The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-04-21
ELKs L0Dg[ PLANS
TO BUILD HOME
Handsome Structure Designed for
site Already Owned at Ala B
ksa and Hotel Streets.
(From sunday Advertiser.l

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IL the tentative plans now being con
sidered bya special committee Of Ho-
nolnlu lodge Of Elks No. 6i6 are real.
lied, construction work on 4 four-stoty
building for the local lodge at the cor
ner Of Hotel and Alakea streets wall
soon be Istarted. # Ft BLK n
A building committee, composed Of
j. II. Fisher, DR.. Charles b. Cooper,
Col Charles j. Mccarthy. Fred Cooper,
J. A. NJ. johnson and Samuel A. Walker,
was appointed yesterday TO take up the
matter'of a new building for the lodge,
TO consider various plans and s2ecifca,
tons; 10 devise ways and means Of
raising sufficient fnnds 10 erect a snit.
able building, and TO report their find
ings back to. the lodge at q regular
meeting when the various recommenda-
tions Of the committee viii he voted
upon,
Emory and webb have submitted
preliminary plan for a building which
mas met with much favor from mum.
Der Of members of the lodge who have
seen IL.
The old Y. M. o. a. property at Hotel
and Alakea streets was purchased by
the Elks about four years ago. al
though tho building as il stands. gives
the property the appearance Of being
small for the building in contemplation,
yet the property Is much larger than
casually observed owing TO the. fact
that IL extends some distance in the
rear Of the building toward King street.
II is the intention Of the, Elks lodge
to erect a building on the property
that win cost 100000 The property
is worth $4,000 that amount having
been refused for il short time ago.
Emory and Webb = plans call for a
four story building with six stores on
the ground floor Three win face on
Hotel street and throe on Alakea street.
There will be sixteen living rooms in
the building which will be at the dis
posal of bachelor Elks who are mem
bers of the local organization.
A magnificent club room with a.
handsome library. longing room and
ladies' reception, room will, be on the
third floor. The fourth foor win be
devoted to a lodge room. The plans
FALL for n roof garden which viii be
so arranged that temporary roof can
be placed oyer II IN bad weather. This
viii epsbody- a dance floor and at one
end q stage will be, erected to be used
for amateur theatricals, jinks and con-
sefts. Honolulu Lodge No. GIG has had
the dream Of owning its lodge rooms
formany years. The property at Hotel
md Alakea streets was acquired with
money raised from various carnivals
md entertainments given in Honolulu
IN fha naef Rx,ai x,aa.a III. Lpll.. -.
he fathers al the carnival idea In H0.
iolulu. having given the first ens in. \
the city.
II was the intontion to give care
jval each year until sufficient money
vas raised to erect a substantial build.
ng but owing to opposition that was
aisedi in certain quarters the lodge
dropped the carnival feature and Il
was taken up by the present carnival
tef ,el 8i
Although the EIks' carniyals were
on a smaller scale than that given by
the Carnival Association they have
never been losing ventures and have
cleared as high as $4,000 for a two
nights performance
Emory and Webb, who have designed
some handsome buildings in Honolulu.
viii submit other plans for the commit
tees approval during the week and II
was stated yesterday that plans would
be under way within the next
month for start to be made on the
structure. s,sNl
Honolulu lodge Of Elks has men,
bership now of nearly 800 members and
is in . healthy financial condition. The
present quarters occupied by the lodge
Is owned by the g. Nc, Cooke estate and
is under lease to the lodge which viii
expire in about two years