New-York tribune., 1899-07-22
RAILROADS IN CHINA.
Argr AMERICAN LINE AN IMPORTANT
LINK IN THE SYSTEM.
,-,rsr OF rHE UNITED STATES IN ORIENTAL
COMMERCE INCREASING AS TO BOTH
AND AND WATER ROUTES.

s>-rrREsT OF THE UNITED STATES IN otNlh> RA~
COMMERCE. INCREASING AS TO BOTH
LAND AND WATER ROUTES.
,,.or July q (SpeciaD.-The proposed
"~5aar railway line In China will. II existing
-A.rnsnts are carried out and the line con-
ssc.sd prove an important link in a system con-
- ali of China with all OF the outside world
Nn,rav lines now existing under construction or
hAN...,ss form a great circle sweeping from Paris
p'"s. germany Russia and Siberia TO the Pacific,
So southwardy through China, skrting the
Ia Coast thence eastwardly through Burmah
fs India 10 the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea,
ga o." nusnng thence for passageway through Persia
,ceomplete the grano circle OF al the oon''eh' oi
r-,,ope and Asia
pacenty published statements by the Treasury
,,-.au Of Statistics show that the Canton-Hankow
a.. which the American syndicate has agreed to
s,r,,ct and which agreement 1t Is now asking
- Chinese Government TO confirm stretches
N.Aorard from Canton 10 Hankow the principal
...-,or city Of China some six hundred miles, and
-. = Belgian syndicate has a concession for con-
,c.,on of a road from Hankow north to connect
.sn the existing line reaching Peking' the
,,,al OF China; also that the American syndicate
hss an option for the right TO construct TINS
rI.nkow- Peking line providing the Belgian synoi-
- shall omit TO take advantage OF its concession
- psklng a road will connect with the Russian
s,ns-ian line. which is now under construction to
Iort Arthur thus making the proposed American
w. an important link in great system whlch VIII
s,rs,ch from ST. Petersburg. by way OF siberia ana
por, Arthur. through China to Canton on the coast
:, China. Immediately opposite the philippine ISL
oss only six hundred miles away.
r-er, canton westward through Southern CHINA
,,-.ish interests have projected railway lines 10
,,e southwestern extremity Of China, wnere they
,,u connect with the present railway system Vi
pnrr,ah and in turn with that of India WheIe
.s,-v thousand miles of railway are now IN opera
he p-Aef
-,tprav lines at Karachi 10 the point IN Persia
coward which Russian engineers are now pushiis
surveys for railway lines Is out IsW .arnsts
SnssEa gap easily hlled whenever British interests
M IL sdvantageous 10 encourage direct railway
Intercourse between India ana the rallNaS Syertca1
o. Il,wsy line in China is 10 form an important INK
in What promises TO be IN the ~ shores
future grand railway system skirthg 5hS S-1nSinS
of me continent of Europe and ASA ana ST.
he orient into direct railway commuincaIUiii
ali Europe by both a northerly ana sou'He'''
This great inter-continental belt line will touch Nsi
the Pacific az Canton the entrepot OF s!te ~
Sensey popu.ated part of China at oistahSg e; ot
commercial centres Of Europe measuIlIs, go uy c"rn
of the trans-Siberian road, now approac ~ to
Lles s1d 70 San Francisco 6,3Sl miles and 10
NeT-York by way Of a Nicaraguan canal an an an
Tan connection. or The less expensive method I oI
TRANSPORTATION Dy water. the lHteIes u
TnsfeTia-iv with the developments Of the year and
prospective developments under dlscussioH anu
interest in the commerce Of China is increased
ma erallv by the recent developments IN regard 10
--rsrorfa ton and privileges OF foreigners A recent
r,ubUeation of the Treasury Bureau OF Stalisllcs
SHOWS that over three thousand miles OF rallmaS
ave now projected in China. over three thousahu
miles Of telegraph in operation and that by recent
action OF the Chinese Government the %ats.wagI .I
~ china its most important means or uteIhaI
arc AT the present have been opened 70 foreigh
commerce and foreign vessels. recent eulct an
,,0lnces that foreign vessels may navigate the
streams OF all provinces OF China In whlch ueaIy 9,
rorts are loc4ted and treaty ports are now Ols-
f~,huted practically over the entire empire, TINS
means that foreign vessels may navigate the
streams Of substantially all parts OF that, greaI
country and carry with them the citizens OF olher
countries and their products. ., .,
estimated fully zen thousand miles IN length. ana
this combined with the proposed railway systems
when completed. VIII offer 10 other parts or the
world commercial opportunities Of great impor-
tance whether reached oy rail from the CONNER
Cial centres Europe or by water from our Paclnc
Atlantic seaboarcs.