1935-06-11 — Page 12

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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY,

NEW HONGKONG the building. The basement

SKYSCRAPER

PREMISES FOR BANK

OF EAST ASIA

of

in

The magnificent new skyscraper, which is to house the Bank East Asia, Limited, situated Des Voeux Road. Central near the Junction of Ice House Street, will be opened for public business on July 2.

JUNE 11,

1935.

and

tho

CANTON NAVY

vaulte are mechanically air-dried. The Managers' offices adjoin entrance lobby on the ground floor, the remainder of the Bank's office rooms ns well as the trak-panelled)

On the etc.. Аге accommodated mezzanine floor.

· REDUCTION OF MONTHLY ALLOWANCE

the

Canton, June 10. The upper floors, eleven in number,

In accordance with the, rigid present the latest in modern office planning: from tho lift lobby of each retrenchment schemes of the Can- floor a tastefully tile dadved and ton Government, the Kwangtung paved corridor, over eight feet in Provincial Navy will receive their width, extends the full length of the pay for June-cut by $40,000. The 200 feet bullding, being well lighted

expenditure on monthly by large metal windows in one of ItR walls and having "natural colour" Kwangtung Navy has cost the individual Government the big sum of $220.- teakwood doors of the

000 during the past few months. oflees in the other.

There are two terrazzo finished From June 1 and onwards Eleven storeys in height, the

in stairs, with n special chit-coalie lift will be reduced to $180,000 mouth- building is the last word

In one of them, to serve as an Xy-Wah Kin Yat Po. efforts: modern structure. No

tension to the communication have been spared to make this facilities provided by the three main edifice worthy of holding its own high speed lifts. among the recent buildings in the Colony.

The latest addition to the Colony's modern buldings, the new home of the Bank of Enst Aein Ltd., will be known as the "E.A. Huilding."

Modern Offer Rooms

this.

--

copper routing to turrets was supplied and fixed by Meases. W. S. Bailey & Co,

Tho office rooms present two types

Messrs. Little, Adams & Wood, as regards size the fish being uniform throughout the building. Architects, designed and supervised

The rooms having a verandah over-the contraction of, the building. The tnilest vf ali completed looking the lane, are arranged to a

Safe Deposit Vault structures ita well balanced propor-way permitting sub-division; whilst tions and refined details show an ex-most rooms are lighted on two sides ample of how everything that is sound and have balconies. and dignified in what can be termed "streamline architecture" distinct from eccentricity novelty,

be mny T crudo

The front up to the third floor, is carried out in finely tooled white granite terminating with two copper roofed turrets; the remaining portion of the building being finished in well matched granite plaster. The whole structure gives the impression of having been skilfully cut from one

huge block of stone.

Tit

the

Lu

the

Moor.

The imposing entrance Inter-communication doors will per-safe deposit vault is the most striking

of the mezzanine formation of suits of several feature rooms, up to twelve in number, with Designed and constructed by the York & Lock Co., York, Pa., for whom out any

Safo any structural adjustment There are 115 afice rooms in this Lane, Crawford, Ltd., are the local this entrance represents the building, Tet or reserved for important

{ful application of forty years and old established firms.

The ample at large public and of study and research in vault private toilet rooms on each floor are struction and strong room minune- tiled with

cream and apple-greenture.

to the basins.

ran-

dadoes and are fitted with Sitank's The entrance is emiructed in two appliances including automatic taps parts, namely the frame, which house

the door, and the floor itself. A rather novel feature to this office

The frame is built of a one piece. building is an incinerator which will permit of the disposal at each floor steel casting U-shaped in section levet of. All waste matter.

with the two sides or returns connect- A further convenience to tegantsed by webs and the cavity filled, as is is provided by the minil chute" the door, with the torch res

up the from correspondence

the metal Infusite" fire lobes on ech dour to the mail special hard compound. The front below which will be periodically and jamb return of the casting have reared by the Post Office authorities. thickness of not less than 111⁄2 inches

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HELEN MACK & LEE TRACY in

The impressive portico at the main entrance to the link will show a novel and pleasing feature in the application walin. The of bronze facing Lo HARRİYO doors--to the Bank-and lift lobbies and to the main staira- as well

the fluted pilasters cappad with a richly ornamental frieze and Windows

grilles are

All

KOWLOON in finely chased bronze executed imparting to the buikting a sense of solidity and security.

The

119

entrance spacious

separated by a glazed brauze

lobby, screen

box

The

three Olla gearless passenger at any point. lifts, with steel mottled-bronze finished

integral The door is made of an

anil- ears of

of over 25 sq. feet door aren, will steel casting not less than one

of 500 feet per a-half inches thick, and the envity minute, one of them tenth floor the remaining two having follows: their last stop on the ninth.

The enamel-sprayed metal sibling

with swing-doors from the banking travel with a speed of geaching the thercin filled with special metals

hall, is floored and lined up to the ceiling in italina marble. The white with its binck border

extends further into the banking hall doors to the lift shaft, the flashlight "infusite" which has no equal a with piening and restful "chiamo perla" and bronze counter in front of the marble fuced pillus supporting the lefty 30-foot veiling.

annunciators, fixed in ench ear, the indieators f their travel are

e incorporating the Intent improvements

Firstly, there is n 7% inch tnfusite York, torch resisting metal). York torch resisting metal, has been tested all in engineers' inbaraturies the workt over, and has always shown perfect in lift construction. These fis, resistance--in fuel, it requires there also the private uitontic Bank lift than 2,000 centigrade to break down from basement to the mezzanine its resistance.

the The cream coloured "chiamo perla" floor, and the chit-cvolie lift in and the gold-veined black "portor" service staircase have been installed marble face all the walls of the bank-by Messrs. Dodwell & Co., Ltd. ing ball up to the mezzanine 1loor which opens into the public space of the hall over a marble balustrade.

Marble Wall

At the back of this mezzanine four the marble finished safe deposit vault is situnted served by special entrance And ift.

The

eunerete

The Builders

The continet for foundations and vault was carried out by Messrs. Lam Woo & Co., and the Raymond Concrete Pile Coy.

Secondly, there is a 14 inch Bead chemical compound. This coinpound when subject to abnormal heat gives and Kus, off a gas similar to tear

to date necessitates the use of up anti-gas equipment by anyone at tempting to burn through the dons.

Thirdly, 1% inch 5 uly chrome steel hardened drill proof in used in five steel is hardened to Messrs. Cheong Iling Coy. Are the layers. The flour,

withstand modern drilling equipment, superand tests have shown that drills brenk general contractors for the structure of this building, erected in Bigazzi is responsible for the

surprisingly short time: Mr. Raoul before making any impression on the fine steel. marble and bronze work. The bronze name-boards have been well executed locally by the Hongkong & Whampon Dock Co., Ltd.

extra heavy ceiling and walls, reinforced with the latest devices in steel protection ensure complete safety for the clients of the Bank.

The most remarkable in this two Boored vault, with its thousands of steel deposit boxes of the latest design, is the entrance.

inch

An open hearth steel and a Buishing plate completes the aclidity of the door which has a thickness of 18 inches, The overall thickness of the door is 1914 inches, this extra space being combination locks and time looks.

Combination Locks

are the manufactures of this intest & Sang. Jardine Engineering over twenty-seven tons, whilst the

This is provided with 猛 circulari The "Richard's" ceramic tiles were door having a clear opening of 84upplied and laid by Messrs. Lee utilised to accommodate the bulwork. inches in diameter. The door is 13 Kee, who have also supplied and laid in thickness, contains three large the Chinese National Electric of mosaic manufac- antity tured by ply welded chrome steel and nine

Two four-wheel bank combination is & Pottery Co. of Shanghai. Further inch of open-hearth steel. It

Lee Yu Kee have carried out locks with offset spindles ground into te Mussrs. fitted with crano hinges and double pressure system and locks with the whole of the plumbing and drain the door to a liquid proof jet are twenty-four bolts, each 3 inch in age works, the fire installation having capable of millions of changes.of. diameter, the bolt work being checked boen provided by Messrs. Yur Sang combinations. by two combination locks and a four- Co.

As an extra precaution, four hour movement time lock.

Measrs. CE. Warren & Co. have clocks are fitted, and there, when set, The whole of the most intricate decorated the stairs in dove-grey and prevent the door from being opened

Lerrazzo and Messrs. mechanism is exposed to view through green

A before the prescribed hour, even if polished plate glass forming the Vannini & Co. inid the non-slip siles the combinations are known.

roof Incorporating a cover to the back of the door which to the main

A and gate constructed

of Ateel its polished steri badminton court in the design. weight, with

to the inner side of and bronze fitted the frame, is 00,000 lbs.

All windows in the building are of vestibule gives

prelection during The York Safe and Lock Company steel, manufactured by Messrs. Hope the day, when the main door is open.

and supplied and

The complete vat

vault entrance weighs installed by

door itself turns the scales at more Corporation, Ltd

John Pooler, representing the than cleven ton and so delicately and San precisely is this balanced that one per- Schlage Lock Company of Francisco, supplied the locks to all the son can open and close it with ease.

The York

Crawford, on the pillars of the Hall, serve as an

agents, Lane,

two thousand additional source of light diffused by power, was carried out by the China Ltd. supplied upwards of two

Emporium Co., Ltd., Messrs. R. Corasy Rave deposit boxes of varying size, large lateral windows. many

are made with steel The bulilon vault, capable of storing having supplied the main lightings, These boxes two hundred million dollary and of AR Also the "Vitrolite" glass to the

and thick steel doors, hav- the full size of the banking hall, is rounter of the banking hall.

ing guart key locks, so that two keys situated right under it in A heavily

are required to open any box. Each reinforced and water proofed base

compartment is also fitted with a re- ment well ventilated through a huge

movable bond box, constructed of shaft going up the whole height

heavy tin and japanned finish,

mechanical marvel which was supplied and installed by Messrs. Lane, Craw-

ford Ltd.

Three massive, chromium plated chandeliers, suspended from the main

celling, with bracket-lights to match do electric wiring, for light and through the Safe and Look Co

the

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AT 2.30,

5.10, 7.15 &

9.30 P.M.

af

The

The waterproofing works to the basement stand to the credit of Messrs. Bradley & Co. who have also laid 5-ply roofing to all roofs and terraces; the

plates, and

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