choir .l.i IS planned Is IS feet deep
Tel wide. by - feet high, with
-sslaIeG ceiling towards auditorium
1i arch Il has been suggested
ea1- members that the depth be in
creased TWO feet by bringing forward the
- INTO the auditorium, by SO doing
z-i1-r-leut VIII be cooler and less OF
ETl7,aaTEnce OF the choir being
-f-l In Uur present choir loft is
E-q isef depth.
sabbath school. PRAYER meeting, and
-le1- -slm- = proposed to be 81 "a X
hi-h and 9ia feet height under
-4-erE J. feet wide around two
sl.s and rear. Tie desk of the super
-lsu- g- leader can be seen from
rar- li tins room and Is well ar
- on account OF our warm eli
-e E. has been thought best TO leave
She Siding doors and slat curtains
a- tle side galleries, but TO retain
under the rear gallery, that they
Re closed when the room is used for
meeting. and thus decrease the
u such q large room The ceiling is
e same plan a. that OF the auditor
-le floor level, and floors of tie
-T on q slope iut stepped. Our
-a=-- sunday school rooms have an
Us $50 square feet against 400
=lZrH lee- IN uur proposed room, not in
ending gallery and primary room, which
uEl add 200 square feet, or a whole
% 500 square feet; about two
more sHace than We now have.
Primary department room measures
feet- 70 be entered from the
-=l--s hall. 10y large sliding doorway,
-1lI c1-respondingWith the pastors
-EZ on the Richards street
SIDE E has been thought by some that
room j. not OF sufficient size for our
PRIMARY school. but il J. suggested that
l-T lle Youngest scholars be kept for
-s nl-- ai our school and with the two
-~-l--l-a- -o1ns each side that 10 to 90
scholars can t'e well accommodated.
IRE ladies parl0r i ISL Y 2lls, en-
-E=- -rln The down stair hall, and to be
connected with the hall by large sliding
5e1-s- thus Increasing the capacity Of
-8e room ieei- when found necessary
80 80 Tins room i intended for