The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-12-04
HONOLULU FEDERAL
BUILDING DRAWS
One STEP Nearer
Treasury Department Asks Con-
gress To. Appropriate An Add
tlonal Quarter Of a Million
HOPE LONG DEFERRED .. 5.
g., Is TO BE REALIZED
Million and Quarter Dollars Pre-
Wously Set Aside For Struc-
ture Is still Available

Honolulu's long deferred federal
building came step nearer yesterday
when, at the opening Of the new SEES.
sion of congress, an estimate was sub.
mitted by the treasury department
which included an additional appropTi.
alton Of $250,0O0 for a public building
In this city. Advices were received by
The Advertiser from it's Washington
correspondent, Ernest Walker, TO this
effect. &c., ,.|' ~. j..
No details as to the proposed appfo-
printion were received. The contents
OF the cable message were impaired to
Collector OF Customs Malcolm Frank
lin, who is custodian for Hawaii Of
the public buildings and lands for pub.
lie buildings Of the, treasury depart.
ment, and he said that he was not
certain whether the appropriated was
intended for the federal building, or
partly for the proposed war department
building. w.. o.. s..
Message Is Clear e sr4s
The message, however, clearly stated
that IL was the treasury department
which submitted the estimate, there.
fore, Il was the conclusion of A.. N.
Campbell, of the Waterhouse Trust
Company, which handled some matters
connected with the original purchase
OF the Mahuka site, that the estimate
is entirely for the federal building.
az cannot state definitely what the
amount mentioned in your chbiegrh1i
refers to- said Collector Franklin,
'fbut I suppose IL is for the federal
building 10 be erected on the Irwin
site. j saw the plans while ! was East
and they certainly propose beautiful
building, which will be a credit to Ho-
n0lulu. The architects are York and
Sawyer, of New York, and that alone
is sufficient guarantee for, a, building
of architectural beauty. / have had
no advices at all concerning these pro.
posed estimates. J.st ..gy5gt IN Z
"The original appropriation, Il
remember 1t correctly, was $1;250,0O0,
and that still stands TO, the credit of
the proposed building. The Irwin site
is all paid for The Mahuka site was
disposed Of sometime ago, so ! presume
this is to be applied to the eonstruc.
ton expense necessary to carrying out
| the architects plans X a@
/, Mr.. Campbell said that all matters
connected with the sale of the Mahuka
site, the first one selected for the fed.
eral building, until public opinion
caused its withdrawal in favor Of the
Irwin site, facing the Capitol building
have been settled with the exception
6f $4,000 which property owners put
up for the building Of the extension
OF Bishop Street from King to Queen
Street. Following the transfer Of the
federal building site, an agreement
was concluded for the return of this
amount, pro rata, to the subscribers.
Site for War Building -.,z'
In the rear Of the federal building
is the newly selected site for the wal
! department building. 1t will face
partly on Richard Street. 1t will bt
IA convenient location for such !, /
building, being fairly close to the bust
ness section of town, and not far dis
tant from the army's new q1artefmas
ter warehouses and allied Offices. Nd.
The hope of Honolulu for the, past
ten years that It might have fedora
building for the housing Of the Unitet
States courts, marshal's department
\ internal revenue, lighthouse, bureau
4 customs and other federal offices may
now be realized, for IL appears thai
congress may be in earnest this session
to give the city building that is bad
| ~ needed.