New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-05
NEW RAILROADS IN CHINA.
THE MARQUIS DE MoREs AND THE PLANS hh
MEANS TO CARRY oUT-wHAr HONG
KONG PAPER SAYS.


KONG PAPER SAYS
The MARQUIS De Mores, the we'll known son-lhIa"
OF Baron Won Hoffman the Wall street banker arrived
IN th,s c,tv from China on Thursday, and Will start
&or Paris next week where he will make preparations
for completing the railway from Tonquin to points
in territory acquired by the French Government
under the Franco Chinese Treaty. Last summer the
Marquis accompanied by three civil engineers, an
ex perienced railroad contractor and his private sec
rotary left Paris the country through which
the proposed lines will be built. The party on ar
irving in China declined the protection Of the French
troops and literally taking their lives In their hands
started through the bamboo bush. which is infested
with Chinese riffians, to survey the route
Before leaving France the Marquis obtained the
support OF q sufficient amount of French capital 10
carry out the scheme by which the proposed railroad
is to be construc ted along the course Of small river
called the Song Tien-Yen, on the estuary OF which
will be the future port Of Tonquin. After
running l25 miles 1t will reach the
frontier near bungalow. which Is on
tributary OF the Canton River and will be extended
sixty miles to point the frontier near oseting
This route will open up territory with popula
ton Of 12O 100000 people, and It Is estimated that
over the new route freight be carried from Pose
to Tienyen Uhc proposed new port for twenty
centimes Hlometric ton while at present the trans
portaton is conducte by caravans from the Mekong
River, from Yunnan and from Szechuen, and has to
be shipped by 1unks. the time occupied III transit
being thirty days n cost being five francs ko-
metric ton.
The Marquis will incorporate the new railroad COM
pany In France, and the capital will be entirely sub
scribed I'm that country Having surveyed tlS
country through which the lines to run his party
staked out the route and cut through ITO miles Of
bamboo thicksts. In the whole of their aIIiuous
work the party met with no hostile demonstrations
from tho natives, although hundreds
Of French soldiers have been murdered
by the barbarlans. The French Government
has signed contracts with the promoters
OF the new railroad and has made grants OF land 10 the
company. The Marquis. arriving al Paris, Will
report the progress made on the survey, a1d VIII
ask for further concessions from the Government
10 enable the promoters to build certain extensions
Of the proposed railroad which COntem led
In the original scheme This Is tn" first projected
railroad In the territory which has yet progressed
any further than the publication Of a scheme, and
the promoters convinced that the line not
only will be financial success. but will be Of graf
benefit to the country through which II will run.
"The Hong Kong Daily Press IN editorial
printed March II, speaks favOraby Of the proposed
scheme, and says that purely commercial grounds
the arguments in It's favor overwhelming. as
Stunning that 1ien-yen IS found to be tho convenient
harbOr II ~ represented TO be- The Marquis will
leave Paris next winter and will return to China,
where he VIII push forward the construction Of the
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