There seems tobe no limit, says 'a Tientsin paper, to the erection of modern reinforced godowns, in the foreign concessions of Tientsin, The Tung Cheng Godown Ca, Ida, who took over and rented the offices previously occupied by the China Import and Export "Lumber Ca. Ld. at the corner of Rae Baron Gros. and Rue Henry Bourgeois are building a large and spacious three-storeyed reinforced godown on the site previously occupied as a lumber yard, and which when completed will be one of the most uptoxlate godowns on, the French Bund, The D.K. have already completed their new godown at the corner of Rue Baron Gros and Rue Henry Bourgeois, so. within radius of less than half a mile of the O.S.K. offices at the French Bund, there are four large rein-foreed godowns capable of storing all kinds of cargo, vi: the O.S.K. godown, the Tung Shing Ca, Ltd, the Tung Cheng Godown Ca., th View Yeh Co's Godown and the D.K.K. godown, Messrs. Gipperion and Company are also building large six-storeyed reinforced godown at the corner of Taku and Canton Toauls'and another reinforced godown is in course of erection in Davenport Road for account of a Chinese concern. The salient feature of these godowns is that they are all Veing built in the foreign concessions, and where Chinese owners fare concerned it would infer that they consider the foreign concessions: more appropriate, or gater, than building in either the ex-Russian or ex-German, Concessio
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