The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-10-14
WHAT WILL HAWAII DO?
HER INTERESTS AT THE COM
ING FAIR.
A Proposition to Form An Hawaiian
Exhibition Company-The Work Of
Collecting Exhibits Started.

an Hawaiian Exhibition Company TO
purchase the concession granted to
Lorrin A. Thurston and w. +. Sesser
with the exception f a certain portion
of the site granted by said concession
which is required by the Kilauea
Cyclorama Company.
1t is proposed to organize a COM
pany with a capital Of fifty thousand
dollars, one-half of which will be issued
to the cash subscribers and the other
half to the promoters All stock to
participate in dividends from the first,
the promoters to give the cash sub.
scribers bonus of half their stock.
The object of the company is to
mike an exhibit of the people, man
ners, customs, manufactures and pro-
ducts of the Islands of the Pacific,
more particularly Of the Hawaiian ISL
ands, at the California Midwinter In
t.rnational Exposition TO be held at
San Francisco from January Ist, to
July ISL, lo9f
1t is proposed to make an exhibit
covering several different classes of
subjects, viz
I. 4 general exhibition Of paint
ings, photographs, photographers, sur
veys, maps, publications, relief maps,
educational methods, industrial school
products, curios, woods, fruits, fibres,
grains, sugar, rice, coffee, manufactures
and products of the Islands. In order
to obtain such exhibits it is proposed
to make an offer to the Hawaiian
Government and exhibitors to take all
exhibits delivered by them at the wharf
in Honolulu, transport them to San
Francisco furnish buildings and attend.
ants at the Fair exhibit, and if desired,
return them to Honolulu, free of cost
to the owner.
4 village of houses typical of Ha-
waiian tropical architecture, inhabited
by native Hawaiians, engaged in vari-
Gus employments.
The buildings all to be of simple
construction, the village buildings being
small cottages with samples of the old
grass houses; others to be of plain
tongue and groove covered outside
with cocoanut leaves and inside with
mats.
The people will be persons engaged
about the concession and their families.
Employments to be engaged in, are
making leis, shell work, seed work,
fans, mats, nets, hats, polishing kukul
and cocoanuts, &c, &c.
a. Sub concessions will be granted
to persons desiring to sell articles on
the premises, charging them percent
age on their reCeipts-for example con.
cessions to sell Kona coffee-curios,
fans, mats, photographs, canes, coins,
stamps, iewelry &c.
(4). Exhibit of special and popu-
lar character would be provided by the
Company-for example,
I. Live fish in tanks, including
sharks, squids, turtles, hihimanu, &c.
2. Live Hawaiian geese, sea birds,
wingless birds, &c.
4. Bullocks and donkeys for riding
d. A lake with native canoes and
natives padding therein. The Spring
Valley Water Works have agreed to
furnish the concession with free water,
including supply for a lake and
fountain, and clay for pudding,
S. The Hawaiian band giving daily
concerts within the concession.
The Fair will empty the band
during portion of the tine, thereby
reducing the expenses,
(4) Il South Sea village upon the
same general lines as the Hawaiian
village will be established, separate
from the latter, either as a sub-conces
sion or by the company
90 An exhibition hall showing
Pacific war and other dances-not the
hula-and singing, ancient and modern
either as a sub-concession or by the
company
So far as they are sufficient, thu
typical cottages will furnish dwellings
for employees. DormitOries are to bt
provided for the remainder, The
people will be boarded on the premises
Poi can be brought by each steamer
greatly reducing this item of cost.
The location granted the concession
is one of, if not the best, upon th'
grounds 1t contains an area of 68, 900
square feet, situated directly between
the Administration Building ant
Machinery Hall, with direct frontage
of $40 feet on the main avenue to tn
Grand Court from the terminus of tn
numerous street railways. 1t direct
overlooks and has a frontage on tn
Grand Court, being the only main con
cesson having such advantages. Thi
concession was the first one granite
and located, and had the first choice G
a site.
A wooded knoll about 100 feet i
diameter and frty feet high bound
the concession upon one side. Their
is natural depression surrounding tn
base in which the lake, with but Sigh
alteration, can be located.
The site is in protected hollow
surrounded by wooded hills, while tn
adjacent Administration and MaChiner
buildings provide additional shelte
from wind.
The soil is sandy and dry, with