The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-19
THE JUDICIARY
BUILDING PLANS
An Entire Rem0deling of the
lnterior---A Firepro0f
Building.


Marston Campbell has just had com
pleted in his department, plans for the
remodelling of the Judiciary building.
The plans now under, consideration are
the result of the process of natural
selection from nearly a score of designs
which have been sketched in more or
less completeness.
The plans as they now stand contem-
plate no change in the walls or founda-
tions of the building which are first
class, according to modern requirements.
They do contemplate an entire remodel
ling of the interior and some changes
in the roof which will improve the
light and air in the rooms of the upper
floor.
By the terms of the lease from the
Territory to the United States for the
portion of the building occupied by the
Federal departments, the Federal of
icials will move out on notice being
given that the changes in the building
are to be commenced.
The plans contemplate giving up the
first floor of the building to the Regis
trar s Office, the Tax Office, the Land
Office and the Department of Educa-
ton. The upper floor is to be given
up entirely to the Judiciary. On the
first floor, the series of arches in the
entrance hall and transept are to be
cut out and their places taken by col
umns and pilasters. Instead of one
stairway in the center of the building,
there are planned two stairways, each
from the longitudinal hallway on the
lower floor, one leading to the Waikiki
portion of the upper floor and the other
leading to the Eva portion of the up
per floor. These two stairways will
take up no more room than the central
one does now, and viii permit Of a
better arrangement of both floors.
The building will be made modern
ffreproof building. The floors viii be
constructed of steel beams and con-
crete. There will be a marble mop
hoard and marble frames for the doors.
The stairways viii be of steel with steel
balustrades The hallway on the first
floor will be done in mosaic tile in
much the style of the main entrance of
the Hackfeld building. The room now
occupied by the Land Office will be
created freproof record room. It viii
contain only steel racks and eases,
and the doors and windows viii be clos
ed by steel shutters so that fire can
get neither in nor out. The Registry
Department viii occupy the rooms it
does now and the rooms now occupied
by the Land Department IN addition.
The Land Department will be given the
quarters now occupied by the Tax Of
fee and the Board of Education The
Board of Education viii be given the
quarters to the left of the main en-
trance, now occupied by the Federal
Court room, Judge Dole s chambers and
a part of the District Court clerk s
room. The Tax Office viii occupy the
portion now occupied by the United
States Marshal, the United States Dis
trict Attorney and a part of the clerk g
Office.
Up stairs there will be complete
of the Circuit from the SUI
preme Court The Supreme Court room
will be where it is now, and the room
will be practically the same size that
it is now, but it will be made loftier
room and a handsomer one. Makai of
it and still at the Waikiki end of the
building will be the Chief Justice S
chambers and cloak rooms and still fur
Their makai the office of the clerk of
the Supreme Court with vault room for
his records. Adjoining the court room
and facing King street viii be cham
bers for the Associated Justices. Ad-
joining the office of the clerk of the
Supreme Court and facing Queen street
viii be the court room of the Court
of Land Registration. The portion of
the central hall running from the tower
makai viii be the law library with room
for twice as many books as there are
now. The tower room itself viii be a
study room for the library.
The office of the clerk of the Circuit
Court viii be very near where the law
library is now 1t will have cement
floor, be steel lined, have nothing but
steel furniture in it, close with steel
shutters and be freproof It viii con-
tain mezzanine floor. Three court
rooms, judges chambers and grand jury
room will take up the remainder of this
second story.
The floor upstairs, in order TO reduce
the noise, viii be of maple resting on
concrete, except in the clerk 5 office
where it viii be of cement.
The roof of the Waikiki and the Eva
wings of the building will be plain
roofs with sufficient pitch for the eli
mate, and light viii come through them
being diffused by ground glass. The