RECONSTRUCTION OF YOKOHAMA
HARBOUR AND TRANSPORT FACILITIES. New harbour and transport facilities 'have been built to replace those deflayed in th© earthquake disaster of 1928 and a now and model is beinff on the site of the old metropolis of Yokonama, according.- to reports made i? 7" ..officials of th® American Oriental Mail Line, operated from Seattle for the Shipping Board by the Admiral Oriental Line.’ *
Trade facilities at Yokohama-have been rebuilt to the point where the normal flow of traffic can be accommodated, said Thomas J. Kehoe, general asrent for the company in New York. - He• explained'' that the work of replacing* the residential and business structures has . proceeded •more slowlv because of the delaV necessary in drafting and putting into effect the plans for a model city along’modern lines. , *
• Out officials, who have recently vbited Yokohama, report that steel and concrete niers and wharves have been jjuilt." Mr Kehoo said, '"(lie supply of lightersfor shippirig m the harbour is now about normal. The railroad service is excelJ® n t. As a result of these improvements Yokohama has regained its position as the premier silk port of the world/'
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12200, 27 July 1925, Page 12
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190RECONSTRUCTION OF YOKOHAMA New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12200, 27 July 1925, Page 12
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