Show 14 V I 1 WY VV 10 curbstone barbers in shanghais Shan ghais native quarter life in shanghai before japanese shells began their destructive prepared by national geographic society washington D C service N THE Whang poo approaching ON 0 pro aching shanghai there is little to indicate that one is entering china except for fleets of native fishing junks moving about in the r river ter the river banks are lined on both sides with oil supply depots smoking factor factory y chimneys warehouses silk fila tures repair docks and strange things of foreign import shanghais Shan ghais water front skyline S is la decidedly occidental in appearance and most strikingly impressive until the present century low commodious chinese buildings or two and three story structures served ed a majority of the business concerns but the introduction of excellently equipped modern offices initiated a period of extensive building the tendency of shanghais Shan ghais building program has been distinctly skyward in the last few years because of the congestion in the business areas occasioned by its meteoric expansion in trade construction of tall buildings however even those of eight and ten stories presents considerable difficulty to the architects because of the nature of the footing upon which the foundations must be laid the soil is entirely alluvial deposit but in spite of the obvious handicaps architects are exploring new heights for shanghai with 10 and 15 story structures the chinese quick to appreciate this upward direction of city build ing have begun erecting tall department part ment stores tea houses guild halls and other structures which bring them financial advantage and modernize the appearance of shanghai radical indeed are the changes that have taken place in architectural expansion in the last decade including vast alterations in the skyline of the metropolis in the old native city in a few minutes walk from the most up to the moment districts of shanghai however one can be in surroundings that are little altered since the day when the first foreign firm marked out its business site in in the muddy concession within the bantao district at the southern side of the city lies the old chinese settlement or native city modernization has been slow to move in this locality and native life takes much the same course that it followed before steamship screws be began an stirring up the muddy Whang poo around the fis fishing hing junks and sampans sam pans sven even here however there have been changes since the republic has come into existence the old wall that surrounded the city has een demolished narrow cobbled streets with open sewers running down their centers gra gradually dually have given way to more cleanly concrete passages loathsome beggars have somehow been reduced in numbers althou although ah there are still more than enough of the pitiable wretches north of the international al settlement lies the thickly populated chinese district of chapai chapai borders upon the creek boundary and is just back of the foreign district of hongkee Hong kew foreign settlements of shanghai but th the e focus of au all shanghai is the foreign settlements for in them have been the remarkable incentive and expanding force that have built this modern seaport first allotted a portion of land on the south side of creek following the treaty of ui in 1842 when shanghai was indicated as one of the five treaty ports british business established itse itself and expand ed digging drains and file fila to make the 9 concession h h aba six ye years ars later france ceded the terri territory tory beav M british cone concession assion and tax city and only a few ward americans yearl leased lara 1 hongkee district whid which along the Whang poo avat north of creek when river liver makes a sharp cm can k right this so called american americ ment was never orga organize but was ancor incorporated 0 abed with will 0 ish district in 1863 8 thus us calu being the int internationals settle premier nucleus of modem mode hai other portions of 0 carld been added on the west when timers used to bag snipe k i 01 from their offices the french chose to aerna ret and today continue to ad i their own concession as a se unit the years have seen a f ing panorama since the early i when the international ter sion came into being ing nourishment and became ohve often been termed the tl ement the administrations adminis tra International Settlement has h beni many ways a unique elpe e perhaps without parallel in i any er place and results make TOE it dent that the shanghai M council has served the well governed by elected Com I 1 the council is compi group of members elected elect 4 taxpayers of british amerl japanese and more rec nese nationality the them abu W been increased from divoll tin until 15 members are K in m the group that directs i of the settlement of paving policing I 1 flerl pis 4 multitude of tasks face taeN H body which gratis farb gua I 1 teresta of it international sharal sl similar but s smaller aller tas basli 17 other men who ho handle me of the french territory wh i ly inhabitants big bustling shanghai tu far asia ats of commerce in yond the boun boundaries daries of ago clement or n nationality ti it 11 all of them together ether for its trade we well be e ond fee numbered bared in mi the people are n whole c that form the e shanghai too as cosmopolitan als ca the worlds largest deapo it records in its census US nationalities T thee he cominer tal can also call brorn g representatives spec spew king pa all the numerous numerously dy ii alecks and the facets 01 ot life 1 up art 05 the metropolis ss t 11 the peoples alon a stand of and watch t e varle g signa I 1 er passes KA un a c bearded electric tra t cars s S 0 trams I 1 available and trackless staw stand ia and truck isa st f every ini its 0 cars merical size although whee llOro in the the majority y loads trundle coolies coo along arned est ti ba bales W den 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