The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-02-01
Il Will Be on the Third Floor
Of the PTIgRS Block.
SEATING CAPACITY OF 500
= Regular Buou - Octagonal-Ad-
Juncts No Pillars or Posts.
Great Freatures-Promenades.

When NJ. c. ;. DeSkys Progress
block. corner q Fort and Beretania,
Is completed. which VIII be in about
three months. Honolulu viii have prae-
tlcaIly 3 second uptown theater. The.
hall On The third floor Of the Progress
building VIII be Z regular little bijou
O. : music-hau There viii be q stage
OF good size and the main auditorium
vii seat 500 people. Opera chairs VIII
Be imported and scenery and stage
fixtures viii be provided. Besides The
main or principal hall there viii be ad-
5ace1c anJe-roOms and parlors with
either sliding or rolling doors or por-
riers thai viii bring The seating num-
Der up 10 above 1,000.
The new theater will be ocJagonal in
shape with 2 dome ceiling In the cen
Ter OF The ceiling viii be 2 piece OF
stained glass twenty-three feet in dia-
meter. The hall viii be Illuminated
with 150 fucandescsnt lights and 3
few arc lamps. There viii be stair
way entrances and exits from both
BereJania and Fort streets. in addi-
ton 10 the rapid passenger elevator
70 be raised by electricity Modern
ventilation will be supplemented by a
system OF fans There viii not be q
pillar or post in the hall The floor
will be OF hard pine that is 10 be pre-
pared especially for dancing.
Several features known only TO halls
in Europe and New York City will
add 10 the beauty, attractivenezs and
utility Of the new theater. There will
be : kitchen, 2 dining room and the
usual retiring rooms for ladies and
gentlemen. There viii be q smoking
room and 2 promenade. The smoking
room VIII be near the Beretania and
Fort street corner and the promenade
viii be on the Bsretania street side.
The smoking room and the promenade
VIII be between the stone walls and
the walls OF the IheaIer. II viii be
seen that there IS room and 10 spare
Tor the hall and that its enlargement
OF extension as time may require viii
be neither difficult nor expensive. On
the third floor on the Fort and Bere-
tania street sides there viii be aper-
lures for windows as they may now
be seen, but neither the wooden frames
nor the glasses will be inserted.
The final surprise in the way Of a
hall for Honolulu, remains 10 be pre-
scented. On the root at the corner OF
Fort and BeFetania viii be an obserya-
tory with & floor 32x32 or perhaps
larger. This can be reached from the
promenade or the smoking room. From
the foothills alone can the view be
riyaIIed. The panorama spread out
from this point includes matches
pictures Of PunchbowI, TantaIus
ROund-top all the valleys with JheiI
banks OF rainbows Diamond Head
with the ships coming round, the har-
Dor and its vessels, Kamehameha
grounds and even Pearl Lochs This
will be an extra without money and
without price, also says Mr. Desky
There will be both coping and railing
as a protection against possibility OF
accidents This observatory, so pleas,
ing is It 10 the owner OF the building
may be extended quite a bit, even tC
include roof promeuades. 1t is really
fourth story or roof garden, but
really away and beyond the roof gar
den class.
In the Progress block there are
spacious stores that are already leased
The second floor viii be used by those
requiring Offices Bruce Waring & Co.
viii have the corner rooms and Others
have been spoken for already The
halls are wide and light and the ele-
vator will run day and night There
Is small army OF workmen on the
building now, but II is such a job q!
cannot be rushed. Only the best o.
Island stone is going into the mair
walls and Geo. L Dali is doing th'
wood work. using material selected b!
himself Ripley & Dickey are the ar
chitects and have designed what is il
exterior and interior a handsome anC
substantial building well adapted 10
business purposes and for the use o
the theater in third story.
There will a formal opening or de
dication Of the Progress block and
theater when the building is finished
Mr. Desky will then invite the public
10 come and see what he had done il
the way Of giving 10 Honolulu its frs
up-to-date business structure. The
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and dance.