The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-06-01
WAILUkU COURT
HOUSE FINISHED
Is of Concrete in Imitation
of Cut Island
Stone.

WAILUKU, Maui, May 30.-Without
question the finest courthouse in the
Territory has just been completed in
Wailuku and is now ready for occu-
pancy.
Work was begun October IS by Con-
| tractor A. P. Mcdonald, and from the
start it was evident that if the con-
tract could be made to pay that the
contractor was the man to do it.
The work was done in rush from
the start, but under the ever-watchfUl
eye of the contractor everything con-
nected with the building was done IN
a ffrst-c1ass manner and to the entire
satisfaction of the whole community.
The building is a two-story struc-
ture, sixty-eight feet eight inches by
fffty-two feet eight inches. The first
story is made of solid reinforced con-
crete, while the second story is of
hollow concrete blocks made to initiate
Hawaiian cut stone, and is so neatly
done that it is almost a perfect imi-
tation and presents a handsome ap-
pearance.
There is a concrete area way six feet
from the walls of the building, and a
portico in front sixteen feet by twenty
four feet.
All of the pediments of the building
were cast in wooden forms before be-
ing put in place.
All of the scroll work, brackets, ball
lustrades, columns and Ionic caps were
cast in molds.
The caps and arches of the second
story were reinforced. while in the
vaults over two tons of iron were
used.
The rooms are all iron-lathed and
different colors.
Every room is finished with five-foot
panels in natural wood, hard oil finish.
All of the doors are stained a cherry
color and then given a coating of hard
oil finish.
The doors have heavy Florentine
glass and are furnished with antique
copper hardware and Yale locks.
The windows are Of twenty-one-
ounce glass, are furnished with patent
inside blinds, and are all hung on ball
bearing pulleys.
In the upper story is the Circuit
Court ROOM forty-four by twenty-six
niture. The room is bright, airy one,
and is sixteen feet from floor to the
ceiling. Off from this room is the
judges private chamber, the size of
which is sixteen by fourteen feet.
On this floor is the grand jury room,
sixteen by twenty-five feet; the trial
jury room, fourteen by twenty feet, and
the court library and the office of the
clerk of the court, with vault for the
safe keeping of all court records. These
rooms are fitted up in fine style and
are ideal.
On the first floor is the District Court
room, which is twenty-six by thirty
eight feet, off from which is the judges
chamber. eighteen by sixteen feet.
An office for the Superintendent of
the WaterwOrks is on this floor, while |
a large office for the Tax Assessor and
another for the deputy is also on this |
floor
Each floor is supplied with a large |
vault, and each floor is furnished with
lavatories, while the building is wired |
throughout with electric wires for the |
proper lighting of the building when |
an electric plant is established in Wal |
luku.
feet, furnished with natural wood fur |
most modern and approved kind.
The work was done within the time |
allowed and without costing the bonds |
men a cent, which is something unusual
for work of this class.
Architect Kerr was in Wailuku last
week and thoroughly inspected the |
building and accepted the same with |
out question. He said before leaving |
that he was thoroughly pleased with |
the building and the manner in which |
the work had been done. His state
ments express the same sentiments |
that are held by the residents of Wall
Iuku.
The building is one to be proud of,
and is one that the people of Maui |
have worked hard for for many years.
Maui News.