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107 feet to Bonham Strand but this was absorbed by five shops and one of the alleyways already mentioned.
In September, 1910, shortly prior to the demolition of the old market buildings and the commencement of the new ones, two of the enclosing privately-owned buildings fronting on Morrison Street collapsed: The buildings in question formed part of a block of four shops and houses situated between two of the narrow alleyways giving access to the market site and, as the two remaining houses were so badly damaged as to necessitate their demolition, advantage was taken of the opportunity thus offered to acquire the whole area and utilize it for market purposes. The amount paid for the land (1,807 square feet) was $55,500 or $30.71 per square foot, this expenditure being defrayed from a special vote and not being included in the cost of the new buildings.
With the area so added, the site became approximately T-shaped, with frontages on Morrison Street and Bonham Strand, and the new main building, which is a two-storied one, was designed accordingly. Open spaces, not less than 15 feet in width, are provided along the sides of the building, thus ensuring adequate light and air. The area of the entire site, exclusive of an alleyway communicating with Queen's Road West, is about 30,000 square feet, the areas occupied by the new buildings being as follows:-
Main market building, (two-storied),
Subsidiary building, containing Overseer's quarters,
latrines, &c., (three-storied),
Open shed intended for carts, etc., but occupied by
market stalls, (one-storied),
The foundations required to be piled, 421 hardwood piles, 10′′ × 10′′, of an average length of 19 feet and 112 China fir piles, 6" diameter and of an average length of 15 feet, being driven.
The buildings are constructed of Canton red brick, the frontages to Morrison Street and Bonham Strand being faced with Amoy bricks and granite dressings, the latter being freely introduced. The upper floor and roof are of cement concrete supported on wrought iron beams and stanchions, all of which are encased in cement concrete. The ground floor is composed of cement concrete, 6" thick, the ground and upper floors being finished with granolithic paving and provided with channels to carry off water. The central portion of the roof is barrel-shaped,