The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-08-06
IS A REAL MEROP0LISE. D. HALL Z SONS FIRE u
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Il. o. Hail & Sons building was at
the WalKIkI-makal corner OF Fort and
hing streets, the entrance being at
the corner and the longer frontage be-
ing on King street, Adjoining it on
Fort street on the makai side is the
two story brick building of Levers &
Cooke, dealers in builders hardware
and building material This building
did not extend quite as far back as the
e. .. Hall building. Adjoining the e.
o. Hall building on King street on the
Waikiki side is an old frame building
used as warehouse for dressed lum-
Der in connection with Levers &
Cookies lumber yard. Beyond this
were one or two more similar structures
and then a number of better buildings
including J. Emmeluth G. Cos building.
Levers & Cookies lumber yard is i'm
mediately Eva and makai of the Hall
building. Opposite e. o. Hall & Sons
building on Fort street is the Hebron
Drug Co. and the Golden Rule Bazaar
housed in two story brick buildings.
/ Opposite the burned building on King
street is the new two story Mcintyre
building in course of erection but near
ly completed; a brick building occupied
by the Evening Bulletin, the grocery
store of c. Hustace, and beyond that
is the grounds of the OLE Arlington
Hotel and the premises upon which the ,
new Alexander Young building is go
ing up.
The F.. o. Hall & Sons building then |
occupying the corner enclosed the area ,
within which the fire started, on the side
and rear with brick walls, and on the
two street sides with walls of glass ,
and brick. The fire was practically
kept within the limits of these four
walls. Heat and blazing fire brands
started small fires on the roof of the
Levers e. Cooke brick building, Oh The
roof of the old frame building on King
street adjoining the burned building
and in the Hebron Drug Company and
the Golden Rule Bazaar premises. But
these were quickly extinguished and in
themselves did little damage.
The interior structure of the e. o.
Hall & Sons building was a series of
iron columns supporting the second
floor and roof. The fire quickly ate
away the floors and roof. The King
street wall fell out into the street. So
that what the thousands of people who
came down town this morning to see
the destruction wrought saw was a vast
pile of debris, the back and side walls
still standing and apparently little in
jured, the Fort street wall still standing
but looking insecure and in danger Oh
falling. And the King street wall en-
tirely demolished, having fallen out in
to the street. The firemen played their
hose on this wall for several hours to
cool it off so that that an examination
of it could be made to determine whe-
Their it was necessary to tear it down at
once.
The house of E. o. Hall ls Son dates
from November l. 1850 when the firm of
Hall & Dimond was established and
began business in a small two story
coral building on the makai side of
King street about where Whitman &
Company are now located. In 1852 the
firm dissolved by mutual consent, H.
Dimond continuing the business at the
old stand, and F.. o. Hall removing to
the corner of King and Fort streets
which has been occupied by the house
ever since. He established a hardware
and general merchandise business. In
1865 William W. Hall was admitted as
a partner in the business and the name
was changed to E. O. Hall & Son.
In 1869 brick store was built which
was a that time considered the finest
in Honolulu. It housed the firm until
it was torn down something over a
wear ago to make room for the building
burned this morning
In 1888 the firm was changed to
and e. O.. Hall dying the
same year while on a visit to the east
ern states, William w. Hall became
the manager and has continued such
ever since. e. Oscar White, a grand
son of h. O. Hall became connect with
the house as a clerk in 1880 and since
1889 has been secretary and treasurer {
of the corporation. The officers of the
are w. w. Hall, president
and manager; e. o. White, secretary
and treasurer; Edwin o. Paris auditor,
and Bruce Cartwright and A. J. Camp
bell directors.
In addition to general hardware the
house dealt in ship chandlery goods,
bicycles sporting goods and ammuni-
ton, leather, paints. oils and varnishes.
Note Heads, Bill Heads. Letter Heads 4
and all kinds of Job and Commercial