The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-06-20
CHINESE SUBSCRIBE TO
THE M'K|NLEY MEMORIAL
Active Work in Getting
Park in Good
Shape.


w IL VIII be 20 take up the active
work OF closing the prelIminaries
for the creation OF the park All ar
rangements have been completed and
II Is expected that the committee will
PASS resolutions providing for the pay
ment for the ground and as well enter
ing into contracts for the carrying on
OF the task OF filling in the land.
There viii be new bids before the
meeting which promise to alter the
status OF the park matter. The COM
mIttee. through its subcommittee
which has been In charge OF the detail
OF arranging for the grounds. has ask
ed n number OF contractors TO file fig
ures for the dwelling Of the soil on an
other plan than was at first considered
advisable. BY the new specifications
the ground Il first TO be leveled by the
blasting away OF the hummocks OF cor
al. the material thus taken from the
ouicroppIng reefs To- be used in the NIL
Ing OF the depressIons IN the site. This
course viii do away with the presence
In the finished park OF the ridges which
would be presented - the original plan
OF filling with loan were followed.
The coral thus broken away win give
hning substance which In itself. is
good material for making ground. as IT
combines substances which make for
&c cd soil. THE cost. IL II expected. will
thus be reduced. for the hummocks lew
eied there will be necessary a much
less percentage OF material for filling
purposes. The plan OF the committee
calls for the filling In OF the greater
depressIons with the rocks thus brok-
en- up. and the covering OF the whole
with foot OF loan. which win afford
the necessary stai ting ground for the
foliage. and the surface for the recre-
alton grounds
Starting thus the work Of laying out
the grounds for the various sports VIII
be- undertaken by subcommittee. and
~ ~ expected that there Will be no diff
nculty in securing the services OF men
who are prominent In the sporting cir
cles OF the city 20 assist In the plac-
ing OF the various stands and grounds.
which are TO be prepared for the use OF
the young people for whose benefit the
grounds are being prepared. This work
will take some time and II Is expected
that the steps taken at this meeting |
viii lead 10 the preparation or plans
20 be carried out when the work OF
icvcllng the grounds - finished
The committee has received from the /
trustees OF the Bishop estate a letter l
acceding TO their request that the site /
for the park be made fourteen acres in
stead OF ten acres. as At first coatem-
plated. The addition OF the four acres
viii give TO the park the lake which
now exists: n lake fed by springs and
which viii give an opportunity 10 add
i0 the scenic features OF the property.
This lake Will be made one OF the most
beautiful spots In the park and viii be
IN drcdged and fitted with boat houses
and cncircied by lily ponds as TO make
l. one OF the scenic beauties OF the
complete park. The pond as IL now ex-
SITS IL so situated that ~ will not In
any way encroach upon the play
grounds proper. but will be an addition
~ the pleasure end OF the park
The comusttee meeting will be the
irst since the return or Governor Dole
md II IL expected that there will be a
'uil meeting. owing TO the Importance
~ the matters which Will come up.
There Will be a number OF questions In
The way OF plans for the raising OF
money for the completion OF the work
before the committee.
Among the many subscriptions re-
'eived the following list OF the gifts OF
Chinese residents OF the city has been
urued I'm To- tbs. treasurer.