The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-18
WILL BE
DONE BY
AUTUMN
Young Building is
Progressing
Rapidly.
DETAILS OF THE
CONSTRUCTION.
All Cut Stone for the Great
Structure is Now on
the Ground.

BY the end of February the Youns
building will have been raised to its
full height of six stories at each end
! and four stories in the central part.
Superintendent of Construction Will
lam Mulch states that the work on the
building is going ~apidly ahead and the
| gigantic task viii by that time be
practically completed. The Supe1in-
tendent also states that by the end of
this coming November the handsome
structure will be done, and ready for
occupancy before Christmas. At the
present time the Young building has
been completed to the top of the Fourth
story in the main portion. which. gives
the sides facing upon King and Bish-
op streets a height of four and half
stories owing to the grade being lower
at that end than at the Hotel and
Bishop streets corner. The stone mas
ons are now at work laying the coping
along the top of the central four stories
and the steel workers are placing the
roof Orders. This portion will soon be
rooted over so that the work of finish
ing can be carried on without interrupt
ton. The name blocks for the mauka
end of the building were raised into pc
'sition yesterday, giving the name of
the building in full, THE Alexander
Young Building" Stone blocks with
the same inscription will shortly be
raised on the makai end. Ry the end
of this month another story on each
end of the building viii be up, the
work of constructing the sixth story
with its cornice, roofing and extra
work taking up the greater part of the
succeeding four weeks.
Work on the lower stories was con-
siderably delayed several months ago
by the non-receipt of stones for the
lower courses in arriving from the
coast. Stones for upper courses arrjv-
ed, those for the under ones failing to
turn up. All the stones are now here
and there will be no delay on this ac-
count. All the steel material is here
and there is nothing to preven. the
workmen from going ahead rapidly.
Every floor has been filed in with
and the ceilings have likewise
been treated. A veneering of wood will
cover the floors, detracting little from
the fireproofing arrangement for each
story. Tiles and steel will be used for
partitions throughout the building.
Such work will be taken up shortly in
the central portion of the building and
carried on to completion al the earliest
date practicable.
It is proposed to have the main hotel
in the mauka end of the building, util-
izing the stories above the ground
floor. The office and parlors will be -
Gated on the second floor, the dining
room in the sixth story. A portion of
the King street end of the building
will also be devoted to hotel purposes.
Two passenger elevators will be in
stalled in each end of the building, and
a freight elevator will be available at
building will have right-of-way ap-
oroach to the rear of the building from
Alakea street, giving easy access to the
back doors of the stores. the engine
and power house, laundry and other
adjuncts to a modern business block.
rhe building will control it's own cleo
-ric light plant ana water system from
is own artesian well, and will practi
ally have to depend on no outside
agencies to make it complete in itself.
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