Important Addition to Original Scheme: Eight Stories Now Instead of Six With regard to the now Building' of the China United Assurance Society, about to be erected on Bubbling Well Road, opposite the Race-Course, from the plans of Elliot, Hazzard, architect, to which refer-fence was made in our issue of the July 21, it has been ascertained that sine the preliminary plans drawn up important structural al-rerations have been made. The building is now to be eight stories stead of six, as the demand for space since the original publication of plans in the "North China Daily some months ago was such as to justify a much larger building.
'A point of special interest in connexion with this building lies in ite foundations. These are considerably above Municipal requirements in order effectually to prevent any undue sinking such as has been characteristic of most of the large: buildings erected in Shangha Many of the piles on which the concrete raft will stand are longer by at least 20 feet than any before used for Shanghai buildings. For example, the piles directly under the centre of the building are no less than 70 fect long, and these will bs driven into the ground in one piece and not in spliced sections as is sometimes done. The piles are of Oregon pine and supplied by the China "Import & Export Lumber Company.
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