The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-01-21
JUDD BUILDING.
That is the Name for the
New Brick Block.
Four Stories-Arrange Made
With the Last Tenant-Moving
Architect - Roman Brick.

The Judd Building is to go up at the
corner of Fort and Merchant and will
be the property of the Judd Building
Co. Ltd. 1t will be four story struc
lure according to the plans of Architect
Traphagen and will be a thoroughly
modern block. There will be an cleo
tric elevator. scientific lighting and
ventilation, plate glass, iron columns,
all with Roman Brick" as the chief
material. Roman Brick" are long
and narrow and yellow and are made
at Lincoln, Calf The Mills building
of San Francisco and other notable
buildings in that city and elsewhere
are of Roman Brick"
As indicated, the Judd Building will
be owned by a joint stock company.
The land belongs to the Chief Justice.
The Hawaiian investment company is
organizing the corporation. Nothing
in regard to this is on paper yet Mr..
Traphagen was made the architect
on account of the favor with which
his sketch found with projectors of
the enterprise. Several other sketches
were submitted. This will be the first
four-story business block in town. 1t
will cost more than $4,000 and when
completed will be the finest down town
building. The first proposal was for
TWO stories, which Chief Justice Judd
intended to undertake for himself. So
many applications for offices were re-
ceived that the scope of the enterprise
was widened.
1t is said that most of the people
who have asked for rooms express
preference for the lower floors. This
is contradictory to practice in the cities
in the United States. Where there are
buildings over there with height and
good elevators the upper floors are
most sought for. That may be the
case here in time.
All of the tenants on the site Of the
Judd Building will leave their places
of business on or before the 18th of
February.
J. S. Martin, the tailor takes the old
Sproull store in the Campbe block
on a lease for a term of years. He will
move so soon as possible.
W. o. Smith has not yet found To-
cation. ]. F. Brown is looking for new
Offices for the Hawaiian Abstract and
Title Co. Mr. Louis Marks seeks new
quarters. The Annexation club central
Honolulu bureau fust be moved. The
Hawaiian Board Bible house, which
occupies the second floor at the corner,
will be settled elsewhere. Walton, of
Peerless Paint fame, has become so
discouraged in his hunt for new offices
that he expresses his intention Of do
ing something desperate.
Morris5& Schemerhorn peoples EX-
press have secured the Office in the
rear of Roth's tailor shop, formerly oc-
cupied by Macdonald the attorney.
The hack people of the Judd corner
viii have their telephones in the ex-
press Office.
1t was at noon yesterday that the last
tenant of the present frame buildings
agreed to leave by the middle of next
month. Orders were sent at once to the
architect to 90 ahead with the plans
and to the Investment company Off
GERS to proceed with the preliminaries
in the direction of securing a charter
for the Building company. There will
be call for tenders for construction of
the building and for supplying mate
rial. Samples of the Roman Brick
are shown by Levers & Cooke. Work
on the Judd building will be rushed
with the hope of having it ready for
occupancy this year. Brewer & Co.
will move their offices from the water
front to the Judd block, but will not
90 into the retail business.