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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-19
A Hotel Made of Paper.

There seems to be practically no llmita-
tion to the uses to which paper can be and
is applied. To the long list of articles in-
tended for personal use and in the smaller
details OF construction in rolling stock, such
as wheels, axles, ETC., there has been added
more extensive application of paper to the
needs OF everyday life by the building of
an hotel constructed of this material.
This novel residence, which has just been
finished, and is situated in Hamburg, has
been made entirely of paper boards, which,
it is said, are of the hardness of wood, but
possess an advantage over the latter mate
rial in that they are tireproof, this desira BILE
end being effected by impregnation with
certain chemical solutions.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-19
ON WASHINGTON HEIGHTS.
The Handsome House Which Colonel
Andrews Will Build.


Andrews Will Build.
Colonel George l.. Andrews, OF the Army,
intends making Washington his home after
his return from active life on the frontier and
will build handsome and spacious house on
Washington Heights, at the corner of Colum-
bia Road and Mintwood Place, from plans
now being prepared by Architect t. F.
Schneider. 1t will be double house, with
large square hall from which broad oak
staircase will begin, with balcony and nook
screened with carved oak. On the first floor
will be parlor, library, dning-room, kitchen,
butler's pantry and store-room, also back
stairway. The chambers on the two upper
floors will be correspondingly arranged. The
parlor will be finished in white and gold, the
library and hall in oak and the dining-room
in walnut The upper stories will be painted
in parti-colors. The house will be built of
brick with red stone trimmings, and an open
veranda will extend partly around the build
ing, with a porte cochGre on the north side.
The design will be on the Romanesque style,
with very high slate roof. The outlines of
the house will be broken by small tower on
the east corner and swell bay windows on the
other fronts. A large stable will also be built
on a corner of the spacious grounds and will
be in keeping with the design of the house.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-19
REAL ESTATE MARKET DULL.
But There is Great Activity in Building
Operations.

But There is Great Activity in Building
Operations.
The real estate market continues to languish
in the dullness usual at this time of the year.
1t was without special feature the past week
aside from this dullness. There were few
transactions recorded of any Importance and
the total number was small. A good many
suburban lots changed hands in the better
advertised subdivisions. A great many of
the dealers and operators are now out of town
on their vacations and little effort is making
to push sales. The F-street offices have
general air which indicates that the occupants
are not worrying much about business, be-
cause they know business is out of season.
On the other hand, building operations are
now in full blast in all parts of the city and in
the suburbs. The activity in this line is as
great as it has ever been at this time of year
in past seasons, probably greater. This is not
only true of the business section, but of the
residence sections of the city as well. Large
numbers of new dwellings are going up, many
of them large, ornamental structures, costing
many thousands of dollars. This makes great
activity in the labor market and in all the
building trades.
The building permits for the week ending
Friday showed decided increase over those
of the week previous. The total number of
permits issued was "a, providing for the erec-
tion of 4S buildings. OF this number ~ are
to be built in the northwest section, at a cost
of $S2 300; in the northeast 8, at cost of $685.
900; in the southeast 3, at a cost OF 50, 100; in
the southwest 2, at cost OF $40, 100; in lie
Droit Park 1, costing $4,000, and In the
County Z, at a cost of $4,000, making the
total cost $179, 900.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-19
BRooKLAND's NEW HOTEL.
The Contracts Let and Work to Begin
This Week.

This Week.
The pleasant suburb OF Brookland is to have
a handsome new hotel added to It's attractions
and conveniences. The building will be beau
tifully located on the high ground Of Univer-
sity Heights, the former site of old Fort Bun
ker Hill. From its broad verandas and OBJ
servatory towers magnificent views can be had
of the diversified landscape Of the surround
ing country and neighboring places of interest.
The Catholic University is but short distance
away, and the buildings and grounds of the
Soldiers Home are within plain view. To the
south the Capitol and Washington Monument
loom up, while beyond them the broad waters
of the winding Potomac can be plainly seen
for several miles. The site is sufficiently far
removed from the railroad, SO that guests will
not be disturbed by the noise of passing trains
and other features inseparable from railroad
traffic, but at the same time the distance can
be covered by pedestrians in few minutes.
The contracts for the construction of the
hotel, which will be built by a syndicate of
Washington gentlemen interested in the de-
velopment of Brookland, were signed couple
of days ago by w. A. KENNEL, the builder,
of this city. They call for the immediate be-
ginning of work under their provisions, and
the contractor expects to commence operations
on the site this week. The entire work of
construction will be under the direct super
vision of Jonas, GibbsS Co., the well-known
architects and real estate operators, by whom
the plans for the handsome and comm obi GUS
structure were designed.
The building will be of frame with stone
trimmings. Its total length will be ITO feet,
and extending across the entire front will be
commodious veranda. In height it will be
three stories and will contain eighty-fve
large, well lighted and airy rooms. At each
end of the building there will be an observa-
tory tower, under one OF which there will be
uniquely-designed stone port6-cochere. The
other tower will be Of stone and circular in
form. The general style Of the edifice will be
colonial and the whole appearance will be
most attractive and home like. The interior
will be handsomely finished and every modern
convenience will be placed in-the building.
The grounds upon which the hotel will be To-
Gated contain 165, 900 square feet. After the
completion of the hotel these will be artisti-
cally laid out and beautifed in every possible
way. 1t is believed that the structure will be
finished in something less than six months.
1t will be formally opened to the public in
the early spring. In whose hands the man
agement of the hotel will be placed has not
yet been decided.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-19
The Lumber Inspection Law.

In an opinion rendered last week to the
Commissioners Assistant Attorney s. T..
Thomas answered the objection made by lum-
ber dealers to the enforcement of the law re-
garding the inspection and measurement of
lumber. The dealers held that the law should
be imperative, as they claimed that the Com
missioners are not the legal successors of the
Mayor, who had the right to appoint lumber
inspectors In his opinion Mr.. Thomas quotes
from several acts to show that the point that
the Commissioners are not the legal successors
of the Mayor has nothing to do with the ques-
tion. He believes that inspection elsewhere
does not exempt the dealer from inspection
here. An additional charge by the inspector
for "handling" he considers to be illegal. He
interprets the language of the act to mean
that the inspection shall take place at the
time the lumber is sold for building purposes,
for the reason that when lumber first arrives
it is often in the green state and an inspection
at that time would not show its condition
when sold. He states that If 1t be said that
five inspectors are unable to do this work at
this time the law should be amended so as to
meet the difficulty. On the same day Mr..
Thomas also submitted an opinion to the
Commissioners in which he declares it to be
illegal for inspectors of lumber to secure an
assistant to perform the inspectors work
while the latter is absent. 81 think" he said,
"the inspector should attend personally to his
duties -
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-19

called "lake," situated about 100 feet above
the sea, and about miles from the shore Of
the island. ITS area Is about ia acres; its
depth, as far as ascertained by rude borings,
is about 1S feet at the sides and 7S feet In the
centre. II these figures are correct the lake
contains about 100000 tons of asphalt.
Whether these borings are even approximately
accurate is, however, very doubtful. 1t is
even contended by some that the lake is still
fed from underground sources. The only
positive information on the subject is the fact
that the excavations of the last ten years,
amounting to about 10000 tons, have not
appreciably lowered its level and for all
practical purposes, at the present rate of con-
sumption, it may be said to be inexhaustible.
The word ''lake," applied to this deposit, is
an entire misnomer. 1t is level tract of
brownsh material having an earthly appear
ance. Cracks or assures, having width and
depth of a few feet, appear here and there
over the surface. Some travellers have report
ed that the deposit is liquid in the middle, but
such is not the fact. Carts and mules can be
driven everywhere on its surface.
The material is dug with pick and shovel,
loaded into CARTS and hauled to the beach.
Here it is placed in baskets, which are carried
ny COOlcS WduluS tuIOuSu UuO oull W lISut-
ers, and from these lighters 1t is loaded on YES
sells. During the voyage the material unites
into solid mass, and has to be removed again
by the use of the pick and shovel On being
unloaded 1t is placed for about five days in
large tanks heated by slow fire. The moist
ure is expelled, the roots of trees and other
vegetable matters are skinned off the surface,
the earthly matter with which it is combined
settles by gravity, and the refined product is
run off into barrels. This refining is in reality
mere heating to liquid condition, in order
to allow the sediment to deposit, and great
care is taken not to heat the material to a
point which will in any way change its chemi-
cal condition or produce distillation.
The form of construction of roadway pave
ments which has usually been followed is a
rigid foundation of ordinary concrete, six
inches thick, on which the asphalt wearing
| surface is placed. In some instances, the
| foundation is of bituminous concrete. Each
| form of foundation has its advantages and dis
| advantages The ordinary eeacrete has an ex-
cess of strength for the purpose, and the btu
minous concrete is doubtless strong enough.
| With ordinary concrete, the bond between the
| foundation and the wearing surface is not very
great; hence it is very easy to strip off the sur
| face in case repairs are necessary; but, on the
| other hand the surface slips on the founda-
tion, and, under traffic, rolls into waves and
| irregular surfaces, and sometimes cracks with
sudden and great changes of temperature.
| With bituminous concrete, the foundation and
| wearing surface are united into one mass and
cannot easily be separated. Repairs are more
difficult, but waving and cracking are less fire.
quent. The bituminous concrete is less ex-
| pensiye.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-19
WITHOUT DUE NOTICE.
THE NEW BUILDING REGULATIONS
MADE OPERATIVE TOO SOON.
They Interfered With the Plans of
Builders and in Response to Com
plants They Are Suspended Until
August 1.

The Commissioners decided last week to
withhold from immediate operation the new
building regulations and set August / as the
date upon which they will go into effect.
This action was taken after the unfairness of
the method of putting the new regulations
into operation before the public had been
given an opportunity of learning just what
the changes were had been pointed out. On
the 26th of June, when the new regulations
had been completed by Inspector Entwisle,
the Commissioners issued an order approving
them and fixing the next day as the time they
should become operative. Before that time
the public had had no opportunity to
learn what the changes were to be
and at the time the order was
issued brief statement of the most import
ant changes were published in the local press.
1t was not until some time later that the new
regulations were printed in pamphlet form
for the use Of the public. But one written
complaint was fled against this action,
though great many builders when at the
District Buildings to obtain permits spoke
rather forcibly about the injustice of putting
the new law into effect before the changes
were advertised. Many persons whose plans
had been completed found that if they were
held by the new laws that new set of plans
would have to be made, thus entailing con-
siderable expense. The decision was then
reached by the Commissioners to withdraw
the order making the new regulations imme-
diately operative and set August l as the
time for them to take effect, after due adver-
tisement Of the changes in the press. The
written complaint was sent by Woodward &
Lothrop, who obtained their permit on the
very day the new regulations originally went
into effect. This firm had made their esti-
mates contracts ETC., and their plans in
cluded large vault. When their builder
went to get his permit he found that the fee
for the vault had been increased from to Is
cents per cubic foot, thus increasing the esti-
mate FIVE times. President Hurt of the Wash
ington and Georgetown Railroad Company,
waited on the Commissioners to learn the
status of the new power-house. The plans for
this building, including an immense vault, had
been approved some time before, but no per-
NIT had been obtained for the vault. This
vault is the one in which the machinery for
running the cables from the building to the
street will be placed, and necessarily will be a
very large one 1t will occupy the entire width
of the street, and in order to have clear space
mains and sewers at that spot will have to be
changed, at cost of $4,000. In this case the
been previously approved the old fee Of 8
cents per cubic foot would hold. w. B. Moses
! 81 Sons were placed in similar position. The
changes in the building regulations have been
published heretofore in THE HERALD.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-19
Can't BEAR the Sight.

The latest fad OF the delicately sensitive is
exhibited in the petition of several persons on
Capitol Hill to the Commissioners to embody
in the police regulations clause prohibiting
housek eepers from killing chickens for dinner
in their back yards in view of their neighbors.
The petitioners state that the sight of the
bleeding neeks and convulsiye doppings of
the beheaded fowls is abhorrent to them. AS
yet the Commissioners have taken no action
in the premises.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-19
ERNsT's RECOMMENDATIONS
For improvements About the Public
Parks and Reservations.

The annual report of Colonel o. H. Ernst,
the engineer in charge of the public buildings
and grounds In this city, which was forwarded
to Colonel Casey on Friday, contains many
statements of interest regarding the improve
ments to our parks and other public
places in the city He calls atten-
tion to the fact that there is an
immediate necessity that those telegraph poles
in the city be either replaced with new ones or
that the wires be placed underground. The
need of a clerical force to aid the draughts-
man of public buildings and grounds is set
forth, and the manner of lighting the Execu-
tive Mansion by electricity is explained in de-
tail. Colonel Ernst urges that sufficient sums
be appropriated for the following purposes:
For a granite curbing around Frank
lin Square; asphalt walks to replace
the gravel paths in Washington Circle,
Mount Vernon Square, the south side
of the White House grounds, Lincoln
Square, Stanton Square, Folger Square,
Marion Square, Henry Park, and Heaton Park;
lodges for watchmen in Stanton, Mount Yer
non, Iowa, Dupont, Thomas, Mcpherson, and
Folger reservations; an ornamental fountain
in Lafayette Square upon the site left vacant
by the removal Of the Lafayette statue; a
granolithic pavement in place of the old flag
ging in the grounds in front OF the White
House; new superstructures OF the green
houses connected with the Executive Mansion;
standards for eight elevated electric lights in
the monument grounds.
Judge Hagper on Friday granted an In
junction in the case of III. W. 4. Jenner
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-19

Theodore A. Harding has taken out per
NIT for the erection OF handsome residence
at 1923 Nineteenth street from plans drawn
by Architect George S. Cooper. The build
ing will be three stories and basement in
height and will cost $1,000
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-19

Judge Hagner on Friday granted an In
junction in the case of H. w. T. Jenner
against the District, enjoining the opening of
Tstreet from Lincoln avenue to Second street
east through the complainant's lands.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-19
Those Offensive odors.

Said citizen: SIN passing through the
most frequented parts of the city, late in the
evening and early in the morning particularly,
the variety OF smells that assail the nostrils
is sickening. In most cases the noxious odors
arise from the Easements of restaurants, where
the refuse OF CLANS and crabs are dumped
into the vaults under the sidewalks prepara-
tory to being carted OF. 1t is nuisance tina
could be easily abated, and the Health Officer
should either require the foul stuff to be re-
moved daily or prescribe frequent doses of
chloride of lime, which, If not used as di
rected, should at once be a cause for having
the neglectful establishment indicted as
nuisance"
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HOW IS

Your wa,chi Ten to one you never
think about it.
It is slow to-day. You set it ahead
1t is fast tomorrow you set it back,
and wonder why it does not keep
time.
How can 1T The mere fact OF
touching the regulator one way or
another does not compel the watch
to do it's work properly, if some
thing is wrong inside. The deli
cate machinery is subjected to con-
slant wear, pivots are wearing one
side of the pivot hole, causing the
wheel to be forced out of position !;
and running in an eccentric manner;
other little matters need attention.
How can it be otherwise; when you
neglect your time piece, and think
of it only when it refuses to go.
Have it done in time and save ex-
pense and perhaps your watch.
Remember we are SUCCESSFULLY
altering American key winders into
stem winding watches; We are also
demagnatizing watches that have
become useless by coming in contact
with electricity, and are making
good time-keepers of them again.
H. F. WICHMAN.
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HAWAIIAN HARDWARE CO,

Customers who notice our shelves
we'll file wi tn fine goods wonder at
having no old stock. The probl EN- g
simple. We constantly selling and
ever repl acing the goods Wi tn others. We
have two warehouses filled wi tn goods
and we draw from them need and so
keep our stock we'll up. You don't oft
ask for what do not have, keep
up wi tn the times and by doing
supply your wants The Aermotor is
fair illustration Of the fact.
By recent arrivals We have received
the finest assor tment Of general Hard
ware, House Furni shins Goods and Silver
ware ever imported to this city. We wi sh
to call your attention partt cul arly to
the Stlverware because it comprises
articles viii ch you no doubt in need
Of and have been unable to procure, some
pieces are marvels Of the silversmi tbs
art. Competent judges think we have the
best stock Of goods in line in the
city, we believe their judgment ts cor
rect.
FORT ST., opp. Spreckels' Block.
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Testimonial to Mr.. Lee.

THE FOLLOWING IS A TESTIMO-
NAL from several recent visitors to the
Volcano:
efore leaving the bland Of Hawaii we
desire TO express our sense of the kindness
and special attention shown to US by Mr..
and Mrs. Lee, while staying at tn Hotel
at Punaluu, where We found everything so
comfortable and tidy. Hearing that they
are about to leave to take the management
of the Hotel at the Volcano, We wish to
convey the expression of our esteem and
best wishes for their success in their new
home.
Punaluu, 9th April, 1891.
CHAs. CAMERON. Kama, New South
Wales
FRED. EHRENFoRT, San Francisco
LOUIS EHRKNFoRr, San Francisco
Cal.
FRANK HUSTACE, Honolulu.
GEO. w. Brown. Denver. Colo.
Mrs. GEO. w BRowN. Denver, Colo
SAM. P. WALKER, San Francisco
Cal.
MRS. F. HUsTACE, Honolulu.
2TS3-1t
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vESS ELS IN FORT.

This list does not include coasters.)
u 5 Iroquois. Reed. from Samoa.
Am Blk Sunoma, Lee Newcastle.
Am blk c ID Bryant. Jacobson, san Fran.
Nor blk WAX, Thorsen. New York.
Am blk CowIiz. Robinson, Newcastle.
Swed blk >vea Atsclins, Newcastle.
Am bk Ceylon, Calhoun, San francisco.
Am ship Ivy, Lowell. Newcastle.
Scar A. Harley. Platts, 3 via Kawaihae.
Am ok K K Ham, Cove, Newcastle.
Am bgtne Tahiti, Ferguson, San Fran.
Am ok Forest Queen. Nelson, San Fran.
. ) ) Australia Houdiette. 5 IN Francisco.
Jap 5 Y1mashro Masu, Young, Y okoh ma
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Hawaiian Hotel Guests

SPECIAL NOTICE Those wishing TO
- make arrangements for driving par
ties, hacks, livery. etc, should step across
the way to the HOTEL STABLES. We
have the largest assortment of convey
ances in Honolulu. and can do your work
at the lowest rates. Not being allowed by
the management the privilege accorded
other stables of an electric bell. we are
obliged to rely more on the telephones.
Wishing a hack ring up No. 30, and your
order will receive prompt attention by
well-behaved and competent drivers.
s. |. SHAW,
2753-tm Manager
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SPECIAL BUSINESS ITEMS.

HART & CO.. Manufacturers
~ of the Celebrated ELITE Ice
CREAM will have a handsome
Cart making the rounds EVERY EVENING
to supply their numerous patrons with
delicious Ice CREAM. Look out for the
Jingle Bells! 215S-3t
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Brain workers, and all who have to
stand the severe mental strain conse-
quent on intellectual employment, find
Clements Tonic invaluable. HoL-
LISTER & Co. are the Agents for the
islands
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While driving to attend patient
on Tuesday, DR.. McGrew met with
nearly serious accident. The
horses were hitched too long, csus-
ing the neck yoke to slip off the
pole. The horses took fright and
ran away, one of them being bruised
considerably while the doctor es-
capped with shaking up.
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DIED

STORY In Honolulu April 29th at II
80 pm. of Consumption Luke Stroy
(better known as Luke Nc. Shanel aged
81 years and 6 Mos.
The funeral will take place from his
late residence 2lS Fort st. at o'clock
this afternoon. Friends and acquaintan-
css are respectfully invited to attend.
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THIS PAPER is KEPT ON FILE
L at E. G. DAKE's ADVERTISING
AGENCY, 81 & 50 Merchants Exchange,
San Francisco, CAL, where contracts for
advertising can be made FORT
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Nrm advertisements.
LOST.

4 VALUABLE MOSAIC BREASTPIN
u on Tuesday evening, on Alakea, be
tween Hofel and Be etanls streets. The
Under will please return to the Adve' tiser
office 2753-3t