The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-11-24

shops, and exclusive of the garrison the
population is estimated at over 5000
There are two principal and smaller native
banks, two large temples and two theatres
of recent construction.
In 1881 it was finally decided to construct
dock and refltting basin there. After
more than one failure the work was given
to foreign contractors, and in the early
| part of 1887 a French company secured a
| contract to construct the necessary works
needed for naval dockyard. At the end
of 1890 the contractors completed the task
entrusted to them. Tho entrance to the
| port was deepened and basin constructed
inside with depth of twenty-five feet at
| low water.
The port contains spacious wharves and
quays, fitted with steam cranes, and con
nected by railroad with the workshops.
There is dock over 400 feet long, having
twenty-five feet of water on its sills at low
tide, which can be emptied in few hours
by means of "A steam pump, There is also
a smaller dock suitable for torpedo boats.
The foundries and workshops contain the
most modern machines, engines, etc The
dockyard can be lighted by electricity.
For the last six years dredges have been
employed to deepen the natural harbOr.
The bar has been deepened from twelve to
about twenty four feet to enable perma-
nent mooring to be laid down for the
larger men -of-war. About four miles north
of the port their is a spring of fresh water.
This water is now run through pipes to
the dockyard, and the town is also par
} italy supplied with water in the same way.
The defenses of the port consist Of well
constructed forts, armed with modern
quns of heavy caliber. The coast defenses
| i NhaY t,,i1a of
seabeard, and consist of about twelve bat
teries equally distributed on either side Of
: the entrance to the port. The armament
consists of more than forty Krupp guns,
I including some rifled mortars. In addi-
. ton there ia a torpedo boat station and an
= elaborate system of sub marine mines
The second Chinese Japanese army,
! under command of Field Marshal Count
y Oyama minister of war, consisted Of about
&c, 900 men, and when this force arrived
! OF the Regents Sword promontary it was
y divided into two detaohments, one of
which, aided by part of the japanese fleet,
/, operated against Talienwan, while the
:. other directed it's movements against Kin
" Chow, on the western side of the promon-
j. tary some miles north Of Port Arthur
a. Talienwan and Kin Chow were both cap
u tured, after which the army again com
. | binod, and the march on HorJ ArJhur was
y ; commenced. Several engagements OF
a minor Importance took place along the
(. route, but according to the reports the
japanese were invariably successful.
4 4 Several times the town is reported tC
" have been captured, but later dispatches
70 have shown that these reports were in
accurate, and that the japanese were con
"a ducting their operations against the plac
n. with great carefulness, and that they in
n. tended, when the real attack was made
ly that it should be successful Che Foo
-, from which place the dispatch announcing
ID the fall of Port Arthur is sent is Chi
IN nose city on the south coast of the Shei
81 Tung promontary, some ninety mile
10 tn of Port Arthur, from which it
-. separated by the Gulf of Pc Chi Ii.