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Show JAPANESE ERECT - NEW DIET HOME Will Be Third Largest Parliament Par-liament Structure TOKIO, Oct. 4. The stel skeloton of Japan's new diet 1ul1dlng. whirl, m lelng r-f-tl tn Kasumigaefkl, not far from the Imperial pnlact- In Tokio. is beginning to show itself or the tops of the trees by which It is aurrmiriuVtl. The structure Is lo pe Ihf third Isru-est Isru-est building In the world, the capital at Washington and the huusea of fmr-Lament fmr-Lament In laundon, being the ouly onca to exceed It In size. The estimated coat la about 2.iie0.-0"0 2.iie0.-0"0 yen. which is being apent at the rate of S.OOit.ooo a year, ao that It will be another aix yeas before It is completed. com-pleted. It was started two years aao. Hteel used In tha structure and tbe concrete is front local plants. Int.-rtor littlngs. electrical apparatus, gin and heating apparatus, will be pitrchnsfd from Japanese manufacturers if they ; can supply suitable materials. Jrtr. Kl-r:oto, Kl-r:oto, thief of ronstrut'tion. fear that French glass may have to he ornVred, bit points out that local glass manufacturers manu-facturers hav some five or six vears M to produce a satisfactory grade of their product. Klevaior probably will com from abroad. The site Ih one of the hest in the work!. .Standing on a high elevation, the building will far eastward over the tops of the foreign office and sur- : rounding embannltw and l-gattons. down ' t he broad expanses of I' hisai wab h. I and over TauklJI. the old foreign settlement, set-tlement, and Tokio bay. In this lo.ig vim a. Improvementa are alreadv being I made bv ih removal of obstructions J to th view. |