The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-16

China who guarantees that the
party will be under full military and
civil protection. and will not be inter-
fered with by any persons or spirits OF
earth or air. When this party Of en-
gineers returns to the United States we
shall have an account of the Chinese
interior which will be highly valuable
from the geographical, sociological and
general economic standpoint.
THE ROUTE OF THE RAILWAY.
The offices of the railroad company
will be in Han Kow, in the province of
Hupeh The city is situated in the
heart of the Yangtse Kiang valley in
China, and consists of three municipal
tiles. Han Kow in Chinese means the
mouth of commerce" From Han Kow
the railway will proceed southwark,
along the banks of the YanStse Kiang
river Passing on its way through the
provinces of Human, kwangSl, and
KWangtung, the railroad will follow the
natural bed of the river as far as pos
sible, and when it branches away from
the river it will not cross any noun
tains. 1t will follow the valleys, and
will pass through the following cities:
Woochang, Yohchau, Changsha, Hang
shan, Hangchan, Yungchau, Tau
Kweilin, Pingloh, Wuchau, Shaking,
Canton. AT Canton the railway will
divide One branch will proceed south
ward to the Portuguese possessions at
Macao, the other main branch going
southeastward to Hongkong. 1t will
come down the shore of the bay TO a
point about opposite the island upon
which Hongkong is situated. Wher
trains reach this point they viii be
loaded on ferry boats and hoated over
to the city.
RESOURCES OF THE DISTRICT.
Thus will direct and rapid means of |
communication be started with the in
terror of China. Really very little is
known about the country through |
which the railroad will pass. II is said |
and perhaps with some truth, that |
there are people in the center of the |
empire, who do not know the meaning
of the word civilization as we under
stand it. There are said to be millions
of persons living exactly as their an
cestors lived before the Christian era.
Yet these people are intelligent, indus
triouS, apt, frugal, and have to blame
only their isolation for their failure to
keep pace with the world at large.
Many of them would rise above race
if given a chance to develop.
They live in one of the most fertile dis
tricts on the globe, in a country which
grows tea, rice, and other crops, pro-
duces jade, petroleum, gold, coal, and
has many other natural resources. 1t
Is lQlS WOuUGIlQl COuuIly the
will go. AS must be expected,
short side lines will branch out in all
directions, so as thoroughly to tap the
various districts, and connect them
with this main artery of commerce.
A glance at the map of China viii
show that this first inroad of American
capital must be the beginning of the
great strategical system of commune
cation which will place every part of
the empire within a comparatively few
hours of the coast, as far as time is
While this road will ex-
tend northward from Hongkong to
Han Kow in the province Of Hupu, it
will be a question only of time when
The system will be continued eastward
TO Hang KoW in the province of Cheh-
1iang on the coast. The latter city lies
near the foot of the Grand canal, which
waterway extends in a northeasterly ;
direction to Tfentsin, very near to Pc {
Kin, the capital of the empire. 1t
seems also to be a question only of ! {
line, when other roads must reach out
westward towards Burmah Thibet and
Anam, and so form a means of direct
with India. Such a sys-
EN- would rival in Importance the
great Trans Siberian railroad, which
low is being pushed rapidly through ]
3uscsia to Siberia. One naturally would
lot be more important than the other.
They would compare in prestige, COM
)aratively speaking, with our own
Northern and Southern Pacific systems
At any rate the first steps in what /
night be called the reclamation of
China have been taken. Doubtless this
abroad with its civiliZing propensities
will destroy many of the traditional t
labits ofli and character which char c
lcterize the people of the interior, but I
n the balance with this must be placed
he immense gain in commerce by the
world in general And it should be
)orne in mind that it is American cap q
tai which has taken the initial step in c
his great development. i
THEODORE WATERS. l
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