The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-06-04

Patriotism, Education and ChTISt12nIry-
Mr.. Alexander Young addressed
the gathering for the Building Com
mittee. He said:
Your Building Committee as origin
ally appointed consisted OF Messrs.
Cooke, Hall, 0lesen. Smith and Young,
and was organized February 19, 1890,
with Mr. C.. VI. Cooke as chairman, and /
Rev. W. 3. Olesen as secretary As /
constituted this committee held seven /
meetings, at the last Of which Messrs. |
Cooke and Olesen resigned, Mr. Cooke |
on account Of proposed absence from !
the kingdom for an extended period and |
Mr.. Olesen on account Of other duties |
and threatened Ill health Consider
able time was taken up prospecting for
suitable stone that would be within
reasonable distance and accessible for
transportation. 1t was finally decided,
however, to procure the stone from Pa
lama, the Hon. C. z. Bishop for the
nominal sum of 500 granting the Drivi-
| lege opening Quarrles on the Bishop
estate or using such Quarries as were
already opened for the purpose OF obtain
| ing all the stone required for this build
| ing. This was q great relief TO your
/ com mittee and should De regarded as
| boon TO the church and congregation,
/ for nowhere could We find such suitable
| material for this building within reason
/ able distance from building site. On
| June 8, 1890, the contract for foUnda-
/ tions was awarded to Mr. Z. Harrison
t which contract together with brick cess
| pool and other additional work he COM
/ pleted within a few days OF the stipu-
| lated time original contract vas s. ,iS9 81
and extras 81 ,357 so, making total OF
/ IS 847 81 The vacant places on the
committee were now filled by the cleo
ton of Messrs. Lowrey and Lishman.
the new officers being F. j. Lo.rey,
secretary, and A. Young, chairman.
The first meeting OF tie reconstructed
committee was held June 10, 1890,
| twenty-nine meetings in all having been
held up IN the present time. At a
church meeting held August s, 1890, the
Building Committe acting jointly with
the Trustees and the Standing Commit
tee reported that the church editice
build OF stone according to adopted
plans and specifications and after the
style now visible before you, would cost
500. 600 independent of organ and fur
niture. l am glad to be able TO say that
notwithstanding the enormous cost
stone building. Ii may not have been
quite clear to many OF you then, how go
large q sum OF money would De raised
and it is questionable whether the pres
ent moment brings more favorable pros
poets. but | trust the money viii be
raised to enable Us to enter our finished
house of worship clear OF debt, ct the
same time | maintain that it Is better
to own an elegant commOdIous and in
destructible church ediice with q mod
crate incumberance upon Il than to pos
sess a wooden one clear of debt, that
while new might look we'll enough but
in few years would have its walls rid.
died by the carpenter bee and stand q
hollow sham with its main timbers and
, supports cored out by the incessant
gnaw OF the white ant and kindred in
sects, or perchance go of some day
in a puff of smoke like what i:
seen going up before US At the
, same meeting you judiciously in
structed your building committee to pro
coed at once with the stone edifce anC
since then no time has been lost will
fully, but many obstacles have combine
to prevent greater progress. At the out
:, set it became apparent that there wer'
D but few parties in Honolulu who wer,
: qualified and likely to enter into compe
} tltion for the building of the house b,
4 contract, and TO call for tenders in tn
4 face Of such lack of competition scenes
n TO be unwise, at the request OF the com
e mittee, however, Mr.. LIshman, who hai
9 nearly completed extensive buildings c
( a similar character as the one about &
: he built for the Central Union Church
: went into calculations on the plans an
n specifications, and assisted by Mr.. Much
II master carpenter on buildings referre
it to, gave a proposal to complete tn
It church edifce without organ, furnitur
{. and windowglass for the sum OF s88 ,50f
e Mr.. Lishnlan at the sama time made
o counter proposal In which he offered fC
e a salary OF $50 per week to take the CT
N tire charge of the building, includin
IF quarrying, stone cutting, hauling, etc
:. and with assistance of Mr.. Much at
h per day attend to all carpenter work an
. other work required on the building.
addition 10 the wages named, howeve
he demanded that should he be able
:! reduce the cost of building below til
ID the price named by him for contraC
10 Job twenty per cent of that reductio
Is was to be paid to said Messrs LIshma
le and Much over and above wages. 0
Ie finding that Mr. Lishman could contr
large gang OF quarry-men, stone cuttel
10 and masons who had during the erectiC
.. of the Bishop buildings at Palama undo
his instructions acquired great profc
d ency in such work, and also that throug
In the kindness of Mr. Bishop We cou
le have the use of all tools and applianc,
nt that had been used by them while e.
IL gagged in his service, free OF charge,
a was decided TO have the work done
r. the day under the conditions just me-
ne toned MIR Lishman had in the mea
ne time resigned from the committee, h
ny resignation having been accepted DC
III 18th, 1890. Operations were commence
& at the quarries Nov. 5th, 1880, since the
III the quarry-meD, stone cutters, mason
IS and teamsters have been at work ar
no the results are before you in these wall
ed Nov. 18th, 1890, Mr.. G.. NJ Cooke VI
OF elected on the committee in place Of NJ
90 Lishman, since then no changes ha
"a taken place in the mem bership OF Il
Gu committee. Up to the present there a
ur about 406 cubic yards OF stone laid up
u the walls a. they now stand, which,
"; course, does not include the foundation
lg- not SO much progress, perhaps, as mig
ne have been expected, but under the G
ne cumstances the best that could be don
no Ii no unforeseen hinderances come
70 the way you may expect to see vo
III beautiful and commodious church al
ne Sunday school buildings completed al
ISL ready for occupation by the end Of Jul
us 1892. or perhaps earlier, bat a. - no
cd deferred maketh the heart sick {" it "
ce be best not TO expect too early for fear
10. disappointment.
- Mr. J. B. Anterior, as Treasure
th made the following remarks:
ey | was reminded in studying the Ia
ne ! Sabbath School lesson The temple !