The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-20

the lots except that on which the En-
meluth building now stands, Of an av-
erage close to seventy-fiYe feet.
Every effort to accomplish the pur-
pose of the promoters of the new street
opening, has been made by the Bish-
op Estate trustees, as they viii feel
the advancement in the price of prop
; erty, not only in the remainder of the
block, but as well in the block above,
which thus will be placed upon a thor
oughfare which in time is certain to
! be one Of the most popular driving
streets of the down town district. In
the same way the Young interests are
devoting attention to the putting
through Of the street for the purpose
of increasing the demand for frontage
upon the new avenue. This combina-
tion of interests it is believed will Sc
cure all the concessions needed to push
through the plans to a speedy consum-
nation.
Mr.. Peacock would not discuss his
plans in detail yesterday, but it is
known that he has such full faith In
i the city that he is contemplating the
construction of a block to be of not
less than four stories in height, to
extend over his entire 232 feet of 'front.'
age upon the new street. 1t is also
/ said that he will improve the strip
which lies Eva of the Emmeluth build
ing with a structure which will be in
full accord with the other buildings
in the ne1ghborhOod.
1t is also understood TO be in the
plans of Mr.. Emmeluth to place in the
present building a front upon the side
adjoining the new street. and then to
continue the buildings back to Mer-
chant. There have been no plans drawn
for the structures, ii is understood
but the discussions which have taken
place so far would indicate that the
idea would be to make the block one
of uniform height, four stories, with
the present lava rock front building,
the face being perhaps of stucco. 1t is
understood offers are now made to
make leases for ten and fifteen years,
upon StoreroOms in this block.
While these plans are being made for
the block between King and Merchant
streets, the trustees of the Bishop Es-
tate are hard at work in the matter
of the improvement of their block op-
posite to the new Young building.
While this land is now under lease to
Mr.. Young for use in connection with
the construction of the great building
which is going up, the conditions of the
lease viii permit the trustees to take
over the lots at the corners of Bishop
street and Hotel and King streets, up
on thirty days notice. Already there
have been offers to lease these lots,
and the estate is now considering
them. The trustees will insist that in
the event of any leases being conclud-
ed upon these properties, there shall
be no buildings erected except upon
plans which shall be approved by the
estate. Members of the board yester-
day said that they would not consider
any proposals looking to the erection
of buildings not in cousonance with
the general appearance of the Young
building, as they intend to keep the
street up 10 the high character set.
The extension of the street below
Merchant will depend upon the de-
cisiOn reached by Mr.. w. G.. Irwin, who
owns the property. or controls 1t for
Claus Spreckels, the facts having been
laid before him at San Francisco. The
proposed line would not be straight.
as shown in the plan, according to the
latest arrangements. The intention OF
the promoters is to draw lines from
the corners of the new street at the
mauka line of Merchant street.
through the two blocks to Halekauwila
street, at that point meeting the lines
ot KiIauea street. This will make
divergence from straight lines. but
will give a continuous street from HO-
tel to the Esplanade.
Should these lines be adopted by the
owner of the property between Mer-
chant and Queen streets, there will be