The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-03-15

Justice of the FEDERAL court He pre-
ferred that the site should be located
on the Waikiki side of Fort street.
Business followed the development OF
the harbor and Anglo-Saxon business
was extending on the Waikiki side OF
Fort street. The Bishop site was satis-
factory Personally he preferred tho
gore In Palace square. Federal
building facing the square and the
other public buildings would be in as
fine "A situation as could be desired.
l.. A, Thurston said that before Mr..
Eustis made his report he had favored
the gore In Palace square as site.
since then Park Expert Robinson had
visited Honolulu and in the interests of
civic Identification recommended the
grouping of public buildings about Pal
ace square The only drawback to the
Federal building site Nbeing located In
the square was the distance from the
present postoffice.
l.. Tenney Peck was of the opinion
that IL Bishop street were extended to
Allen street and the Federal building
placed on the makai side OF King street,
diagonally across from the Young hotel.
nothing better could be wished for.
The building would front on three
streets and would be in an airline with
the hotel, Stangenwald building and
Eackfeld's establishment, three of the
finest structures in Honolulu. The site
would be half way between the present
Federal building and the postoffice and
Immediately accessible to the harbor.
Alexander Young believed that the
best sites yet suggested were that men,
toned by Mr.. Peck and the lot in front
of the hotel He hadn't come to talk
but had stated his honest opinion. He
wasn't interested in any one of the pro-
posed sites. He thought that the ma
kai side Of King street would be found
to be very dusty.
]. A. McCandless said a good word
for the block bounded by King. Mer-
chant, Nuuanu and Bethel streets. Over
two-thirds of the shipping in the har-
Dor. he said, went west of Nuuanu
street, besides, Captain Slattery had
as good as said that future extension
of the harbor would have to be between
Quarantine island and Iwilei. The site
he favored was at the meeting place of
the two civilizations. A postoffice To-
Gated there would be as convenient to
ninety per cent of the people as could
possibly be. He didn't think that any
other site could be compared with the
one he had mentioned. The govern
ment would have the entire block to
themselves.
A. Hooking favored the gore from the
standpoint of Identification and archi-
tectural effect. If central location
was all that was desired, McCandless'
suggestion was as good as any.
Mr.. Taylor asked who represented the
King Merchant NuuanuB Bethel streets
block.
r. C. A. Peterson said that it hadn't
yet been offered for sale.
Mr.. TAYLOR remarked that the price,
he understood, would largely exceed
the amount of the appropriation, I'M
less condemnatory proceedings were
instituted.
S. NJ. Damon based his suggestion
on where the greatest number of peo-
pie moved from day to day. Fort and
King streets formed the vortex of the
crowd. The postofiice and federal
building should be as near this point
as possible; which was and had ever
been the center of the town. In his
opinion the site selected should be
within a block of the junction of King
and Fort streets
Mr. Taylor said that there was no
doubt that the junction of Fort and
King streets, Halls corner, was the
center of town. 1t would be wise to
accommodate all interests and get a
location as reasonably near the center
of town as might be. All the sites
mentioned were convenient to the bust
ness center of the city, it was ques-
ton of choosing the best. Wherever
the building might be, the public
wouldn't have to go great way to
get to it; that was one good thing.
F. S. Dodge said the lot opposite the
Young hotel was accessible to all the
city car lines, was convenient to the
wharyes and on account of the wind
and dust across the road 1t would sure
~ be better to select q site on the maui
ka side of King street than on the ma
kai side.
He favored first, the Bishop lot; Sec
ond, the block across the street; and
third. the gore location.
E. d. Tenney said that what was
wanted was Federal building. All
the sites IIleHtlOieu WcTt 6oOo SieSo
and all were central, compared with
distances in other cities. He hoped
that Mr.. Taylor would take all the lots
under consideration, decide which Of
fered the best site for Federal build
ing, recommend the same. and that the
would be accepted
Mr.. Taylor here complimented the
meeting on the good nature displayed,
which, he said, didn't always prevail at
site discussions.
w. A. Kinney had not considered the
matter from the standpoint of a lawyer.
The choice had evidently narrowed
down to two sites, the lots mauka and
makai of King street near Fort street.
The lot on the makai side would have
a street in the rear but would be more
dusty.
Taylor corrected Kinney. There
would not be a street in the rear but
a 40-foot fire limit.
Kinney said that there seemed to be
two features to the makai site, the
convenience OF an alleyway, and the
presence of dust. On the other hand
was the Bishop lot without any alley
way in the rear at all.
Mr.. Taylor said that there would have
to be an alleyway in either case. The
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