Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-09

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y This canal is
s-sol the great wonders OF the world.
tspow in bad repair and d large part
dapco.ng to ruin. But il has been
on. Of ihc greatest waterways Of the
vofId. and % extends from Picking
south 10 Hang Chow, some 200 odd
allie, below this point, running through
DE great plain from north to middle
China. a distance about as great as that
between New York aud Chicago. 10
cuts way through a territory con.
nning tso.ooo,ooo people. or nearly
tree times as many as the whole uf the
Uated States, aud It taps some Of the
tgses, cities IN the world. Picking,
ahefc % finishes Is course, not far from
tie American legation palace, Is q city
Of more th1n q million people. TENT.
81. below this about eighty miles, IS
800 larger. aud as Il runs further south
dc canal Is dotted with walled cities
md great towns al along i,s course to
DE YaugUc river Chinkiaug Is about
utg as Minneapolis, Yangchow. the
rsN big city on the canal south Of here,
contains, am told a hllf a million
people, aud Suchau and Hlngchow
each have something like thrce.quarieB
ola million souls. AZ every thirty miles
along i,5 course Il Is safe TO say there
baWaIled city. containing many times
na thousand people, and the country
back Of il Is garden spotted with
dumps OF trees, each clump shading a
Chinese Village. The canal at Chinkiaug
cots right around the city, forming the
hand upon which the main part OF it Is
0glied. IL runs from here nOrthward
0f $50 miles without lock, but above
h.s am told, there are numerous
ilccs and locks and In some places
hc water u carried through the country
20 great stone entertainments, twenty
ed more feet high, aud the stream at
Ume OF these places Is FULLY 200 feet
side. Il has stone Hood gates managed
By soldiers, and Il Is here aud there ted
sy creeks and rivers. AZ one point q
Hggr was conducted into D. IN times
past, and the Chinese say that 10000
men were employed for seven months
% turning the waters OF this single
stream. Il cuts the Yellow river, aud
ais below this that the stone cnbank.
ncut above spoken " ARE located. The
paris which ! have seen are those which
un near here, through the Yangtse
valley, aud those about Iicntsiu and
pesIug. Here the canal Is more like a
great ditch than anything else, and there
H now little army OF men employed
n keeping IL in repair, IL was iu exist
tngc more than a thousand years ago,
cod kubIai Kahn laid out the line upon
sMch it now runs,
The chief use for the canal Ia times
past hls been that OF a trade artery
rom the north 10 south. Il taps by is
connecting canals and rivers every part
W Che great plain, and it Is used for
ile transportation OF the tribute rice TO
lckIug.
The government taxes Of China are
i0a laTGc extent collected la kind, aud
every year the farmers send about
ijl0oo0oo pounds OF rice from here to
fgkiuE Tor the emperor and his officials
AZ NaukIng saw acres Of great barns
which were filed with this rice awaiting
Shipment, and every town along the
canal has los government bans. Just
nov Che rice is being taken 10 the north.
VI late much OF u goes By sea, but a
Vast deal Is still sent by the Grand
canal, and 90 every town there are hun
l'els Of craft Of every Kind, and these
government iunks sometimes block the
canal ior days. Hundreds OF men are
Employed IN towing and pulling the
coats, and az places they are dragged
Auns ny means Of capstans. The canal
"nds about like a river In places, and
h'Bdulu through u is SO slow that
some of these rice boats have started in
aPl' during the past few ycIrs and
ave arrived IN Picking until September
IaI' OF the canal are closed To traffic
accept during the carrying OF the tribute
ulei ana the condition OF h today Is
il-h That 10 will hardly be used again as
ne great waterway which Il has been In
ge past IL Hung Chang has asked
Mg emperor TO allow him 20 build a
ialI1ad along II from ligntsin TO Chin.
Aaii. aud this will eventually be done.
ID lhe boats along the canal are much
gNe those ! have described as living al
f- mouths ul the creeks OF the langtsc.