The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-11-22
HAWAIIAN HOTEL CHANGES
TWO STORIES TO BE ADDED TO
THE STRUCTURE.
A Cafe Veranda Included in the Plans
Beach Annex Building Progress
ing-Many New Features Added.

One and perhaps two stories are to
be added to the Hawaiian hotel. 1t
will not be done this winter, though
the plans are all prepared. 1t could
not be done very well during the sea-
son of the heavy tourist travel.
The improvements which are now
in course of construction, however,
are all planned with reference to the
increase in height of the main build
ing. The most important of these is
the cafe veranda. This is on the Paci-
fic club side of the dining room. 1t
will be on the same level as the dining
room, the present windows of the lat
ter being cut into doorways. 1t will
be twenty feet wide, open on the sides,
the roof, which will be of hand
some colored Spanish tiles, will be
supported by highly ornate Corinthian
columns. Potted palms in the corners
and about the lanai will give deli
ciously outdoor air to the cafe. Be
meath this cafe veranda will be
porte cochere. The idea of this cafe
veranda is that when the hotel is
crowded it will be a part of the regu-
lar dining room. When so much room
is not required it will be "A gentleman's
cafe. The whole purpose is to keep
the hotel right up to the requirements
of the increasing travel to the Islands
! in service and accommodations.
The present veranda adjoining the
| dining room on the Hotel street side
| is also to be thrown into the dining
room in the same way. At each side
of the steps leading up to the main
entrance, there is to be built Il circu
| lar lanai, with a radius of about
twenty-one feet. The one on the din
ing room side will form IA part of the
cafe veranda. The one on the other
side will form an addition to the
present large lanai and veranda.
The new cottages on the hotel
grounds are now nearly completed,
and will be used at once. All the
improvements have been made on
plans prepared by Traphagen on a
design that will make the completed
building a, strikingly handsome one
architectuTally.
While these plans and improve
ments have been going on the plans
for the Beach Annex at Waikiki have
not stood still. Already cottages and
buildings containing forty-five rooms
with accommodation for fifty or six
ty guests have been completed. The
new bath house on a design entirely
unique here is practically completed.
1t is two stories in height. The first
story contains an observation lanai,
and thoroughly equipped dressing
rooms, fresh water plunge and show
ers, and that sort of thing. The sec
ond story contains bed rooms so that
| cron foly a
an evenings swim in the surf or to
be convient for morning plunge. The
entire building is ornamented in high
ly decorative mill work and Moorish
red. The light effects will be some
thing unique. There will be more
than 600 colored lights used. The IL
Elimination effects will be something
striking. They cannot be put into eff
feet at once, however, until the aIri-
val of the new machinery for the Elec-
trio Light Company.
While the Macfarlanes are thus
/, planning to keep up with the best re-
quirements of tourist travel in the
matter of buildings and accommoda.
tions, they have not neglected the 9th
er appointments of a first class hotel
They have a new chef who is just get
ting things to suit him. He is Jules
Harder. who arrived about three
\ weeks ago. He comes here from De
Monte, but is well known in the east
Warren Leland brought him to Sar
: Francisco when he opened the Palace
hotel there. He has the highest rep
utation as chef
The regular Thanksgiving dinner a
the hotel will be served tomorrow ev
ening. There will be music and dane
ing during the evening.