The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-11

that the place las hzsg been used as q
sanikarfsm and s1mner rexort from May
10 November. The mes1hanss send their
families here frcm other po4nzs on TIE
toast. the men-of-xar visit the place q
week at a time. ard the missionaries
from s-up-counrryss and uelarial districts
ccsne here 90 enjoy . weil-asserved vaea-
ton each year. Pony riding and racing.
tennis. cricket, football. hockey and open
air games AFFORD heaithfui recreation 10
the community. Rowing. yachting. fish
Ing. bathing and shooting are also ropu-
lar amusemenis. There are three frst-
class hotels with 4 fine table and excel
lent attendance 1hey charge from 50
Mexiean money Tor SIS in Unifed States
money! upward per month. and give q
discount or khese figures 10 families. chill
dren and n ssfcnaries. Washing and
ironing are 81 per 1as pieces IA winter
and 90 cents per 100 Ia summer II you
do not care 10 walk. you can hire chair
porters. who win carry you In a chair
suspended between two long poles which
rest on their shoulders for s. a month
apiece II you keep house you can get
good servants at S. month each ON sn
average. There Is no family In the place
which has less than I'VE servants. while
many have ten and twelve. The people
are genial. generous and hospitable.
The Chinese city. or native quarter.
contains few fine establishments. OIL
ciai and commercial. but as a whole is
dirty. squalid and malodcrous. The
houses are low. poorly built ami OF che
story. The streets are narrow and devoid
OF drains and sewers. All sewage ard
filth are thEown out into the public thor
oughfares. The place IL not 50 filthy as
Annoy. Foochcw and Canton. which are
acknowledged to be the vilest minicipali-
ties on the facs of the globe. 1t is bad
enough, however. to produce disgust In
. foreign devir' who sees it for the frst
time. and TO engender zymotic diseases
which sweep away hundreds every year.
The population of tae city Is over 10000,
and of the suburbs about so.ooo more.
The place Is a growing commercial GEN.
ter. Four great hanks have branches
sthere, as have also twenty-five steam
ship companies In times OF peace sfeam-
ers plying almost daily connect Chefoo
with Tientsin on the west. Ncwchwang
on the north. Korea. Siberia and Japan
Tn the east. Shanghai. Foochow, Annoy.
Swallow. Hongkong and Canton on the
penes on the southeast The chief COM
panies are the China Merchants Ste N
Navigation Company. which Is owned siy
Chinese capitalists. but differed by Brit
tsh and Americans; the China Naviga-
ton. or Butterfield q Swires, the Indo-
China or Jarsi.ne. the Nippon Yusen Kali
shia and the Missui Bussan Kaishia, two
Japanese concerns OF great wealth. The
tsxetfc s,pfu
clearance at this port Is about LEO steam
ers and 1890 sailing vessels. not to speak
OF some 1900 native junks.
The trade OF the port Is confined chiefly
to beans beancake. bean oil. silk. silk
goods and strawa,raid. There was for
merly Q heavy importation OF opium from
India but this has decreased steadily.
owing to the introduction of poppy cui-
ture in Northern China. until it has
dropped to about $4,000 per annum.
Chefoo imports a few things from Uncle
Sam. Among these are kerosene. Cali
forIAa -four, canned FRUITS and vegsta-
bles, smoked salmon, toilet soap and per-
funery. Ansonia clocks, Waterbury
watches. fine cotton cloth and patent med
icines. She also impo~ts brown and white
sugar from Takow, in South Formosa,
and Manila, in the Philippines. Most OF
this Is consumed in making candy. sweet
meats and confectiors.a
There has been a steady emigration
from Chefoo for the fifteen years last
past to yladfvostock. There are thou
sands Of Shanta.ng men there working
on the great trans Siberian railway, and
hundreds engaged in farming. fishing,
sliopkeeptng and domestic service. They
were carried from Cf,efoo In steamers
belonging TO the Japanese companies,
and were their chief element of traffic.
The present war has stopped all this,
and has converted nearly all the steam
ers engaged in carrying coolies into trans
ports to bring soldiers from Japan to the
very place where they formerly did busi-
ness.
The country about Chefoo is not over
fertile. The scenery Is mountainous and
At points beautiful. The hills rise TO
sharp conical peaks. which In winter are