The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-20
PROGRESS OF JAPAN.

cost p@~ mile b<.ng very ffetle 5~ss sssaa
szzzt Of The YosoEs azEss Tokyo fsn@. IL has
- cuissr7s ard brio xss. ard snree eur
n@sS Tfxsssn sSase g sosai tengEa % 10 fr@z
sri carry fae track hsBeatH snail river
bexfx. In 1870 xhsz lire was extended 20
0ssG. isss mites. a. tfe end Of Lake Biwz.
Here aga-a the vfarefty commercial srsaa-
essee u 6rese Britain showed itself Cssas-
GesE and Manchester furnished lorSuso-
Esgse anE stees rats
Tsaese initial rAi.zzyS we're important
20 Jasssn 81 snsny ways Fully as sr1vov-
tant 81 the opeusug q the firsf railways
n ATusr4ca- The event We marked 1y
ire personal appearance Of fae emperor.
whose sxIeEeFyse. ~ Tar as sae masses
zFere concerned. rad been up 40 vfs2s EIae
more . matter . religious Del4ef thar %
psrssnas trn0wl~stz<. He Sen~rns g living
realty when fse went down 70 Yos1Jss an.a.
ard performed the ceremony OF opeutux
80 psJhsic 1rasf8c th@ first From road Two
years AafeF ae ogsenssi Fne E0oe-Osa<z a.
vision Erhlsss was possibly 70 Lls ma is-s-
US Sinking more startling as an iBn0va-
zion 81 rs cid ancestral home al kioso
tan e had been % ne city and port OF
slIe norsa4 For & VII 10 Remembered that
oasy slx years bad elapsed ssnce ne had
aKeF n absolute seeiEssOn in toIs west
er7l eaDsfaP vsaiIEt the government - ss.s
country bad been carried on ay fu~ 80
called Tycoon n Y@9s. Both a. Yokohama
ard az kone tfe opening 81 the railways
vas distinguished by q ceremonial ~ sur
passing Gntereat ard brsisfaney. Tue en-
xyrese was prominent on IRE occasion of
are Ko1e display. and like tsle tensiIs. OF
emperor, Mas clad tn Enrvpean costume"
These tEe dfsfoiu1ed sections now form
rSars OF a system which exters4s from one
end % xaa stand 20 ss1e other. VITA vart-
osis branch lines. These are 10 be stfil
further extended. ard railway construc-
ton viii pay an important part IN Jap
ane&s sTA8Etria. and commercial We
WHY Should not Amsrica supply me ma
tsr.slg Tsazt sias can DO 50 ~ preuty wei
proven b. q fact which 1 learned few
Gays ago a. 1aae Nippon Ytr.en ka>slrA
headquarters. viz: that large shipment
Of railway material has bean secured as
cargo for the Seattle fok oifarua lire.
THUS far America seems % have mace as
Hssle effort for tklls great branch OF sup
ply trade as she has for other japanese
markets, but 81 = TO be hoped That " II
toe Feoi,snsns of American slos~ and she
revival % trade ushered IN by McKinley's
election. there will De q different order Of
things.
an Indebted fo Norrls' Advance ia
pan" and % ire latest available govern
raens reports for f1as following facts about
railways and selesFAphs Nos Inward
from Tokyo the completion OF The railway
80 Aousgri. at fsls extreme nor tAern end
Of The main ISLAND. a distance OF 40 miles.
has brought the Island OF Yszo, once 50
remote. within "a few hours Journey OF
Tokyo, and with IL the treaty port OF Ha-
kodats. Branch lines connect enc ropu-
ioux city OF MHo. and Maebasni. well
az thu sacred sarines OF Mike, the fnost
beautiful place IN Japan, With the seat Of
government IN Tokyo. Another trunk line
leads through Maebssh. and Tskasaki TO
she north western sea port OF Takata. Cen
- L. L. ,ga.a ffss "a
out from the nzin system at kio;O and
Osaka toward Nara aud Sakai. Y0kkalcsai
s1nd iss and also 20 TsuTg1sTs on the west
coast. whae Tar 20 the south fas coal
mines Of Mike have been brought Into
direct connection with the general system
The Tokyo q Northwestern. owned by
fha Nippon Tetsudo kai=lst. tAaT Is.
Japan Railway Company" stairs from
Uysuu a suburb OF Tokyo. and extends
ess1 miles 90 Maebassh,. the center II the
silk district. Thls WAS begun In lkSs aud
completed in lisa The government guar
anteeA this eonpany tfsat ita dividends
sinai MOI fan below per gent. bsgt az 81
las uniformly pad its stocAaolders more
tlaas that rata OF sntarcr; the governmsn III
has nos been called on Ter any dencit. A
belt Ane fu the outskirts Of Tokyo con-
sssscts etks line WITH the government lines
80 Yokohama ard ne south. The same
company also owns SAe line from Tokyo
is3s-ss shoW a total railway m, testgye 81
3. $40 snIlcs. of wbssssl the government Owls
80. she Nippon company es2, Gre SAnyo
company 81 the H0kkasdo-Tank0 CON-
pany -. tlsa k3us14u company iss. afgd
sixteen Ugher private companies eaca sess
tran f08 u1aies OF the remainder. The
growth u railway building Is shown by
tia rapidly increasing totals log recent
/ years. which fsin as follows; For lisa.
1881 fSsi. i.sfs. 1886. 1885, 1888 2,iSs. 1881.
2.sss
TIE total nmrnber OF railway stations
enown 81 rnesa reports IL az. az Increase
Of - over tbe previous year. Inis g.Nes
] an average OF about one station Tor every
eight mics. The fotal uufrhEr ot lo0e-
motives sa 44a an Increase OF ~, of coach
Is, I,s4s. an increase OF III; and - frc'ght
cars 64iz an increase ~ .0a, The vArl-
/ oas trans carried mr. the year &.eai.2E'
{ ga sksn srefs. an tEcrsese 90 Ais. ~ over
the preceding year. and t,tM.i& tons OF
frNtastat an srseroa 80 % some s}A.eU tons
! me Comparatively small amount 81
fresEhtags IS easily sccouufed Tor ~
/ JafzsYsa deeply ifs3esfted coast lsno and thc
exfss,zlvs E1snpinE service. Cpastnfss
which ssa= been established nor years. i'Ae
trains Travelled a nota5 i stance ~ A-@il.lit
rnlles. which was just l.s@.sl5 miles fur
Their than faaay went the year before Al
fhssza figures vii help 20 show what
h,va alrsasfy sad Va, thar ra.irosd.Dg
in Jafs&n - IN q rapidly expansive con-
slifg,,a 4 American merchants WHO Fe4iiF
xs4ss 40 ssGi reosis ga Japan VIII 10 Ne+i fo
keen t1l9fr eyes on tfest fact. Tor = ~aii
e,,f an sa4portant figure both tn the dis
,~stt,fssn u Seoels and in b dcr18nd for
material Jap@n g. undoubtedly EpnS 90
use a large ansouut % rsiiway u@feFia4
- as kkr,stz Her prrsefst tendency ga tAis.
aa IN ssaaer teanchos 81 trade. - to buF
b-r material IN fust a. crude a foFm as
~ Misunderstanding facilities Wia ALLOW
ard fae rolling stock company rHcfHtlS
fnauwsarstsl al osaka tells what she
y,eana 60 So FgsarV8s making caFs-' TOYS
.ar.sss.s-r a. Nsas tlGustratef ~ the Views
,,s-snsfv eexp~aesssi by NfsSnunt lnoiis e.
.xs.hief of the tnspertal railway depart
xaamf. ara aow president OF Nae t"iAH&
mfss-k -auapany tn course - esiayl s-aiiief-
a. o@aka. Taese views are III saesJ@tle7
a. foltews:
r-ha total mileage 81 government nni
,,.lxafa raRwAv uncs n Japan eTsn 20
tame asxranafss about 1@a rli4es- Aeh
- s~sgac m ease ~ Japanese FAii~ az .
49, ftssz ne-lsre cHHs sfrt'ie -I6f.- 'i--
- vi ha exeertsree.i fn supplying saf-
fs~Ee-s ra.NuE - ck. rfssWs fFoiu rAis'
leg conditions. A. present. ne Faf4tY az
vafftex stock falls very far sfaf' or INC
sss~s "a s,,4ssna~ed wlth thc u.ieaEc
seesn 80 tragFe. ara couasrea vita tee
.e,s. shss rtil.aw stock hhars 90 ma eeea
=. r..v4a~s shers - a Geae Grey 90 -
t..,.,,essty-ss ~ coaches Easi ihsaS fre : et
~~. -, fanan ~ least ssW }s-oruettvers
- coaches ard 81 s0 ffeiRh ears should
-. .vssxf.sess O. sac rear fa'ure Tor ths
-s.s5sfs~at r~8esEe ~ cfslrrs gar az - 3
.s,stst.- sess.k we've aent abroad. ere nnoNey
thss 8seasa would hava - paY 90 fnat
s,rsgfst waul8 reach an enormous assre.