Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony Performed by Mayor 4
"Foundation Stone of the Ao ministration Building of the City Government of Greater Shanghai. {This stone was placed in position by the Honourable General Chang scheme to] ie, Centre General Chang he proposed Civie Centre, Jo tour of inspection in July, 1928, '5 a result of which certain villages Within the preseat Civic' Centre vere brought under the control of the local City Government, "At that time it has planned to erect, a new administration build Ing for the City' Government but, In'view of the huge cost entailed in "the "scheme, "a contract was hi lentored into in 1928 whereby the: City Government would rent the premises of the Technical College, Chun, Mayor of Shanghai, this 7th which will cover an area of more di meetly opposite the Hsin Pu Vu of July in the 20th year of the than 5,000 mow of I be ug Benevolent Society, near the Chinese Republic,"
Leund by Kiangyin Road on the anghai South Ttailway "Station, 'Such was the inscription carved south, Chaying Road on the north, the administration building on the foundation stone' of the Greater Shanghai City" Govern the Shanghai-Woosang "Railway: on the "City Covernment and. its the west and the Whangpoo River bureaux. However, this contract ents pew administration build: on the east. Plans were contem-was cancelled when Gen." Chang Chie" Centre. The letterh ing' in the heart of the. proposed plated with the establishment TFing-fan tendered his resignation, the "City "Government but the) written by a well-known were not formally drawn up until General Chang' Chum as Mayer of chowing the appointment @cholar and the carving was painted July, 1928, They. were first a gold. proved of by the City Planning Greater Shanghai," a new City was a grand idea on the part Commission, and sent to the. City Fianning Commission was appoint. of General Chang Chun, the Mayor, Government's Reconstruction Coni-in July, 19: This Commission Was entrusted with the "work and "his associates to hold" the ceremony on July 7 as the day flying' their assent tot hesitation whatever int sing the construction Of a new happened to be the fifth. birthday' fiving their absent' tothe carrying Sot of the plans thos drayon up. faininifcation "bing im aden Civic "Centre. A decision was subdraving up. schemes "forthe of the City Government of Greater Shanghai "and. the fine weather "During the past few years, sequently reached \to build the new which broke out after several days number of plans. concerning the administration building in the heart heavy rains certainly was development of the various dis Jof the proposed Civie Centre in. happy, augury for the Greater: tricts have been made and, _apart Shanghai development scheme, from these, the City Government]
Passing over several wide, well also drawn up schemes for the development of a harbour in the vicinity of Woosung, where the river is deep and where the City after, unfortunately, nad not quite Government proposes to consti doen ' completed with the railway to connect the new hi that following the recent heavy our with other railways in this} Sains the earth was "considerably province. We hope to be able to tened" and a number. of cars carry out these schemes in the not re bogged. All along the roads distant future ling to the Civie Centre were as this new Centre will rartfooking Chinese alice, arm: be the Civie Centre for the whole with Mater pistols and" Tight has, it is my earnest, hope tutomatices In addition, the, motor-that the residents of flits port, will tyelo patrols were, continually niov-Sig up and down the roads for the share with the officials of the City Government the duty" of pushing Durpowe of seeing. that nothing of forward development work' of the untoward noire occurred and Givie' Centre #o that the "scheme algo to direst visitor nay. become ® reality at an earls Temporary entrances had been date, erected, these being' in the form of "Fouay happens to be the fourth shty walls, at boils the. ease und anniversary of sredt ends' of the Civie Centre. Both auguration, of the Kiangwan so that the public would vere decorated with bunting and e*Greater Shanghai and, Joe encouraged to invest their resented, a scene witnested"_ only "By flits! who int. the interior Iemoration of the services ender. money in the Civie Centre and its Crormer Premier and. Foreign this i general Huan TY the heart of ie Civie Centre, lenviroris, "In January, 1930, architects] Inigo tower bad been erected Ministery who was atone time the were invited to send in plans fe othe top of this, "was Mayor here), ite ational flag, with' bunting "along 'd|the new City Government admini-to Mute Visitors" book having been signed, one notiesd to matsheds in which were exhibited a number of "plans, aswell as two. large Dlasdicine of the Eiration Building "and "the Ci "On the left wae a small structure where the cornerstone was in pos tion, ready"to be Taid by the Bayer, and! on the ight, was a Satshed, capable of accommodating Eeveral "thousand people. Three taller matsheds had: been erected for the oficial guests, the jain one Eetots of al chegs ware decorate entaing the late. The vyrth,"eoloured\" Chinese." ilk, othe centre swab a puatogragh of the into Dr Sun Yatwen x well as 3 copy of his will. In front were Svreath and tivo baskets of flowers. There; were onthe platform, Beveral, store of officials and guests, j "SGrelgn' and Chinese, military' naval 'The ceremony was presided over yy General Chang' Chun, who, after The usual Kuomintang " ceremonies Gnd the singing of the Keomintan Suthem, expressed: his pleasure wweeing. so: rmany:~ people preset Shovile expressed his geauisaga over the interest they had shown in General Hoang to. ration building and. in. July. last, Mr, Dag Doon was appointed. to Dr. Shen Yi, Commissioner Following the Mayor's gue ceremony address, supervise the technical side of the scheme and in May, 1931, Chu Public Works for the Cty Sheng Kee, contractors, " were hose hands the work of Jawasded the contract for the con-Centre and ffuction of the building at a, cost of $548,000. Construction work, was commenced at the beginning of last month and it is expected that this Wail be completed by the end the ext year, In addition to. the administration building for ministration building. there. will City Government of. Greater "two temporary buildings, whic Shanghai and the development of Shen completed, will be. capable the proposed Centre dre fof accommodating the various City Schenies which have been drawn up bythe present City. Government OeRddresees of sonpvatilation Tenses of congratulation Were the actual decision yp thie - respect was Teached am early as four yeary ago when General Huang Fu" way Eu, Me Vu Yacching and Mr. Yeh vests, including." Gene hata ad teed {fe Mayor. General Huang obtained Kung-cho, former' Sinister of permission from the Central - Gov-Enment" i iatlode" Wessing fang wan, Taxiang and Yanghong territory of the local Gity "The founda stone was then] Rhee. ci ey. General,
general Chang Ting-fan, who ceeding terminated, [was appointed to succeed General Herald" representative, De. Shen Yi, seen. 09 Hoang as 'Mayor, appointed a City, Planning Commission in November, the Conimissloner of Public Works, 1027, and, in order to. find out the conditions" which" prevailed in: had lig penal' step of pur stated, that the City, Government
mus villages under: the -jazisdi all Ge and "aod for' the {tion of his Government, he and his ie' Gettve' as well ay for the Senior associates personally made Toads whith had lveday Been cohn structed and which were planned
2 single piece of land, he said, had cent pai-lou and pagoda towers, la In erecting the new Adminis. tration Building of the City Government in the new Civie Centre, it was the intention and the hope of the authorities and the City. Planning Commission, of which Dr. Shen is chairman,' to show the public that the authorities actually intended to carry out their, plans for the development of a Greater Shanghai. By having the main building of the City Government built, the people would be—given confidence and they would be encouraged to buy land and to build houses, ete,, there.
"We propose not only to have the new Administration Building} erected," said Dr. Shen, "but we are building two temporary struc tures to accommodate the various bureau. The latter will be used Of reinforced concrete a1 sri rin talc in width, and rise to a height of 102 feet. It will cover an area of 25,000 square feet, with a flog Moda lar Soa ators
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