and there are no overhead lights ex- cept in the service rooms; this has eliminated the need for large stretches of exposed and unsightly wiring and greatly improves the ap- pearance of the apartments.
The building is of reinforced con- crete framing with 9" brick curtain walls and 42′′ partitions; steel win- dows have been used throughout. Living rooms have teak parquet
floors and built-in marble
electric
panel fires and teak wood cabinets Verandahs have quarry tile floors and wrought iron railings. Main staircases have terrazzo treads and risers, wrought iron railings and
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(Below) Typical floor plan.
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block front walls. Mosaic tile floors and glazed tile dadoes have been used in each bath-room and kitchen. the former being fitted with а luxurious bath tub. water closet and lavatory basin, built-in medicine cabinet and geyser; the latter being equipped with built-in high and low cupboards, sink, gas cooker and geyser for the sink.
Architects: Palmer & Turner
General Contractor: Paul Y. Con- struction Company.
"Franki" Piling: Hongkong
Hongkong En- gineering & Construction Co., Ltd.
Electrical Installation: The China Engineers, Ltd.
Plumbing: Lee Yu Kee.
Steel Windows: Canton Metal Win- dow Mfg. Co., Ltd.
Yale Locks: The Jardine Engineer- ing Corpn., Ltd.
"PC" Glass Blocks: Getz Bros. &z Co.
Marble Work: tion Co., Ltd.
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CLARKSON BOILERS
BOILERS NOW MANUFACTURED IN HONG KONG
A further step in the industrial of boller has been available in the only: this feature of the design development of Hong Kong has been Colony. Such boilers have proved of materially deters the deposition of made with the recent manufacture the utmost value to users of steam in scale and also eliminates troubles due in Hong Kong under licence by the other parts of the world because of to unequal expansion, which are so Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co. their high efficiency, compactness frequently experienced with the Ltd., of the complete range of Clark- and rapid steam raising capabilities. cross-tube and smoke-tube types of son boilers. The Clarkson Thimble The design and materials used in boiler. Tube Boiler Co. Ltd.. is a subsidiary their manufacture are such that of the world famous Babcock & maintenance is reduced to a mini- Wilcox Organisation.
A demonstration of a fully auto- matic thimble tube boiler was ar- ranged on the 23rd April to give local engineers and industrialists an op- portunity of viewing this interesting new development; this took place in the workshop of the local manufac- turers.
mum.
The standard range of Clarkson thimble tube vertical boilers is de- signed to give from 250 lbs. to 2,500 lbs. of steam per hour at working pressures up to 120 lbs. per square inch.
The lifting of the outer shell ensures complete accessibility to all the wetted surfaces of the boiler, so allowing easy and rapid maintenance and inspection.
One of the many features of these boilers is the elaborate system of automatic controls.
These boilers are of the water-tube The local distributors of Clarkson type, the tubes being of tapered con- boilers are Messrs. Arnhold & Co. This is the first time that this type struction and secured at one end Ltd.
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