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Extensive harbour improvements have been in progress for a number of years, and the first scheme was completed in April, 1929, after 33 years of work, the total cost involved aggregating Y45,000,000. A second extension plan is now in progress. The harbour is embraced by two breakwaters and a reclamation is capable of taking in 41 steamers of 5,000 tons capacity or 8 steamers of 10,000 tons capacity at one time.
The trade statistics of Osaka since the war have shown great growth. The Osaka. trade returns, however, do not afford a reliable index of the foreign trade, a great part of which passes through the Kobe Customs.
In 1909 a third of the city was destroyed by fire, the total damage being estimated at Yen 25,000,000. A much better class of house has taken the place of those destroyed, and the thoroughfares have been widened.
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DIRECTORY OF FOREIGN FIRMS
AALL & Co., LTD., Manufacturers' Re- presentatives-9 and 10, Koraibashi, 4-chome, Higashi-ku; P.O. Box 80; Cable Ad: Aall; Teleph. 2574 (Hon)
J. Brandt
AGFA (GOMEI
(GOMEI KAISHA), Agents for Agfa Products-7, Minami Kyuho- jimachi; P:O. Box 41; Cable Ad: Agfa foto
AIR LIQUIDE, Manufacturers of Oxy- gen, Acetylee and Oxy-Acetylene Welding Apparatus Ümetatechi, Sakurajima-cho, Konohana-ku
ALLEN & Co., LTD., EDGAR, Steel Cast- ings Harada & Co., agents (Itachi- bori, Kita-dori, 6-chome, Nishi-ku)
AMERICAN-JAPANESE COMMERCIAL Co., Importers of Aluminium Ware and Builders' Hardware, Machine Tools, &c.-26, Edobori Kita-dori, 1-chome, Nishi-ku
AMERICAN TRADING Co. of JAPAN, LTD., Importers, Exporters Engineers, Shipping and Insurance - Rooms 416 and 417, Dojima Building, 1- chome, Hama-dori, Kita-ku; Te- lephs. 5911 to 5913 (Kita, L.D.); P.O. Box 8 (Central); Cable Ad: Amtraco; Codes: A.B.C. 5th, A.B.C. 5th imp., Western Union, 5-letter edn. Schofield's Eclectic, Bentley's
National Cash Register Dept.-
65,
Bakurocho, 2-chome, Higa- shiku; P.O. Box 8 (Central); Telephs. 115 and 3914 (Semba)
C. H. Thorn, manager
Frigidaire Dept. :-
Lloyd W. Lambert, mgr.
ANDERSON, CLAYTON & Co.'s AGENCY, Cotton Merchants-Gosho Building; Telephs. 943 and 1089 (Honkyoku); P.O. Box 165 (Central); Cable Ad: Fichter
Paul J. Fichter, agent
ANDREWS & GEORGE CO., INC.-18, 3- chome, Yedobori, Minamidori, Ni- shi-ku; Telephs. 1397, 6191 and 2340 (Tosabori); Cable Ad: Yadzu. Safe- Cabinet Department: 8, 2-chome, Doshomachi, Higashi-ku; Teleph. 1786 (Honkyoku)
K. Okubo, manager
H. C. Burnel, manager (Safe Ca-
binet dept.)
AZUMI & Co., Manufacturers and ex- porters of Insectides-43, Daino- cho, Nishiyodogawa-ku
BAGNALL & Co., Lr,., Importers of Electrical and Mechanical Goods- 3, Kyobashi Mayenocho, Higashi- ku; Teleph. 5201-2 (Long distance); Cable Ad: Bagnall
BALFOUR & Co., LTD., ARTHUR, Steel Manufacturers Nippon Kaijo Building, Yedobori Kami-dori, 1- 1-chome, Nishi-ku; Cable Ad: Ar- bour
BANKS
NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK, THE-34-5, Kitahama, 5-chome, Hi- gashi-ku; Telephs. 3603 to 3609 (Honkyoku); P.O. Box 159 (Cen-- tral); Cable Ad: Citibank
H. S. Stetson, manager
L. W. Chamberlain, sub-manager C. W. Biddle, accountant