The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-03-25

the Chamber Of Commerce. The con-
building. with its entrance on Fort
street, Is occupied on the ground floor
by the offices of the wholesale depart
n4yat. The entrance is of mahogany,
as Is that az the corner the vestibule
being decorated with the entwned
American. Hawaiian and German fagr
on one side, and on the other the flags
If the navigation lines which are repre-
scented by the house. In the mosaic are
the initials Of the house in script There
are two sample rooms on either side of
.nc elevator, and the shipping room,
which form the makai wing, 1t being
divided by fire walls from the central
section.
The upper stories are in large rooms
for the display of lighter merchandise.
there being on each floor offices for the
chiefs of division, and the fire wall sec
tlJns being carried through to the top.
similarly divided. From the basement
The wings are SO arranged that the
llaht IS of the very best. the rooms re-
oelving the sunshine from two sides in
every case The basement, which ex
tends beneath the entire structure, is
IN the extreme end of each Of the two
wings are freight elevators. which, with
iron stairways, run up to the top OF the
house. being enclosed I'm walls which
PIT IT out OF the question that they may
become means of spreading n fire.
one feature Of the main office is the
equipment Of vaults. There Is n burg
lpr proof vault in the cashiers section,
the only one I'm Honolulu, ii being
equipped with time lock- and massive
machinery 10 handle the doors. At the
m
being two decks Of them, which will at
ford storage for records. Underneath
these in the basement IL fireproof
vault for storage purposes. All the
vaults are Diebolds, furnished by Pear
son Il Potter.
The entire building, as well as the
four docks and warehouses and the sta
blcs of the firm, are connected by the
Clark system Of automatic telephones.
There are 20 connections at the present
time, but the system is such that 1t is
capable of expansion tn "a phones at
any time, This system operates itself.
so that any official of the company may
by simply turning the dial and pushing
button. find himself in connection
with any other phone of the entire sys-
tenn. There is no operator required, and
the NblhlHS Is INSTANTANEOUS, winch
has commended It. The system was
installed by Guy owens.
1t is the intention of the officers OF
the company to move into the new
quarters today, so that business may
be done in the new offices by Monday
at the latest. 1t will require more time
10 remove the stock and this may take
several days yet, Meantime the work
of fitting will go, on. among the add
tions being the arcadng of portion OF
the court which Is bitumenized, so al
to give safety to goods being handled
The firm of II. Hackfeld & Company
Limited, was founded in lSi9 by Capt
Henry Hackfeld, who, having made G
voyage here, was impressed with thu
possibilities and came again with stocks
OF goods and settled. The present OH
GERS are: Paul lsenberg, president; ]
+. Hackfeld, first vice president; ii. A
Isenbcrg, second vice president, Direc
tCrs-F. Klamp, J, +, Hamburg. w
Psotenhauer. George Rodiek. Treasur
er, II, Schultze; secretary, +. w. Kle
balm; auditor, w. Pfotenhauer.