The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-06-02
WA|LukU COURT
HOUSE FINISHED

wAILUKU. Maui, May So.-without
question the finest courthouse in the
Territory has just been completed in
waiiuku and is now ready for occu-
psncy-
Work was begun October Is by Con-
tractor A. P Mcdonald. and from the
start it was evident that il the con-
tract could be made to pay that the
contractor was tn man to do il.
The work was done in a rush from
the start, but under the ever-watchful
eye of the contractor everything con-
nected with the building was done IN
hrst-class manner and to the entire
satisfaction Of the whole community.
The building is a rwo-story struc-
ture, sixty-eight feet eight inches by
ifry-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 il is almost a perfect irni-
tstion and presents q handsome ap-
pearance-
There is q concrete area way six feet
from the walls Of the building, and a
porIico 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. bal
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
ALPINE plaster kalsomined and tinted In
different colors-
Every room is finished with five-foot
panels in natural wood. hard oil finish
Al Of the doors are stained 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 D. tweuty-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 .wenty-siI
feet furnished with natured wood fur
nitUre- The room is a bright, airy one,
and is sixteen fest from floor 10 the
calling OF from This room is the
judges private chamber. the size OF
which is sixteen by fourteen feet.
On this floor is the grand jury loom,
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
rOO-ns are fitted up IN fine style and
are deal
On the first floor is the District Court
room. which Is t7Fenty-six by thirty
eight feet, OF from which is the judges
chamber. eighteen by sixteen feet
Al ONCE for the Superintendent Of
the WatsrE0rks IL on this floor, while
Z large Office for the Tax Assessor and
another FOR the deputy IL also on this
hoo-.
Each floor s. supplied with large
vsUit. and each floor II furnished with /
1zvato-iez, while the building f. wired
throughout With electric wires for the
proper lighting OF the building when
Al electric plant Is established IN wal
l1ku-
feet. furnished With natural wood fur
most modem and approved kind
Tn@ work was done within the time |
allowed and without costing the bonds
nsa z cant which is something unusual |
for YORK Of this class.
Architect Kerr WAS in WsiIuk1 last
week and thoroughly inspected the
building and accepted the bzne With |
cut question He said before leaving /
that he Eas thoroughly pleased with |
the building and the manner in which /
the work had been done His state
nents express the same sentiments /
that are he'd By the residents Of Wal
IUk1-
The building s. one 20 Be proud OF.
and ID o1s that me people Of Maui
have so-ked hard for Tor many years
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