New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-02

| rIiances for land and river transpoI la,''' hat
! iaco orders IN this country with river uoao
! builders for designs and machinery TOT S,rI a
and side wheelers" as used on the '''' W
other shallow navigable inland Wate,S ~ ~,
The Ieaou 1Shara Murca). "hlch IT, COW
! Mongolia after an easterly course or ap'u' ~
hundred miles turns south. and. paSS.IS ~ al
a few miles OF Moukden. enteTs the Eu t &C. the
Tung at New Chwang. The lat'er ''''
seaport Of the Manchurian caP'"L
Mo1-KDEN. THE CAPITAL
Moukden itself s picturesquely situated. with
snurs ~ high mountain ranges I'm the o',N
round toward the north. and an open country
81 great fertility which sweeps away ''"a
the Gulf ON the south It stands on the
to,l, NJ tbo sbing a tributary OF the Leaou. ~
is A walled city with eight gates. WIN ol,,n
and hell towers and a complete delrIlSl'r or
nent Of fighting paraphernana oi "
dcrod Chinese city Of the hrSt fahN ,.h an
The streets are broad and laid our VIII .t,,io
eve 10 regularity not often seen I ,,sr-
cities The shops Of native an. et,,ie arti-
chandso are we'll supplied with inc s lap.eT tbe
Giles Of food. clothing and domesuC u he
mass Of the people also NaIut"e 900.
rarest furs Jade and other highly prHeu s'"n,
and gems silks and fabrics OF '"'' '''
manship for the higher classes ,os ann
Under Russian dominion. with ra,iIoau 'a,' ,d
nunIcation with seacoast at Newt u""ns TO-.
The siberian overland line 70 Europe nv ~
80, Tho ehonos Of the Shan-a-Liu I'ons nv,
Nfountains) may IN time I'm importance, ~
Tion- Tsin tust across the cur OF fe-CH'-i H. '''
sixty miles UP the Peiho loo,
no,nt ~ the great highways OF the country eN-
tending from Picking. through MouN V,I,.so
Korwln with a branch to Corea' IRON ~ '.'1
the foreign settlement II w-Chwang lhIVrs"
Nfoukden TO the northwest. and thence 10 ISL
Tsi-Kar ard the Amur regions ,..f
TRANSFORMATION highway from the capl'u
continues from Yingtse down the peninsula ID
pnrt Arthur the proposed great Russian naval
station I'm Northeastern Asia, and Ia-leh- w zen;
the POSSIBLE site Of the proposed comneI'i"'
port
RAILROADS TO OPEN THE COUNTRY.
The construction Of railroad, projected, II
not under construction, from Moukden TO New
Chp-ang. Will bring the Russian Manchurlan me
tropOus IN touch with the commercla "ollu-
The Nev-Chwang and Picking railroad over
the franchise for which Russia and England
came so near clashng: the Belgian road from
Peking 70 Hankow. and the American roau
former Brice project % Canton. total dis
lance about the same as from NeW-l orK 10
Denver will bring those commercially strategic
cities within $50 hours from the extreme points
To imagine that Moukden IS not one or the
fairly habitable parts Of the earth Is grave
mistake.
The city lies only one degree north OF New
York The climatic extremes range from q" de-
grees above 10 10 degrees below zero The vege-
table products are cotton. wheat, barley and
other staples. the same as IN similar lattudes
I'm the United States Timber Is abundant
Tieers panthers. bears, hares sable etc, are
numerous IN the mountains. Birds IN 8reat
variety exist The rivers are filed with salmon
The commercial ADVANTAGES Of Ta-icn-Wien
are I'm some respects superior 10 those or New
Chvarg but as accessibility 20 the markets
from the latter established port is better the
chances are that the new town VIII not make