Nuhou, Volume I, Number 19, 29 April 1873 — Our Public Buildings. [ARTICLE]

Our Public Buildings.

Our community ie ratlier down m Mie moinh and complainiDg of luird times at "present; but we b<ive put up one lHiildiiig iind tu\ v conipleting another, botli of whieh would indieatc a high degrec of prosperity, Of couree they were eom--menced wh.en our hopes were eomewhat livelier' tlian at this timc, and as wc have them 011 our| hands wc niuafc iuake the most of them, and not > be fineering at our eostly propcL'tj, although | eomewhat in contTast with our actual eondition. The completed buiiding is ( OUR 110TEL ? Of whieh Honolulu may well be proud, as all oui ti avelers tell toat although there are more costly and showy hotels, there 19 nothing better, eitber on t!ie Paeiiie eoast 01* in tlie Australian Colonics. We have a tet-class hotel, and when the faet known in the Sfates, and steam eommunieaiion with thc coagt isregularljestablisued, as we have now the hopes, it ought to be alwajg erowded with visitors. It seeuied too large for our wants at fii'st, but it evidently will bc too smalL llowcver, the proprietor ean procuro in the vieinity ample eottage aecommodation; so that he need not fcar any unexpeet€d invasioa of a host of vi6itors at ouee. Ile ean seat two hundred guests in his noble dining hall, who eould find every appliauee of bat!is and otlier conveiilenees for their eomfbrt in thc hotol. So get aip your Paeifie exeur6!on iu Saii Frauciseo, tiiat we learn 18 e ontemplatevl, as? we ean iake eare of and provide luxuriantly in eur lioiel for the biggest stcamer load you ean >ond. Thcre is no plaee on the coast,tho equal of this town ou these klands ns a samt arium; therefpre we ouglit to attraet a hosfc ot invalids and exeiu*i>ionist« to be benefitt<\l in their health, aud they to benefit our budness peoplo with their expenditureB. The hotei is at present our most use£ul iaistkution, and is a publie building, being Iniili md owned by tho goveru\neuO of whieh thc ihi«* projector and manger, l>r. 3lot-fc Smith t 1 iti Minister of Fiimueo,ui»iv well be proud, . 1 Our other publie buiiding, now progre^ing f I'AKl.iamkm uvasK. lhis will be tlie ehiei opnaineue of our eity, and i* not in arehitoetural beauty and stvle ■ b) m\ ullue m the l\ieiiie that is in āll the' »e!mi »oiUi o(' OoeankM. U, ;m -' U,{ ' t!u " IIT - 111 ' U? 100!. ihe ln,.Hlth at thc 1

ond« or wing^— eaeh 40 fci.i C ineh» lcngth, an<l "thc centi- c il ej;ace of thc factāg betvyten t!je wings hO5 fect. The arehiteeture ī* of tjc I'»nic order f and tnere are kiz 10 fect 0 uichcs Liglij on eajsh 0 f thc cntianw | whifh is also ornamentj;d with lunie and these tweke coluraips fjrm a colonnade or piazza to tho front of th«| building. It hats tw,etorles, and is al out I<l fect high to the top of its coping balustia I Th!e foundation ie laīd with harcl voleanic stone, but |tbe body of tbe is c(>nstructcd out oF blc|ck« of concrete eemeni,

j ITS TOWEH | Wili, or ought to be, th(| partlcular ornament of : the |building and the clty, and of this we \\lsh | toniakesnut e lal inention. It is now eomi plctbd to foui jilcs about 70 feet in heigiit; anj | it w said to be the pur|pose of the u, | cha±gc of tlic wori to fiijiph offat ihia poini yrith j a °l>eb tower,with a Cnish of finial j whereas the plan of thp original projector aml • of the building >vas to add anotber story, a bcautiful open observatory. We havc exanßQed the building carefully t and we are sat j isfi(jd that it will have an unfinishcd and uneaiie ;Mory a PP earance to !fnish off wiili a eloek | chambcr at the top of thc towcr. It would be | betier, rather than do eo, to have finisliedoff with a nne 6tor J open eolumn tower or eupola aho\ . the !body of thc But to plaee the additiorlal open eolumn story above t,V preient eloek chambcr,'will add greatly to th" : beakty and cleganec of the building.. | know that therejis eome apprchenHlun u earshquake, but there h%& not happcned on tm ielaM within thc knoivledgc of fbreignei>, to crack a buUding wall, and we ought no to be more timid tban4in Franciecans, wbo L i\l /elt!ten times worse shbcka than Ilonolulu Lq, *yc* ielt, therefore do not epoil the propoitiou I and beauty of a noble buMmg by an unneee* v apjj»rehension. It would also be sīinpk jus:ict tl Dr. Hutehigon, latc Miiiistcr of the Interior th* ' fouhder of this building, that his originai »] aUfc and ideae should be carried oul to eompleiion. C)f couree the Sovereign of the pcriud wili te regardod as the foimdeip of both of thcse buikland certainly Hfe |ate Jlajesty Kamehameha v. | to°k an active interest in both, not on]> givjing llis Koyal Infl4ence } but also llis cdlL j Ilk> inscription, Kamehameha lilima Ka Moi " | Knmehameha FiHh thj* King, is on thc* froLt f also thc motto of Kamehameha 111. ** V; f iuau kaea o ku aina i ka| pono," the lifeof the lan.: |is m Tigbteousness. līiia building decried ; u ūt*i i like tliē hotel, will be tne pride of the eitj bv- : uiul-liy, nnd k\>ides it4 goTernmental uscj it wī;i . lmte noble, fcstivo and| leeture luxlls t 0 g iv o us • «\\lit and evnia> t ucuce iu tlie ejes of sa\uigcr». .' ' HANI ' r>aMKK Kw;rsiox, —' i'oe U\i !. , «lands of -\"onh uud S.iuth l\)huesi;« ( ,iuular 10 t!l ° Vo . V;l i> o of tlfe Quaker citj." Adver- : t«sed by Weske i Claj, 319 Oolilomiu «rc«, Sm ' rri\ncisco. i I »otki Arsiva!.s a.\Ci- Ai-ru. io,—F. j>nenct-r | W»nnea; tapt. F l ' i?° : i ' iirowu ' v,od|fiep,- Livwu, lluuwkua. F j ete«wr Gwfti (J ,S. J ; uues, J. n uu. r. I, » hite, l>oston; Kd\vnrd Uiliuau aud wae, U I Hutcliison autl wifc, 01ias. Ch»u,llcr, San Fi uC. 11. Lewew aud en Y ; U, ~ U , ij£?, steauier CtW;i J;uucs K. luekei .C. L- JeuK;ns, J ;i nies C;vrro!l, S;u: ir.uieisw. s. .\ov Vork; F- Keliev. Khu