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Show LONDON PROUD OF ITS NEW BUILDINGS LONDON. -t. 14 Nesting om- pu tion on the crest ol 'low. r Hill. Us own tower rivalling in height the dome of St. Paul's, is the most Impressive, the most palatial, the best lighted and probably the most conveniently arranged ar-ranged group of business buildings ever erected in Londoifc It Is the new palace of the Port of London authority, tho future home of the administration and staff that control con-trol all the docks, the wharves and I the commercial life of the Thames. I The buildings cost Jlo.o00.o00 and are acclaimed by architects aa one of the structural treasures of london. In the English Renaissance style, and rich In sculptural relief, the principal prin-cipal building Is of five stories. Each jOf the four sides faces directly a cardinal car-dinal point of the compass. There? Is a frontal portico supported by Corinthian Corin-thian c.dumns carried up through three stories. Surrounding the portico is a sub- i jstantlal pyramid trtvver In the front j niche of w hich It a grcUt figure of Father Fa-ther Thames and at the sides .ire . m-hlematlcal m-hlematlcal figures of Commerce and! - . it 1 |