The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-17
BREWER ESTATE
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The buildings on the premises are no
good and the Board of Health is trying
to get rid of them Today that prop
erty is not paying a fair return on the
investment Every day the estate is
losing interest on the purchase money.
From the very day we bought It we
have been planning to put up build
ihg, and making arrangements for
prospective tenants.
1--WE realize that it would be to our
advantage to square out that angle or
Union street When the legislature
was in session Marston Campbell. su.
erintendent of public works, proposed
an act to provide for this being done
but we were not willing to go before
the legislature for a measure seeming
t. to benefit the Brewer Estate. There
fore we went ahead with our plans
without regard to what the legislature
might do.
Later a government official inform
ed us that the government was very
anxious to have the improvement
made, and would do the right thing
with us if we should consent to an
exchange of land. A bill was acco
ingly introduced for that purpose and
had almost gone through when the
= very men who are now so anxious to
= have Union street closed stepped in
:, and defeated it. l am informed that
?. they are now very sorry for theiI
G action then.
!. I'VE agreed tentatively at that time
@ that we would be willing to give this
d land for widening Hotel street if the
r government would sell US that piece
at the corner of Hotel and Unior
streets. Nothing definite has been done
on this proposal up to the present tim,
and we cannot afford to wait any long
er. Delay simply means holding idl,
an investment of about fifty Thousand
dollars If the proposal was accepted
we would be paying the government
$4,000 more than the government
# would he paying us.
d. what we cannot understand nov
it. is why it is necessary for the govern
n ment to hold this Union street prop
IN csition up to wait for the Bisho
o. street extension to go through. l al
d. informed a law was passed last ses
as sion, relating 70 the requirement c
Ir. land for public purposes, under whic
ry the proposed deal can be made. Their
en- is no necessity of complieating thi
or Improvement with the proposals &c
ne extending Bishop and Pauahi street
as From the very first the Brewer E!
en- tate has stood ready to buy its flu
share, among other adjacent propert
rK- owners, of the land that would be so
lSs along the Bishop street extension
'9 Mr.. Gait further pointed out Il
injustice that would be done to Nj
- JUngclaus, proprietor of the Pal
g Cafe, as well as TO the Brewer Estat
80 by delay in building. 1t is intende
~ to erect the Union street onestol
wing first, leaving out partitions, f,
occupancy by the Palm Cafe and i
bakery while the premises now o.
cupied thereby are being demolishC
and the projected two-story buildir
erected on the site. When the esta
lishment is removed to the latter stru
tire the Union street wing will
partitioned into stores for other tel
ants. AS the health authorities a
harassing Mr.. Jungclaus respecting Il
sanitary conditions of the buildin
which it would be absurd to have il
proved at great expense today for
structure to be torn down tomorro
he is in a trying position.
Delay in erecting the building i
wolves the possibility of irreparat
damage to both landlord and tenant
the former being liable to have
seek another tenant, and the latter
have to abandon his long occupied a
highly advantageous business stand.
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