The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-03-21
OPENING
OF THE AQUARIUM
WHERE THE WONDERFUL COL
ORING AND FANTASTIC SHAPES
OF FISHES CAN BE SEEN.

The new aquarium at Waikiki near
Sans Souci was formally opened Sat
urday afternoon. The aquarium owes
itself to the offer of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles NJ. Cooke to build the building
if James b. Castle would donate the
land and the Rapid Transit and Land
Company would equip and maintain it.
The land is government land extending
from the Waikiki road to the beach,
leased to James b. Castle, the lease
having seventeen years yet to run.
There are four lots adjoining it on the
Diamond Head side which are also gov
eminent land under lease, having prac-
tically the same length of time to run.
The land thus provided by Mr.. Castle
is valued at $500. Mr.. and Mrs, Cooke
have spent about $4,000 on the building,
and the Rapid Transit Company has
spent 1928 in preparing the site and
the exhibit and $685. additional in
stocking it.
one of the conditions upon which Mr..
and Mrs. Cooke agreed to build the
aquarium was that it should be open
one day in the week free to all. What
day that will be has not been decided
on, but it has been suggested that it be
| Saturday, so that She school children
will have the opportunity of the leis-
ure day of their week to visit it,
on other days of the week there will
be an admittance fee charged of ten
cents for adults and five cents for chill
dren. At least these will be the prices
/ for the present.
The opening of the aquarium to the
public on Saturday Nas under the aus
pieces of the Rapid Transit Company.
! At 2:3O o'clock a large party of invited
guests left the power house on special
cars and were taken at once to the
aquarium. Here the party spent some
! time in looking at the building and the
I 265 individual fish representing sixty
varieties which are now in the aqua
rum. The building was designed by
Architect Walter E. Pinkham, and was
] constructed under his direction. 1t con-
sists of an octagonal building, some
what in Japanese style of architecture.
In the center of this is a pond in which
there are a variety of fish, and radiat-
ing from this central portion are bays
in which the aquaT5d are arranged on
each side so that the fish may be seen
conveniently and pleasantly, This was
the first time many old residents of
Honolulu had ever had an opportunity
of seeing the wonderful variety of col
oring for which the ash of these waters
are noted.
After an opportunity had been given
for all to go through the aquaria, Pres
ident L. T. Peck Of the Rapid Transit
Company called all to the central build,
ing and introduced LOrrin A. Thurstor
who gave an account of the inception
and cost of the institution and express
ed the hope that on the expiration Of
the lease of the land together with thaI
Of the four adjoining lots, they would
be conveyed to the Kapiolani Park AS
ISOLATION so that the park would be Civ
en- a sea and beach frontage. Mr.. Peel
introduced William T, Brigham, Direc
tor of the Bishop Museum, who spok'
of the advantages Honolulu Offered
above all other places in the world, TO
, an aquarium, and told of the plans tina
had been made for a marine laborator!
on what is not the naval reservation
seward from the Honolulu Iron Works
! plans which were frustrated by the re
servation of that property for nava
purposes.
Mr.. Peck introduced Judge Dole VIII
I made a very pleasing address concern
: ling the occasion which had gatheret
. them together.
8 The aquarium is entered through
= a Japanese tori over which is hide
. Gus sign announcing that it is tn
aquarium. The grounds have bee
= planted with cocoanut, palms ant
grass, and when the grass has forme
a sod will make the grounds very pleas
. ing. A few benches for those VIII
, would enjoy the grounds as well as tn
J aquarium would add greatly to the con
venience for the public. The aquarium
was thrown open to the public yester