The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-08-07
WILL ENLARGE
THE VOLCANO HOUSE
LYCUBGUS PLANS EXTENDING
ACCOMMODATIONS OF HIS PO-
PULAR MOUNTAIN HOSTERLY.


HILO, August George Lycurgus
intends making great improvements
at the Volcano House in order that
1t may be able to give better and
more plentiful accommodations. He
returned last week from a visit to
the place, and Immediately started
things moving towards the consum-
nation of his plans and he is now
busy, not only with the new hotel,
but with the Volcano House improve
ments as well
The principal improvement will be
the erection of two entirely new cot
tages, both of which will be located
between the main building and the
sulphur beds. These cottages will
contain five large rooms each. In
addition to this a new kitchen is to
be built, alongside of which will be
a room which will be devoted entire
1y to the drying of clothes. Hereto
fore the guests have had to dry their
wet apparel by the fireplaces in the
main building, and the drying room
which will be furnished with steam
drying apparatus, will be found a
chen and drying room will be six new
bedrooms, which, so Lycurgus says,
will be the best rooms of the house.
The floor will be so constructed that
no inconvenience will be suffered
! from the fact that the kitchen is be-
| low the rooms, and from these rooms
! splendid view will be had of Mauna
! Kea, the crater and the fern forest.
! This addition will extend like the
short line of an l. from the main
| building in the place where the pres
ent kitchen and sulphur baths will
also be constructed, and it is Lycur-
gus plan to have them built of stone,
as it has been found that the wood
work becomes dirty-looking from the
! fumes.
Lycurgus expects that when the in
novations have been completed the
Volcano House will he able to house
with comfort about seventy-five peo-
pie, and special provisions have been
made for the housing of excursions
by means of cots which will be placed
in one enormous new room.
Il am going TO start the work on
| the new extension right away" said
!
are in the hands of Mr. James OF
Hackfeld & Co. and will be complet-
ed very soon | vii: then call for bids
for construction, which | want to be-
, gin as soon as possible.
"T am making these extensions in
order to meet the increased demands
for accommodations. II is not only
my plan to make room for tourists
but to make the Volcano House a sort
of headquarters for Island people,
! and there is really every reason why
the people of Hawaii should patronize
the hotel. The Volcano House affords
the complete change of climate which
: people want. and saves them the ne
l cessity of going to the coast. The
Mauna Kea as a sea boat compares
+ well with steamers of much larger
9 size. This ] know, for ! have travel
! ed on steamer all over the world. anC
the last trip ! had on the Mauna Ket
: was a rough one, and still she wal
very comfortable The Island peo
ple who have not the means nor thu
time to go to the Coast can find a
the Volcano just that change of eli
mate which they want, and further
l more. they are at a place where the!
. can be i'm constant touch with theI
business interests
, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ed that work on the new building ma,
begin within a few weeks.
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