The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-05-24
CENTRAL UNION CHURCH.
Proposed New Edifce-Extracts from
the Building Committees Report

Proposed New Edi6ce-Extracts from
the Building Committees Report.
At the business meeting Of Central
Union Church on Wednesday evening,
Messrs. G. NJ. Cooke and Alex. Young .
of the Building Committee presented .
lengthy report Of which we give below .
the essential portions. After full +,
account of the steps by which the !
conclusions of the committee were ar
rived at, the report proceeds as follows:
The depth OF our lot from Beretania
! street in the centre is 1872 feet, the
ground plan of the proposed church has
! been cut out of pastebOard on the same
scale and pasted on the survey OF our
| lot, to show how the building will fit,
and the position we propose 1t would
occupy on the land. Should the church
be built of wood in accordance with sizes
given in these plans, there will remain
only seven and half feet in the rear,
which is not sufficient width for drive
way, and should we decide to build OF
brick or stone part OF this space Will
be taken by the increased thickness OF
walls; such being the case, we would
suggest that no horses and carriages
be allowed on the grounds, and
) that the lot be we'll laid out with
= cement walks, lawns, gardens, etc
- and that the surroundings be made
as beautiful as possible. In view
of this your committee have made appiI
cation to the Trustees OF the Oahu Col
} lege what they would charge to ALLOW
horses and carriages to remain In the
Preparatory School grounds during all the
services of this church. We are informed
@ that an arrangement could be COnsum
n mated at the rate of 5000 per annum ;thi
would include keeping the part so use'
. in order, and lighting the backyard.
b The following are the dimensions c
! the various apartments for the propose
building:
Is Vestibule is about sixty-eight feet Ion
n by nine feet wide, being entered froI
4 Beretania street by nine steps, throug
- three dOOrways each SIX feet wide thel
n will be starways at each end leading
q gallery. The two doOrways to the aud
torium are each six feet wide.
Auditorium is proposed to be siXt
al eight feet wide by siXty-eight feet al
%. about forty-four feet high with groine
ceiling. The floor has an incline Of fl
o' feet towards the pulpit, over the vest
a bule will be a gallery projecting into I'll
- auditorium as far as the first row
seats. 1t is estimated that the audit
ar rum will seat 5l4 adults, and the z;
no. lery 1O4, making a total OF 6lS, this
allowing twenty-five and half inch
IL for each person, "pew makers tigu
". more often nineteen to twenty inches
-, Our present auditorium is 57X5712 wi
-" a gallery of 4115x613, together seati
'es 43O comfortably, when five occupy ST
nd $50 persons can find room, with t
same crowding the new auditorium W
seat about 740. The pews are arrang
to in semi-circular form, there will be Fl
no aises, the centre one only about tv
, thirds of the way. Upon either side
he the choir loft and leading to the IN;
.ge hall of the Sunday School departing
II are two entrances, these being on
lowest level of the floor will be apprC
to ated by those who wish to avoid ascel
yer inc the front steps, as well as connect
- the. apditQEjpm With all other parts
eal. that is required. When the comm
tee requested that both the auditor
7oh and Sunday School room be so vel
ave lated as not to depend on the doors :
mo windows, thus avoiding draughts W
a.. the heights of these apartments and
RS cupOla or ventilatOrs over head of be
Il this end can doubtless be accomplish
tbo Choir loft as planned is IL feet d
and 20 feet wide, by u feet high, "
Inc dOme-shaped ceiling towards auditori
For to centre OF arch. 1t has been sugges
oe by choir members that the depth be
VI creased two feet by bringing forward
for floor into the auditorium. bv SO do
r. this apartment will be cooler and les.
-. the appearance of the choir be
ou "cooped in" our present choir loft
ten 2O13 Y 1913 feet depth.
lyat Sabbath school, prayer meeting, {
social room, is proposed to be "a X 6
ave 30 feet high and 90 feet height un
ms the gallery az feet wide) around
ION sides and rear The desk OF the sur
io intendent or leader can be seen fir
will every part of this room and is we'll
ish ranged. On account of our warm
. mate, it has been thought best to lie;
90 out the sliding doors and Stat curta
Tho under the side galleries, but to ret
for those under the rear gallery, that Il
may be closed when the room is used
req prayer meeting, and thus decrease
)ad size of such a large room. The ceilin
10 on the same plan as that of the audit
Ah0 ium, the floor level, and floors of
to gallery on a slope but stepped {
hat present Sunday school rooms have
=, area of 2,S72 square feet against /,
lUe square feet in our proposed room, not
lrd Guiding gallery and primary room, VIII
would add 200 square feet, or a VIII
area of $500 square feet; about t.
OF thirds more space than we now have.
ery Primary department room measu
% X 23l5 feet, to be entered from
ahU upstairs hall, by large sliding door-w
led this room corresponding with the paste
ing study ca ~ on the KIchards str
eir