The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-30
MOANA Hotel.
A Handsome Structure
At Waikiki.
Equal to Southern California Beach
Resorts = Cold Storage :
Steam Laundry,

} From a close inspection OF the plans
and specifications Of the new Moana
Hotel. now being erected on the Pea
; cock premises at Waikiki, it is evident
. that no expense has been spared to Sc
! cure for Honolulu. one Of the most
} handsome and best appointed seaside
} hotels outside Of the United States.
I The style followed is known as the
. Spanish Renaissance" anu architect
Traphagen in drawing up the plans,
has excelled himself in an endeavor
TO provide the city with a hotel worthy
Of comparison with any resort Of its
kind in Southern California
The building will have frontage Of
J over two hundred feet on Waikiki
road, and will be constructed of wood
on concrete foundations The main
/ structure is to be four stories high;
/ but the center, surmounted by a large
/ covered roof lanai, from which a grand
view OF the surrounding country may
be obtained will be five stories The
height Of this lanai above sea level will
/ be some ninety feet, and as the view
| is uninterrupted, it is safe to say the
| lanai Will not often be unoccupied.
Entrance to the hotel from Waikiki
road, will be made through a large
! pOrte-cOchere two stories high on both
sides of which are cOlonnade yerandas
| forty feet long, supported by massive
| columns. Above this veranda is an
| open balcony, upon which the rooms
| OF the second story open. The entire
/ front elevation is most beautifully set
off with decorated plaster work.
The visitor, after passing through
the main entrance, will find himself
in large rotunda finished like the
whole Of the first story in white oak,
from which grand staircase leads to
the upper rooms. On the first floor, at
the right Of the rotunda will he found
the hotel office, barber shop buffet, |
gentlemen's toilet rooms and billiard
room sixty by thirty feet Upon the |
Waikiki side, accommodation is made |
for check room, ladies' toilet rooms, |
reading, writing and lounging rooms |
and the hotel parlor, also sixty by |
thirty feet in size, which will be most
elegantly fitted up.
The basement will contain a spa |
cious trunk room and the machinery for |
an electric elevator of high speed and
with all Of the best known safety de- |
vices, which will run from the base
ment through the rotunda, to the roof |
lanai. A fire and burglar proof vault. |
instead of the ordinary safe will be |
constructed and placed at the disposal |
of guests as a receptacle for valuabIes |
Leading from the rotunda large
covered yeranda connects with the i'm |
mense dining room, which is situated |
right on the beach. 1t will be SO con- |
structed that the blinds may be raised |
and the entire room thrown open and |
converted into a huge lanai The |
dimensions of this room are seventy |
six by forty-siX feet. The ceiling of |
the room will be arched, and will prove
an attractive feature. At one end a |
magnificent sideboard, in keeping with |
the walls, will be fanked by large
columns supporting a balcony, or re-
cess, in which will be stationed a body |
of musicians whenever a banquet or
special dinner party is given. Seating
accommodation for $50 or 300 persons
is provided in this grand dining hall,
which will undoubtedly prove an ideal
banquet hall.
Private dining rooms are also pro-
vided for. The kitchen, quite removed
from the main hotel, is to be fitted
with every modern appliance for use
in the culinary art. 1t is to be forty
five feet square and is so situated, that
it can in no way become nuisance to
guests. The servants quarters are al |"
SO placed clear, but in direct commu-
nication with the main structure
W.
of the hotel proper, are devoted en-
tirely to the bedrooms, single or en-
suite, and all are fitted with separate
bathrooms. These bedrooms are all of
large size and we'll ventilated.
A feature of the building is the am
pie facilities for the escape Of guests in
case of fire. In addition to THE grand
stairway through the center of the
building, and the elevator other stair
cases are placed at each end o. the
corridors. The Babcock Extinguisher
will also be distributed throughout the
whole edifice Inc hotel will be fur
nished throughout with a view to the
comfort of guests, and everything it
contains will be provided on scale in
keeping with the building.
In connection with the hotel, there
Will DG dulplt AVERY SLdD1cS, cDiu |
age and a complete steam laundry, all
fully equipped. The electric lighting
is another special feature. Over 1900 +,
lights will be fitted throughout the
building, and the power will be sup
piled by a private plant, which will
also control the cold storage plant
The plumbing will be distinctly e1ab-
crate and noticeable feature through
out, with a view Of obtaining the
highest sanitary results known 10 ex-
ptrts.
Ample accommodation for sea bath
ing is another special feature IN the
new hotel, which will undoubtedly be-
come the resort Of hundreds Of visitors
the year around.
Messrs. Lucas Brothers, the con-
tractors, are making rapid Roadway
with the work Of erecting the hotel,
and no effort will ne shared in con1~ |