The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-01-21
DONE BY
AUTUMN
Young Building is
Progressing
Rapidly.

By the end OF February the Young
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 .'1pld'y ahead and the
gigantic task viii By that time be
practically completed. The Supein-
tendent also states that by the eId az
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-
on streets a height of four and a half
stories owing to the grade being lower
at that end than at the Hotel AMI
Bishop streets corner. The stone :nas-
ons are now at work laying the coping
along the top Of the central four stories
and the steel workers are plac the
roof girders. This portion will soon be
rooted over so that the work of finish
Ing can be carried on without Interrupt
tiun. The name blocks for the mauka
end of the building were raised into po-
sit!on yesterday, giving the name Of
the building in full, THE Alexander
Young Building" Stone blocks vita
the same inscription will shortly be
raised on the makai end. By the end
of this month another story on each
end of the building will lie W., the
work of constructing he sixth story
with its cornlce, roofing and extra
work taking up the greater part OF the
succeeding four weeks.
Work on the lower stories was con-
slderably delayed several months ago
by the non-receipt of stones for the
lower courses in arriving from The
coast stones for upper courses artiv-
ed. those for the under ones failing to
turn up. All the stones are now here
and there win be no delay on this ac-
count. All the steel material is here
and there is nothing to proven: the
workmen from going ahead rapidly
Every floor has been filed in with
concrete and the ceilings have likewise
been treated. A veneering of wood will
cover the floors, detracting little from
the fireprcoiing arrangement 70, 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
i'Su vi w NoihIlttiOu III the carries
date practicable.
1t is proposed to have the main hotol
in the mauka end of the building, util-
izinS 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 ourpu>,,s.
Two passenger elevators will be in
stalled in each end of the building, and
freight elevator will be available at
the rear Of the building. The Young
building will have r.ght-of-way all
proach to the rear of TIE building from
Alakea street. giving easy access to the
back doors of the stores, the engine
and power house. laundry and otter
adjuncts to a modern business block.
The building will control its own cleo
tFic light plant anu water system from
It's own artcsian well, and will practi-
cally have to depend on no outside
agencies to make it complete in itself.