Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-05-04
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HersId contains the following nc
couDt of the opening ~ the new
building for the Kobe branch ~
the Yokohama Specie Bank, the
leading GBsDcisj institution of
japan, together with q short des'
cfiptiOD of the premises;
"The festivities st the local
branch Of the sbOkin GinkO we're
by no means confined 10 the re
cepiioD and ,i6iD reported 10 these
columns on Saturday lsst, tbs
handsome board room ~ tbs new
structure Witnessing the sssem
bling NJ smother representative
body IN the evening ~ Is O'Clock
sbOnt q hundred leading msr.
chants and bankers Of Osaks and
Kobe sat down 10 dinner, the
scene closely resembling that
slresdy recorded, ssys tbst the
rspsst was IN japanese style,
Needless ~ say numerous speeches
sBd addresses Of cOBgratuIstiOn
we're made, Yesterday agsiB, q
sDmptuOps tJtiiB in foreign style
was served, the richly laden
tables on this occasion being sur.
rounded by upward of q hundred
men Of prOtDiDeBes IN lCcsl Chi
1sse aud japanese business cir
ciss, including several prefsctafsI
councillors, baTisters and bank
efs, Last evening smother Japs-
Dess banquet wss spread IN honor
Of guests from Kobe sBd Hinge,
Amongst the guests was Mr. Kg
.Bemsisu Fnssiiro, n wellkDOw1
export and import merchant NJ
this city, The address this gen.
demsB delivered is said 10 bays
been one Of the features NJ
the concluding entertainment
Altogether about five hundred
invitations were sent out, but
many Of those who wsre invited,
Of course, were prevented from
attending by other engagements.
a few particulars u tbs new
building will doubtless interest
our READERS. Situated on Lots
Nos. rs, n and ~, sakai macbi,
SsbcbOme, the present premises
OF the YOkOhsms Specie Bsnk
are, ~ we have already stated,
admirably designed for the work
for which they are intended The
buildings were designed by the
consulting engineers IN The ser
vice Of Osaka fucbO, bat the de
sign was subsequently examined
and slightly modified NY Mr.,
Yamaguchi HaBrOka, Professor ~
Engineering. The works were
mmeBced on the 2Stb ~ Febrn.
ary, 1895, and completed on tho
23O December last, The mGiB
building covers 10 tsgbo The
foundations are =, H. . IN, deep,
the lower section Is feet) being
formed Of stone and concrete
snd the upper Of bricks.
On this bssis rest tho grab.
ite stones forming the foundation.
The height OF the main building,
which ~ two story, measures ~
feet from tbs ground ~ the caves,
Granite has been used through
out for the corBicGs, corners, en-
frances, windows, etc,, with the
exception ~ the top cOrBicc,
where copper has been employed
10 order 10 lessen the strgiB. Fire
proof iron shutters, patented by
YamgmOtO Juno, Of Toxic, bays
been fitted throughout The floor
~ divided into three cOmDart-
mspts, WIN, general Office, man
ager's office and waiting room,
THE upstairs ~ divided into tho
board room, drawing and waiting
rooms The area ~ tho treasury
IL N by ~, The iron doors and
windows for the treasury are
f,Om Mr. Taksncbi's works iD
Toxic, and after tho pattern of
those used IN the Bank ~ Japan,
which were made IN BHgIaBd.
The silver testing Office covers 40.
wards Of 23 tspbo and IL sitnGted
between the main building and
the treasury, Two story brick
godOwDs IN the rear NJ the build
ipgs afford ample storage space,
while y small annex provides NO
commodation for the night watch.
men, fire eogiDs, telephone rooms
land other offices. Az the open
spsces are paved with granite
lTbe whole buildjDQ, which Ii lil