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MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY.

MINIMUM LABOUR.

Every Card in actual View classified in any desired order.

Sole Agents:

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

QUEEN'S BUILDINGS.

Telephone 28021.

BUILDING SUPPLEMENT,

HISTORY OF THE SITE

site of Gloucester Building a big blaze on Cheung Chau Island.

Many residents of

Treciated ground. men were quite exciting tape the Hotel had

to an old timer, mud flats once teave the old Fire Station in where they had lingered on account tral when they saw the fire engine, ly being roused from their beds, stretched almost as far as Queen's Queen's Road (where Ho Tung of its being a holiday, to hur Road, which was the Prays of the Building now standa),

riedly leave the building in their old days. This is confirmed by the Getting up at the double, they night attire. fact that during the excavation turned to and tackled the Hotel The fire, began shortly be- work in the preparation of the site blaze.. Happily the fire had not fore nine o'clock in the morning, for Gloucester Building, a part of had time to get a good grip and it but auch was the grip it soon gain. an old jetty was brought to light. was extinguished without causing, ed, the danger of total loss involv- The reclamation, work was under much damage, but it was a tough ing the other section was not taken in the late ninties and took fight while it lasted. Almostly im- averted until about 12 o'clock. The several years to complete and the mediately after, the firemen were blaze was reduced to a smoulder-: first building to go up on the re- called off and were looking forward fag state by three o'clock, when] chulmed ground was the burned out to much needed rest for the rest, baracades were erected around the portion of the Hong Kong Hotel of the night when they were scene of desolation. which was completed" and "occupied turned out for, a third time The victim of this fire was Able

SATURDAY, JULY

25

1931.

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Green Island Cement

WAS SPECIFIED AND USED

THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION

OF

GLOUCESTER

BUILDING

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LTD.

Head Office:

EXCHANGE BUILDING.

Works:

HOK UN, KOWLOON.

HEATING AND HOT WATER small units may be cut in and out

SUPPLY.

The heating und hot water sup ply equipment are served by seven Robin Hood "Major" Boilers, manu- factured by Messrs. Beeston & Co... Ltd., of Nottingham. Each boiler measures 84% long 431⁄2" wide by 69" high and is capable of develop ing 1,056,000, B.T.U.S. per hour Owing to the extra long he travel, this type of boiler is most suitable for the use of fuel oil, as will be used on this installation..

A fuel oil storage tank having a capacity of 36 tons, and installed in the lane between Gloucester and Exchange Buildings, will be connect ed by means of a pipe line and pump to the fuel oil burnera which are of the Ray "Rotary" type, with automatic air and oil control, By this device any desired tempera- ture can be maintained. Variations in the load being taken care of by the automatic air and oil control, which are operated by a thermo- static valve mounted on the boller.

according to demand. With the larger boilers this is impossible, the only method of control available) belig, the adjustment of the burner. While the burner control gives a fair range, it cannot compare with cutting out. a boiler unit. Again it must be borne in, mind that on the smaller units we still have burner control.

The system employed to dis- tribute heat throughout the building is that of accelerated hot water. Centrifugal pumps of a special de- algu, which do not necessitate a re-; duction in the size of the return; mains or. require valvea or by-pass, have been supplied by Messrs. Halden & 'Brooke Ltd., of Manches- ter. These pumps which are known under the trade name of "Selfix" may be removed from the line for overhauling without in any way in- terfering with the service, in spite of the fact that they are not by passed. In fact it can be said that the entire system has been designed for survice with economic running charges, the question of initial cost not being the sole consideration.

280 Radiators.

Two hundred, and eighty radio- tons of the "Hospital" type made by Messrs. Beeston Boiler Co. Ltd., and designed to avoid the collection of dust are fitted to walla 9' clear of floors. These radiators are fit ted with a Double Regulating Self Indicating Valve, which permits the occupant of any room to adjust the temperature to individual re- quirements.

Two Healing Sections. The heating of the building is divided into two sections and de signed actually as two separate systems. This course was consider ed advisable owing to the widely different uses for which various parts of the building Are intended:

The floors from the ground to the third, being for shops and offices, will not require beating for a long a period as those from the fourth floor to the roof, which will be used for residential and public pur poses. Although the initial cost of The piping from mains in the this scheme proved greater than the basement to radiatore in rooms and cost of a single installation capable offices is accommodated in a special of dealing with the entire building, duct which runs from the basement the saying in fuel owing to the to above roof level. This duct also Rexibility of the double system, serving as a ventilating shaft. A more than Justified the extra in constant upward air bu volved. In fact the building will mainta

by heat

not be so very old before the annual the unlagged heating apving in fuel will have paid for the mains entira central heating system,

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This picture was reproduced from an old water colour and showa, the old portion of the long Kong Hotel, on which site the present Gloucester Building stands. The original water colour. was painted in 1994. At that time Jardino's Building was then of one storey and stood fur ther back, the, present Jardine's Building being built in 1909.

Then it was the tallest to attend the disaster at Ap building in the business section of lichnu Island (opposite Aber the Colony towering well above all deen) where almost, the whole the other two and three storey village was burned to the ground. buildings round about.

Tho New Year's Day outbreak of There had been an outbreak of 1926 occurred at about nine o'clock fire in the Hotel prior to the one in the morning and involved one which completely -gutted. this death and damage amounting to partion of it. This occurred in $2,500,000.- 1918, and like the disastrous out. break of January 1, 1926, it was put down as having originated the lift shaft.

On the occasion of the

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The damage was done both by fire and water, the flames spreading with fearful' rapidity and tons of water having to be pumped into the 1918 building. The Fire Brigade work- fire, a detachment of the Fire ed valiantly under severo handi Brigade, which at that time caps, but it must be said that depended mostly on members the loss would have been much of the European Police, and a few greater but for the tireless assist civili in volunteers, had just re- ance which was rendered by Service turned, "from a 14-hour stretch at men and other voluntary helpers,

Sundstrand

THE NEW

Seaman Batchelor of H.M.S. Haw kins, who whilst helping the Firemen accidentally fell from, the old Alexandra Cafe Bullding into the lane. He succumbed soon after admission to hospital. was a member of a Naval detach- Batchelor

meet which came ashore by order of Vice-Admiral Sir Edwyn Sinclair to assist. George, who was then serving on H.R.H. Sub-Lieut. Prince.

the Hawkins, was a member of this 'party.

The burned out portion of the Hotel remained an oya sore in the heart of the town for fully three yeara before the site was purchased) by the Hong Kong Land. Invest- ment and Agency Co., Ltd., and prepared for Gloucester Building.

SUNDSTRAND

PORTABLE

ELECTRIC

IS THE ONLY MACHINE TO SUPPLY ALL THESE, FEATURES.

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Good Hardware

CORBIN

CORBIN

HARDWARE

WAS CHOSEN FOR

THE

GLOUCESTER BUILDING

AGENTS

JOHN. D. HUTCHISON & CO.

King's Building,

Telephone 20063.· ́

of this size.

Length of piping 66,000 ft. or over 12 miles.

Number of branches 5,184. Number of bends 5,630. Number of valves 2,080.,

action to the various fittings. The glicering necessary for a building Jentire piping, with the exception of

primary slow and returns which are. in galvanised steam, being carried out in copper

tube. The joints used for connecting the copper. tubing being the latest type of com pression joint known 16 the "KONTITE" With this joint it is not necessary to prepare the end of the pipe, à straight cut being all that is required. It can easily be Imagined that on a job-of this size, the use of the "KONTITE" joint which is manufactured by Messrs. KAY & Co., of Bolton, results in a considerable saving in labour.

The total number of fittings sup- plied with hot water being 08 baths and 96 basins.

Lead for pipe joints 3. Tons. The entire Sanitary, Central Heating and Domestic Hot Water Installations were designed by Messrs. Dodwell & Co., Ltd.'s Sani- tary, Heating & Ventilating Depart ment, in Hong Kong, from plans supplied by the Architects. All work being executed by their own staff under the personal supervision of fully qualified European. En gineers. This means that not only are the designers available at a The domestic cold water is sup- moment's notice to settle any query plied by tanka located in the tower, that may arise due to alteration or These tariks being fed by two 2" amendment to plans, but by employ fullway high pressure equilibrium ing their own staff, the danger of ballvalves fed by a 8" dia. rising Scamped work caused by sub-letting, main in copper tube. A booster is entirely eliminated. pump la be-passed into the rising We understand that Mesars.... main and is operated by a float Dodwell & Co., Ltd., have also switch in tank. Should the level of secured the contract for the instal- water fall below a certain point lation of Domestic Engineering, owing to a decrease of pressure in Service at the New Jockey Club town mains, the pump is set in Stables, Wong Nei Cheong. motion automatically, thereby en-

suring a supply to tanks.

From the tanks the entire down service to all fittings are in copper

tube.

Filtration to All Floors,

THE OWNERS,

The Hong Kong Land Investmeat

and Agency. Co, Ltd., 94, Chater

The shop spaces with fronting on

To each floor and service room a Road, are the owners of the build- filter supply of water is run for ing. drinking purposes. The filtration being carried out by means of a Pedder Street havo already been Cheavies Pressure Filter, having a completed and are now in decupa- capacity of 1800 gallons per hour, tion by Messrs. Sennet Freres, the the pressure necessary to operate Colonial "Dispensary, the Canadian the filter being supplied by a small National Railways and The Little pressure pump

Premises with fronting on Des ceux Road are to be ccupied by the & Co, Wun Kec, Curio dealers, the Queen's Dispensary, Messrs. Schmidt

The water for flushing purposes: is obtained from two wells, each being fitted with two multi-atago. centrifugal pump These pumps are manufactured by the well known Swatow Trading Company, and firm of Messrs. REES ROTURBO of Madame Chiffon.

Wolverhampton. Each pumps Only a fow of the shop spaces

capable of delivering 2,000 gallons

of water per hour against a head

of 176 feet and are connected to

ampl poctive

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opening on to the four Arcades have so far been booked, by Mesars Hwamer & Co., The Jade Tree, Inc.,

in the tow From N Lazarus, T. Nakao & Co., Eve, Caravan Curio Shop, the China ensure an Phonograph Co., and C., N. Brown.

res All the premises on the Pedder, 4 Slop Street side of the ground floor are now in occupation, those on the Des

Road side should be

were supplied & Co of Bari

and, and Messrs. Edwar Co. of Armitage, Stafford

by the middle August, the Arcades by September 1.The upper floors of the buildin

Available,from time