The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-11-19
.LUSITANA PLAZA
BEING BEAUTIFIED
The Outdoor Circle Ladies' Break
Ground for Establishment
of PunchboM.

One of Honolulu S best looking plazas
of the future will be the one formed by
the junction of Alapai, Lunalilo, Kinau
and Luso streets, opposite the beauti.
full grounds of the Lusitana Hall and q
block above the Beretania pumping sta.
tion and the H. r. 7. Co. Office.
Under the direction of the busy Out
door Circle of the Kilchana Club, of
which Mrs. ]. f.. Lowrey is chairman,
ground was broken this week on the
initial work creating three pretty little
triangular green stops in the midst
of this plaza. The lines of these trian.
giles define well the above mentioned
streets, whereas, heretofore, the stran-
ger would find himself in maze of
street crossing which would be truly
bewildering.
The curbing, of the concrete pattern,
is now being laid around the sides of
the three trianges. Manienie grass win
soon give the spot its soft green which
will nicely neutralize the glare of the
many crossings Mrs. Lowrey stated
yesterday that the central trees which
are to be set out in these triangles
will be of the monkey pod variety
! while Ponciana Regias will be used to
fill in, The sides of the various trian.
gular beauty spots will be hedged with
red hibiscus.
Already monkey pod trees arc plant.
ed along the Lusitana Society grounds
on the outer edge of the sidewalks. The
Lusitana has called for bids to con.
struct cement sidewalks and work on
these will soon begin.
As soon as the improvements in the
Punchbowl district are well under way
| it is proposed to further beautify one
of the triangles in the Lusitana plaza
with statue of one of Portugal S his
toric figures, probably that Vasco da
CANA, the discoverer of the sea route
to India.
An additional improvement to this
spot will be the early removal of the
unsightly shack which now occupies the
corner of Lunalilo and Kinau streets.
| at the intersection, and which is now
used by some Chinese as a little corner
grocery. The city government is max
ing arrangements to acquire this corner
and round ont the sharp point which
now exists there But there is a rift
in the lutte, as the Portuguese purchaser
of the Eva corner lot, across from the
Lusitana, has threatened to either sell
or lease his property to Chinaman
who wants to put up one of those ar
chitectural atrocities known here as
'the Chinese corner store.p Thus,
while one is being deleted another is
being provided for. The officials of the
Lusitana Society are much worked up
over the proposition and are leaving no
stones unturned to prevent this, but the
owner seems obdurate and it is feared
little will be accomplished to offset this
proposition.
Building and plumbing inspector
Miehlstein, who owns lot not far from
the corner in question, has offered to
recompense the owner in full for this
particular corner and, as further induce
ment will give him, without any extra
cost, his own lot and cottage reputed
to be worth seven hundred and fifty
dollars. 1t is hoped this trade may be
effected as otherwise the natural beauty
of the spot will be married by the cree
ton of the proposed Chinese store.
Asked as to progress on the beauti
flying of Kalakaua avenue, Mrs. Low
rev stated the work was barely pro.
crossing and the delay in completing
this much needed Improvement to Homo
Iulu EIedJ uilNcWdy WAS Teally ulS
heartening. 1t is true that work is go
ing on now, but it is being done SC
slowly that but little improvement is
noticeable as yet.
The Outdoor Circle of the Kilohana
Club has now in hand several earnest
matters in regard to the identifying OF
other sections of the city, but as the
plans are not yet fully determined
upon, Mrs. Lowrey felt it would be bet
ter not to say anything until further on
when these plans shall have taken more
concrete form.