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HAKODATE
Kawa, near Hakodate; at Kayamagori, near SMribeshi ; at Itaibetsu, on a tributary of
the Urin River (output 800 gallons per day); at Kotamimura and Tsukisama Mura
((Imperial property), near Sapporo; and near Abashira, where the wells are considered
rich. Hakodate is connected with the capital by telegraph, and a line, of railway (157
miles) connects Hakodate with Otaru. A railway from Otaru to Sapporo, 22 miles
long, was opened to public traffic on the 28th November, 1830, and has since been carried
on to Poronai, where are some large coal mines, the total length of the line being 56 miles.
A branch to Ikushumbetsu, seven miles, has since been laid and another line from the
coal mines to Muroran, a port on the south-east of the Island, a distance of 143 miles,
was opened to traffic in July, 1892. At the station of Oiwake, from which point there
is a braruch line to Yubari (26| miles), the Tanko Tetsudo Kaisha established ovens
for the manufacture of coke. There are now 936 miles of railway in the Hokkaido.
The Hakodate Harbour Improvement works were completed in 1900, and a patent
slip capable of taking vessels up to 1,500 tons was also finished. There is also
a dry dock to accommodate ships up to 10,000 tons at ordinary spring tides, and at
highest spring tides the dock is capable of receiving the largest battleships in the
.Japanese Navy. At Otaru a massive breakwater, about 3,500 feet long, has been con¬
structed.
In August, 1907, half the city of Hakodate was destroyed by a fire. The number
-of houses destroyed in the conflagration was ascertained to be 8,977, rendering
about 60,000 persons homeless. All the foreign residents with the exception of the
American Consular Agent were burnt out, saving nothing, and the total loss was
.estimated at not less than 50,000,000 yen.
DIRECTORS'
/Banks
Dai san Ginko, Ltd.
Daiichi Ginko, Ltd.
Hakodate Chochiku Ginko, Ltd.
Hakodate Ginko, Ltd.
Hokkaido Takushoku Ginko
Hyakujusan Ginko, Ltd.
Kakimoto Ginko, Ltd.
Nippon Ginko
•Chiho Saibansho (District Court)
.CONSULATES
Austria-Hungary
E. J. King, American Consular
Aggnt in charge of interests
•Great Britain—68, Kaisho Machi;
Teleph. 968
Vice-Consul—G. B. Sansom, F. C.
Greatrex, acting
Shipping Clerk—J. Will
Norway —14, Shiomicho; Teleph. 1469
Vice-Consul— J. A. V. Cooper
Russia—125, Funamicho; Teleph. 903
Vice-Consul—E. Lebedeff
United States of America
Consular Agent—E. J. King
•Colborne, Dr. W. W. — YawataHojoBeshu
Customs, Imperial—9, Nakahamacho;
Telephs. 80, 120 and 175
Director—I. luchi
Chief Appraiser—H. Nishimura
Chief Accountant—J. Shirai
Chief Inspector—T. Kishibe
Chief Secretary—S. Okamiya
Chief Audtr.—M. Takizawa
Denbigh & Co., Merchants and Commission
Agents—15, Kaisho Machi; Teleph. Ill;
P. O. Box 11; Tel. Ad: Dencooper
G. G. Denbigh
J. A. V. Cooper
J. E. Gray | P. D. Danich
Agencies
Chartered Bank of I., A. and China
Russo-Asiatic Bank (Correspondents)
Commercial Union Assurance Co., Ld.
British Dominions Genl. Ins. Co., Ld.
Russian East Asiatic S. S. Co., Ld.
Russian Volunteer Fleet (Okhotsk-
Kamchatka Lines)
Electric Co., Hakodate Suiden Kabushiki
Kaisha (Electric Water Power Co.) 40,
Kaisho Machi; Teleph. 103
Hakodate CityOffice —Toy oka wa Machi;
Telephs. 310 and 602
M. Hokushu, mayor
K. Shibuya, assistant mayor
M. Matsuo, treasurer
T. Ohmori, interpreter