The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-10
DILNY AND ITs PORT.
The Hnrhor WIN tie Thirty Feet De~p-Be-
Ginning Work on the IMPROVEMENT.

The HnTbor VIII TIE Thirty Feet Deep-Be-
ginning Work on the Improvement.
Russia has already begun to construct the port
81 Taen.wan. a little east of the entrance to the
Gull Of Pechili. which Is To be her great CONNER.
cial crn,re in Chinese w,'rrs Over 5000 900
has been Appropriated Tor the preliminary ex-
p-ns-a The h.rbor will 6rs, be prepared for
commerce. and then the city Of D-lny Oar Dis
tamil will be erected on the shore The work Of
draining the land Is now in progress II is eN
p~cted that two yrars will be required 10 complete
The hnro"t improvements ard lay gu, the streets
are erected. and not unu hen will any lnnd ue
I'D |, il ALREADY widely known .hs' the pon
and viii no. he naval Ss,i:n '>''
The Rs'lI"nd Company Of E,~ China will have
line 20 P"rt Arthur ami Drl Ing. and II is making
rapd pIner.sS h, branch from the main road
and II is rSr-c'ed that the city will have large
and rnpid grIw,h. Just as soon as 1t is connected
The reason why this enterprise is of world. wide
in'crrs, is bee, all the world may share in i's
scn.ns FoI"iSn meISnnns sr hnd s"mmrG Sa
merchants and o'hrI business men Of Russia.
L,orri,n residents will have The hnl,o, and viii be
tn srme ioo'inE ~ Russian subjects l'"h
foreigners and Russians may buy land outright
warehouses business and residence lots will be
sid ., auction TO ,hr highrs, bidder
o. 1allen wan IL a vice indcrthtion on the SCUM
Gull Of pechili Three prominent fays lead
further inland from ~ shores Of this large in =
dentn'ion, The, most western Of these, bavs
and city s"e 10 he, built yicIo-is Bay is about
six miles long and one to two miles wide and is
surrounded by land on thee sides II Is oren
only to the east ere II looks the waters
e N. South Ie ds =. city snS S ss
that the city will face 10 the north is regarded
tho Only objection rl lie tR,ure in its sitLn ion.
. Considerable areas have tcen reserved for parks
toward the southeast while in the southwest a
ln-r- area has been reserved for the inevitable
! q irese city.
In front Of the city which will stand on and
e'ge two je'ies will he built wo miles and al
arart and between them will he the port The
! harhor vii! require considerable dredging, as II
Is intended 10 maintain a depth Of thirty feet
of the same depth Along the shore vessels Of
The depth is not 50 gr-a :, Toward The eas, side
Of the harbor will he wharves and large ware
e-nl merchandise. TIE railroads trains will stoI
In front Of the wharvcs so that travellers ray
pass directly from the steamer 70 the train The
steamers will tie IN alongside the wharvcS wher
the depth will he thirty feet.
The ietty on the west side 81 the farhor will
extend from promontory which advances SOM
distarce into the bav Here dry docks are 10
he constructed ard wharf for vessels laden with
eralle space will he resolved between this whar
and the west Pat ~ tho ci'v for coal and lumho
yn-ds which will he CONNECTED directly with
The -ail-oad bv hranch lines
The cfforts that will he eSerted To wake th
new por' the main shinrinr noirt for all o. moth
cost CHINA indicate that Shanphai which ha
hiihrr,o been the commercial distributing roir
for thiS part o the Eri-. Is likely To lose consid
enable psrt NJ It's SNinv iDr tra 1a