The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-05
.H|LO UNITED IS
CONgRAT ULAT|NG ITSELF
REING IN AGREEMENT ON sosIE
THING IS STRANGE BUT
PLEASANT SENSATIO-,

HlltJ. August III E1-o does LO-
secure her federal building in the shorr-
es- possible order, II VIII not be tie
fault o. tie business men q this city.
who. inside Of few days, by iEir.a-
tive and energy, nave done what vas
necessary 10 make available the 4pgEo-
p-.ation Of 500, 900 recently made oy
congress. The action Of Huo : IL
marked contract % that Of Honolulu.
Is the community here has Il 1eH
DAYS through uuanlHlty accomplished
that which the Honolulu people have
. been prevented from doing through
squabbles and wire pulling.
When the matter O. the approyr-a-
ton tor the building was orougaC Up Al
.he meeting OF the board Of trade re.
Gently, II was pointed out that the
s20Q, 900 could not be spent before two
/ obstacles mad been removed. One O.
these consisted II the securing OF the
federal site free from all eneumbraEees
and the other provided for the building
OF a road from Walanuenue street 10
the river, beginning about where Fire
men : Hall row stands.
4 committee was appointed 70 a.
tend 10 this matter. and this committee
has certainly not let the grass grow
under its feet
The first step was 70 ascertain how
the site could BE- turned over free from
! encumbrances. Here the trouble Law
| in the fact that Luther Severance OWE
! ed q lease OF the mauka part OF the
lot and on this land there are several
buildings standing. The committee had
d conference with NJ. Severance. the
result OF which was that he agreed TO
surrender his lease on the payment Of
+ $4,000. which figure S considered very
reasonable.
+ Chairman James Lewis Of the board
: of supervisors was asked whether the
county would agree 70 build the street
mentioned. but Lewis said that he could
make no promises. the lack OF funds
from which the county is an acute
/ sufferer being the reason. Lewis init
+ mated. however. that f the merchants
would paw for the Severance lease. the
county might be induced 70 follow such
an example Of generosity.
/ Last Friday Chairman Richards OF
+ the board OF trade went 70 Honolulu
/ TO confer with Superintendent Of Pub
J lie Worzs Marston Campbell about the
/ matter That his mission was success
/ full is shown by the following wireless
received from Richards last Saturday
! afternoon:
Tribune. Hilo-Can have
buildings and rentals. Balance
! local. Everything satisfactory.
+ RICHARDS.
! The first sentence Of the message re-
fers 10 the plan OF the committee 70
/ secure funds through the sale Of the
buildings now standing on the land
! leased by Severance. and by securing
j the rentals paid by the tenants OF these
! buildings until such q time when the
buildings will have to be removed Il
! Is estimated that II viii take al least a
! year before the plans for the new build
| ing have been completed and approved
and before the actual building opera,
/ tions viii begin. and as the rentals re-
! ferred 10 amount TO about $500 wear.
| they. together with the money realized
| from the sale of the buildings. will helm
considerably.
! From the rest OF the message il ap-
! pears that the Territory has no funds
which could be applied towards the pur-
chase OF the Severance lease. and that
this money must be found locally. This
IS not as bad a. il might appear at
first glance. for the committee has al
ready secured from various firms prom.
'ses 10 pay different sums towards the
total needed. and there is full aSsur-
ance that the money needed will be
forthcoming when il is called for.
50 in few weeks work the board
! OF trade has swept aside the obstacles
which remained before the appropria.
tion could be made available, and i
now only remains for Uncle Sam 10 act