The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-06-07
H0NOLULUTOHAVE
IA CONEY ISLAND
!. ALL Of IT'S own
Amusement Center That viii
Rank With Resorts In
d.. States Planned
PROJECT IS APPROVED
By BUSINESS INTERESTS
Support Is Given By Street Car
~. 49, Company In Shape Of
3 Liberal Offer

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If plans that have received the ap.
prevail of business interests here are
carried out, Honolulu will be given
Ia the next six months an amusement
center in tho shape Of a White City
that win rank with any Of the noted
mainland resorts Of the kind With
d suitable tract of land that is avail
able and calls for no immediate outlay.
the belief Is expressed that as soon as
company charter can be issued and
otLer steps Of organization taken,
Iitf1e difficulty will be encountered in
Abiding the money needed to purchase
the equipment. Present plano contem
plate the expenditure Of 100000.
=, A stated when the project was first
talked Of, the site for the amusement
cefftef ia fOurteen.Acfe tract on outer
King Street on the city side # the
RECONSTRUCTED Spfeckles mansion, which
has been rebuilt by Jonah Kumalae
THIS fouTteen.acre tract 10 the property
Of the Honolulu Rapid Transit and
Land Company and the company has
offered the land on terms that are re
RIrded as liberal.
Need Other Land
q It IL also planned to acquire By lease
of'fothefwise from Jonah Kumalae
ahaut Ave acres Of the adjoining tract
This piece Of land 10 needed rs Il ha'
: aliving spring which has a heavy h6w
and would give d water supply
adequate TO maintain the level of .
lake, of considerable area and supply
other needs for water. Ht.
D. J. Burkett, who IL prime mover in
the project, yesterday outlined the
terms on which the street car company
had said Il would turn over its pro
petty. Under present plans the com,
pany, he said, will give q lease Of ten
years to the amusement company and
accept as rental four percent of the
gross receipts A further concession
he, said the street ear. company had
offered was that IL would agree to ex
pend all the money received in the
first three years from the time of open
ing the park on the park itself in the
shape of improvements and additions
. = The street car company has also
agreed to do much Of the preliminary
work ON the tract and has said il
stands ready to put &25, 900 in cash
into the park as coon as company
Is formed aand 4 the stock pledged
Burkett snid. This preliminary, work
Is to consist Of building the half mile
race track, laying out, the baseball
grounds, erecting grand stand and
blehchers, dredging out the lake and
swimming pool, erecting fences and
parking the entire area. All this work
win be done by the street car company
before the amusement company will BE-
called upon 10 pay for equipment.
Details outlinSd
According to the plans for the re-
phrtGhs now laid out the visitor enter.
Ing the grounds would pass through .
street lined with concessions, consisting
lof amusement devices of various sorts
with cafe, soft drink and ice cream
establishments and at the end of this
would come to the entrance of the
scenic railway which Is to be modelled
on that of Coney Island. It is planned
that this win be three.foutths Of q
mile long with parallel tracks so thai
cars Of joy riders would be given the
added thrill of racing each other. The
scenic railway, according to estimate
will cost in the neighborhood of
S2h.O0O.
On beyond this will be located re
freshment stands, moving picture
theatre, a huge dancing floor, merry go
rOund and other amusement feature
Of the same kind. great structure
that is to tower over the lake will be
the ehute-the-chutes toboggan, which
.rccording to the plan is to be $50 feet
in length. In connection with o
pavilion that is to be erected around
laIA h. 80
assembly with a stage or platform on
which the baud concerts or other enter
tainments may be given. Behind the
PAVILION parking space to accommodate
rs many as five hundred automobiles
provided for in the plans
To Provide Novelties
On the score Of entertainment those
behind the project say that it will be
their purpose to keep novelties before
the public In the shape of big amuse
meEt Textures that have been success
f1l on the mainland. Regular pro
f.rams are to be given Bnd these. T.
has been planned, will be changed
weekIv TO keen alive the interest OF
tho patrons. They want to have some
thing new on the park all the time.
It IL proposed to incorporate the
company under the laws Of the state
Of California, as IL is said that Cali
fornin laws give broad privileges Ia
concerns Of the kind contemplated
Though the capitalization has been set
at 100000 II IL said that only enough
stock will be sold to buy the necessary
equipment. Tentatively the par value
Cf shares has been placed at $40
max ,1g in all 10000 shares that may
he issued.