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called Chong-kak (the “ Bell Kiosk ”), from a large bell, about seven feet high, which is
placed there. This spot is regarded as the centre of the city; and from it another '
street, as wide as the main street, branches off to the south-west. The four wide streets
which thus radiate from the “ Bell Kiosk ” are known as the four Chong-no or “ Bell
roads. ” Another conspicuous feature of this central part of the city is the row of large
warehouses, two storeys high, the lower portions of which are divided off into little
shops, opening into a small courtyard instead of facing the street. The width of the ;
main streets was formerly much reduced by the construction in front of nearly every ;
house of a rude wooden shanty used for a workshop or for business purposes, which gave
the streets a poor and squalid appearance, but some of the principal streets have now ]
been cleared of these unsightly obstructions, and the people are gradually being taught
the benefits of good roads and clean surroundings. A spacious market place has
been erected in one of the busiest parts of the city. An annual appropriation of
$50,000 has been made by the Finance Department for the maintenance and im¬
provement of the roads. The shops are small and unattractive, and contain no
articles de luxe or curios. The population of the city is about 271,000. About 73,000
Japanese reside in Seoul and there are about 550 Europeans and Americans. An
electric railway, running for seven miles along the main streets of Seoul and thence •
three or four miles into the country, was opened in 1899, and one extends to Biong-san
and Mokpo. A railway connects Chemulpo with Seoul, and another line connects the j
city of Fusan.
DIRECTORY
Andrews St George Co., Inc.
Ito Shoko, agents
Bank of Chosen—110, Nandaimon-dori;
Tel. Ad: Chosenbank
Bkien,Dk.D. H.—Takezoye-machi, 3-chome
British and Foreign Bible Society—
Teleph. 283; Tel. Ad: Testaments
Hugh Miller, secretary
Thomas Hobbs, assist, secretary
Chosen Hotel (Keijo Office: S. Manchuria
Bailway Co.)— Hasegawa-cho, Keijo;
Telephs. 2708 and 2709; Tel. Ad: Choho.
Kongosan Hotel; Choanji Hotel (Dia¬
mond Mountain); Refreshment Room,
Nandaimon Station (Keijo)
Chosen Industrial Bank, Ltd.— Nan-
daimon-dori; Tel. Ad: Shokugin.
Branches: 57 in Korea and one in Osaka.
M. Aruga, piesident
Christian Literature Sociktv of Korea,
Publishers and Booksellers, Publishing
Office of the “Korea Mission Field.”
“Christian Messenger,” “Theological
Review,” “Bible Magazine,” “Sunday
School Magazine”—Teleph. 275; Tel. Ad:
Bonwiok
G. Bon wick, general so rebiry
D. A. Bunker | \V. M. Clark
CONSULATES
American Consulate-Gen.—Teleph. 772
Consul-General—Ransford S. Miller
Vice Consul—J. S. Dieson
Clerk—M. R. Cony
Belgium
Consul—H. W. Davidson
China
Consul General—Ma Ting Liang
Vice Consul—Chang Chun Che
Do. —Chang Tien Yuan
France—Teleph. 797 (Kokamon); Tel..
Ad: Fransulat
Consul—E. Gallois
Secretary—Tjong-yep Ni
Great Britain (Consulate-General)—
Teleph. 30 (Kokamon); P.O. Box 16;
Tel. Ad: Britain
Consul-General—A. Hyde Lay, c.m.g.
Acting Vice-Consul—V. L. P. Fowke
Italian Consulate
H.B.M. Consul-General in charge of
Italian interests
Dai-Iciii Ginko, Ltd. (Formerly the Firsi
National Bank of Japan)
T. Shimahara, manager
T. Tani, per pro. manager
S. Takahata, do.