Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-10-15
.HILO MAY GET
new BUILDING
Legislature Will Be Asked for
Substantial Appro-
priation.
PRESENT STRUCTURES
WILL BE DESTROYED
Board of Health and Land Of
flee VIII Be Homeless Soon,
Circuit Court May Move
Also,


HlLO, Oct. 1.-the Territorial adj
ministration will ask the legislature
at its session next year for a substan.
tial appropriation for Territorial
building In Hilo.
News to this effect has been receiv.
ed from an authoritative source in
Honolulu, and the report is strength.
ened by the fact that the Territory
will be virtually forced to erect such
a building.
There are at present three Terrific.
rial Offices in Honolulu, besides the
Circuit Court, namely the Board of
Health, the Land and Public Works
Office and the Tax Office. The build.
ings in which the Board OF Health
and the Land Office officials are at
present housed, will soon have to be
torn down or moved away. The Board
of Health Office stands partly on the
site for the new street which will
run below the Federal building lot.
The authorities hope to be able to let
II remain there until the session of
the legislature, when II is hoped that
the appropriation for the new build
ing will be made. The Land Office
is on the site for which the Knights
of Pythias have made application. and
which will soon be sold at auction.
and as consequence that building
also will soon have to be moved. The
tax Office could. of course, remain
indefinitely where II is, but the build.
ing is old and dilapidated, and the
force Is so cramped for space that a
new building would be necessary In
the near future under all circum.
stances.
Two Plans Talked o.
As matters stand at present there
are two plans possible. One is 10
place the Territorial building on
Bridge street next to the Masonic
Temple, with a twenty foot alley run.
ming between the two structures. This
Is the plan which the administration
has in mind at present. While moth.
/ ing has as yet been said in regard to
the method of construction of the
structure. II seems certain that n con.
crete building would be wanted, part
] ly because II has of late years been
the policy of the government to build
permanently wherever possible, but
mainly on account OF the fact that the
Territory, after demanding that the
County II II wanted building on this
| site nnnGt hni1I or
would necessarily have to follow this
rule itself In order to be at all con.
sistent,
While the plans, as far as they have
been considered, provide for a build
ing to house the Offices mentioned
alone. the suggestion has been made
that when Territorial building Is to
be built II would be a good time tC
include accommodations for the Cir
cult Court therein as well. In which
case all the Territorial Offices woult
be under one roof The courthouse
Is at present in n pretty poor condi
ton, and II can certainly not las
many years longer. A two-story build
ing, housing the Board Of Health, tn,
Land and Public Works and the Ia,
Offices on the lower floor, and the Cir
cult Court rooms on the upper floor
would therefore seem to be the emin
emily fitting thing to construct.
Location In Doubt.
The latter plan will lead to thu
question OF the location for such
building. whether It should be erected
on the site OF the courthouse, or whe
Their It should be placed on the 10
facing Bridge street. 1t has beef
suggested that II the latter lot wer
chosen, the present courthouse 10
might be turned into a park, as tn
removal of the police station, whicl
Is none too ornamental building a
best, would then leave the entir
block mauka of the Catholic churcl
empty of building. On the other hand
some Territorial officials have express
ed the opinion that the COURTEOUS
lot Is too small to be Of much us
for park purposes, and that therefor
II would be better, to build the Terri
torial building on the courthouse site
and to dispose Of the lots makai o
the Federal building site for othe