The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-22
new ROOM
FOR SICK
DispensarytoHave
Home and Good
Furnishing.
TWO STORY HOUSE
FOR THE BRANCH
Miller and Hotel Street TO Be the
Site OF New Structure Also
for Storage.

Plans have been made and the speci-
fications are now under way for the
building of a new public dispensary and
city physicians offices. In addition there
will be rooms for the storage of records
and furniture, the property of the Terri
tory, which is not In use.
This new public building will be erect
ed upon the lot at the corner of Miller
! and Hotel streets, which is being clear
ed in the course of the preparations for
| the widening of the latter thoroughfare.
1t will be frame, two stories in height,
and with not less than a half-dozen
rooms on each floor. 1t will be a hand
some structure, but not in any way an
expensive one, as it's building will not
mean great purchases, except for some
fittings. The lumber which is to be used
is the property ofs the Territory, and
there will be little that must be pur-
chased.
This building is to take the place of
the rooms occupied by the dispensary in
the addition to the Drillshed, which was
erected during the plague for the use OF
the soldiers who were to be fumigated
and bathed after service. These rooms
are very small, and are not in any way
fitted for the use to which they have to
be put. They are open to the street,
without and degree and priYacy,a and filed
with dust much of the time. This is
not the fault of anyone in connection
with the service, but is matter which
is the result of the construction of the
| buildings. These being in the list of the
property set aside for the use of the gov
eminent by the proclamation of the pres
ident they have been taken over by Nal
Robinson, the quartermaster here, who
has, however, still permitted the Terri
tory to have the use of room for the
dispensary business for the present. AS
the buildings were put up by the Terri
tory and to replace them would entail
some expense, Maj. Robinson has ex-
changed with the Territory enough lum-
Der to rebuild. for the present buildings.
This gives to the Territory some of the
supplies fer their new building, and to
the Federal government buildings ready
for occupancy.
: The greatest care will be exercised in
the planning for the ground floor of this
building There must be reception rooms
which will not be subject to the criticism
! of too great publicity. consultation
rooms, and in addition operating rooms,
and a miniature hospital, where any pa
! tient who may not be removed at once
may be cared for by the nurse. The prin-
arranging for the building is to give to
those who have business there plenty OF
room and at the same time to provide
for each department, including the phar-
macy, sufficient space, with degree OF
seclusion, that the patient may not be
under the constant gaze either of fellow
sufferers or the general public.
! 1t will be in the upper story that pro-
vision is to be made for the storage OF
! the records and furniture, which are to
be in the custody of the Works depart
ment, pending call for its use. These
will be stored in rooms which will be
fitted specially. There will be special
care taken of records, some of the more
valuable being kept in the vaults, While
others which are not worth the expense
of building special protecting walls VIII
be simply arranged in cases in these
rooms 1t is expected that work on TINS
building will commence soon after the
return of the Superintendent of Public
Works from Maui, and that it will be
ready for occupancy by the first OF the
year. There is no appropriation for II,
but the cost is so slight that it can he
borne out of the appropriation for pub
lie buildings in general.