The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-06-05
MbHUkA SITE COMMITTEE
REPORT
Continued from Page One).

on the said proposed extension lying
between Queen and Halekauwila
streets
90 Location of the Road: Two al
tentative locations for the extension
were presented for the consideration
of the committee:
First: An extension of Bishop street
on the direct line of the present street
from King to Merchant street; thence
to Edinburgh street, thence to Kilauea
street;
Second; Extension of the existing
Bishop street on the same direct line
to Merchant street, thence direct to XII
lauea street, paying no attention TO
Edinburgh street.
The argument in favor of the first
location was that it would only slight
ly iniure the building on Merchant
street now occupied as a garage by the
Associated Garage Company, and sec
ond that it would use Edinburgh street
instead of having to open new street
through the block.
The objection to it is that the garage
is but a shell of a building, and that
Edinburgh street is to narrow, and
third that it would make a crooked
street with an elbow in it at Halekau-
villa street.
Moreover the Union Feed Company
informed the committee that if it con-
scented to the opening of the road at all
it must ne on the second line above
indicated.
Under tAe circumstances your COM
mittee considered the second location
as the proper one to investigate, and
have confined their investigations to
that location.
After the examination of the grounds
above referred to, your committee re-
quested the owners of the properties
involved in the extension to state to
the committee upon what terms they
would grant che required property for
the street opening purposes.
On behalf of the Mahuka estate the
Henry Waterhouse Trust Company,
Limited, offered to convey all the prop
erty necessary for the supposed extern
sion lying between King and Merchant
street, for the sum of 5000; the rea-
son given for this high price being that
nearly the whole lot was obliterated.
The Henry Waterhouse Trust Com
pany, Limited, further assured the
committee that it would undertake to
raise, by subscription, s17,500 of this
amount and to pay the sum in cash
to the government, leaving ST, 500, to
be borne by the government.
The committee have not received
written guarantee from the Henry Wa
terhouse Trust Company, Limited. al
though Mr.. Single, its manager, has
assured us that such written guaran-
tee would be Forthcoming as soon as he
knew exactly how much money was 60
ing to be required to complete the
transa elton. -
The committee has further received
from Rudolph Spreckels, attorney-in-
fact for Claus Spreckels, the owner of
the property lying between Merchant
and Queen streets which will be taken
for the said street extension between
said streets, a telegram to the effect
that Claus Spreckels would donate the
property lying between Merchant and
Queen streets necessary for the extern
sion of Bishop street upon condition
that the garage building should be
moved without expense to himself, and
the further condition that the Garage
Company should consent
The committee have received from
the Associated Garage Company a
written statement that it will donate
its leasehold interest in said garage.
which is for term of five years, with
out charge to the government
The committee has received several
communications from the Union Feed
Company but it has not received from
said company any statement Of the
terms upon which it would grant a
right Of way through it's land lying be-
tween Queen and Halekauwila streets
The last communication received from
the Union Feed Company stated to
your committee that the Feed Com
pany would give the committee an an
sWer on Wednesday, June 5th
The committee have been assured bv
the Henry Waterhouse Trust Company,
Limited, that it held itself ready to
make the attempt to raise whatever
sum in addition to the SIT, 500 above
referred to, was necessary to meet the
expense of cutting through from Mer-
chant to Kilauea streets; but it has de-
layed making such attempt until it
knew exactly what the total amount
required would be. AS no answer has
yet been received from the Union Feed
Company such amount has been and
is as yet unknown and the said Trust
Company has therefore not yet been
able to make the attempt to see wheth-
er such additional required amount
could be obtained or not.
We have therefore to report that evil
dence has not been presented to lis.
that Bishop street can be extended
from King street to Kilauea street at
an expense to the government not to
exceed $17,500.
We remain,
Your obedient servants.
(Sgd) l.. A. THURSTON,
CHAS. r. HEMENWAY.