The business directory of Cebu (1930s) - Part 5
AN SHUI CHING
42 Plaridel
(They sold food products)
FAR EAST TRADING
507-509 Manalili
(They sold grocery and furniture)
FARMACIA CEBUANA
Corner Borromeo and Nueva
(The street formerly named "Calle Nueva" was renamed after Don Paulino Gullas on April 4, 1960 in accordance with Cebu City Ordinance No. 285. The street is now impassable to vehicles as the dislocated vendors were transferred to be part of a street tiangge of the city in 2019.)
FIDELITY & SURETY CO. OF THE P.I.
17 Nueva
FORK SET & COMPANY
2 Progreso
(Progreso Street starts from Calderon crossing Manalili then to Plaridel Street and MC Briones (formerly known as Calle Commercio). The Cebu City Council on August 5, 1971 enacted City Ordinance No. 720 renaming Progreso Street to Jose Leyson Street). The street renaming has been unimplemented since its passage in 1971 and was finally implemented in 2019 by the City Cultural and Historical, Arts Commission during the term of Mayor Osmeña).
FRED WILSON & CO.. INC.
27 Martires
(They sold machinery)
GIBERSON, W.R.
117 Magallanes
GO CHAN & CO. INC.
99-109 Magallanes
GO LAM & Co.
211 Magallanes
(Its founder Go Lam was born in Xiamen, China. After he came to the Philippines he was adopted by Don Manuel Gotianuy, the father of Atty. Augusto Go, founding president of the University of Cebu. The company built by Go Lam is honored by Cebu City with a thoroughfare, Go Lam Drive is now known as the IPI or the International Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
GO TIAN SEE & CO.
214 Magallanes
GOTIAOCO HERMANOS, INC.
92 Morga
GUAN HAP HING
29 Comercio
(They sold beverages, beer, food products)
GUI KII CO. INC
174 F. Gonzales
(They sold textile goods)
(To be continued)
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