The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-09


the mining Of coal ana IRON anu O'"1'
business opportunities.
In the great territory south or the
Yangtzo. American and British lines are
the only ones for which concessions nave
vet been granted. except in the extreme
south adjacent to the French Urltory OF
Tonkin where several Comparatively
short concessions have been granted 70
lines under French control. cut,
American railway concessions IN emma
ore I'D 10 the present time confined 10
einre but very important line which Is
to connect Canton. tho great commefclai
ccnter Of southern China, with hahho",
The great interior city and commercial
,orter already. described. This line, winch
90 about COO miles I'm length, pas-e
through rich and important"grlcuituI Al
section. having a population equai 10 tn'l
Of the United states, ana az us 0'"'o'
taus an important iron ana coai area
rrre direction of the proposed line Is al
,,,.. cro north and south and while II
practically touches the seaboard al US
southern terminus where it reaches the
vanqtzo al the north Is several hundred
miles Interior thus bringing 10 the great
mort Of Canton the products of the Up
per Yanetze valley which section Is qui'e
similar 90 Chat of the Upper Mississippi
SIN our own country. At Hankow the pro-
posed American line viii connect the pro
posed Belgian line, which VIII bring II
into direct communication with rex H.
the capital of the Empire thus placing
I'm direct communication tho capital OF
the Empire at the north the great COM
mcrcial center. HankOw. in the INTERIOR
and the great producing center IN the
Westcrn Interior with the great seaport
at the south Canton.
This concession was granted 10 Ameri-
can capitalists in April, 1898. under an
agreement executed after due lmpcrai
sanction hy the present Chinese minis
ter at Washington. and corps of en-
c.neers and officials is now In China. IN
der the charge of Mr.. w. b. Parsons.
~ New York. engas~r in an elaborate
survey Of the route. which 70 Us expected
will DE completed within a f2w weeks.
The Railway Age recently gave the
names Of tho Americans most prominent
lv connected with this enterprise as
Hugh j. Grant Samuel Thomas and
Thurlow Weed Parnes. Of New York;
George J. Bippers. Of Indiana. ana the
CarBesie Steel Company, OF Pennsylva-
MIA.
Tho sum 10 he advanced by this COM
panv IS named as $50 10000 for the Can
ton-Hankow road and S2j,coO.OoO for the
Hankow-Pekin road. should that contract
be also given them. as recent reports in
dictate may be the case. American enter
prise iu railway building seems TO be well
recognized by the Chinese who I'm July
1898. selected Captain Watson w Rider
Of the nifc1 states as chief engineer
OF the Chinese Imperial railway system,
and during the year ordered several To-
comotves from American workshops ana
q quantity of rails through am American
contractor
r.fr 1rf fT..s Of
the proposed American line is a British
lne @ connect tho province Of Szchuan
in tho west Of China with Canton and
Hong Kong. Szchuan Is the largest. the
most popu'ouS. and perhaps the most
productive of the provinces of China. be
ing am elevated table-land lying ar the
head Of NAVIGATION ON the Nangtze. and
whose varied productions and enterprise
ing population give it character quite
similar 20 that Of the region Of the Upper
Missi sissip0i i'm the United States
Another important British lire propos-
od differs from any of those already de-
s-rihed I'm the fact that II is an effort
10 connect China and her railways evs-
TENS with the railway systems Of British
India.
While this project Of tapping southern.
western and central China by "A con-
nection with the Burmah and Indian rail-
wa! '59',''9 amy e"eo many
SERIOUS oO9'"'ies because OF the charac-
yer Oh 'ns territory through which the
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'''l'l'.e government. me recent con-
ct'alchs propose To permit the constitute
unn or lines nE capital ana organizations
composed OF residents of other countries.
The FUNDS Tor This purpose are in most
cases 10 he secured 10y MORTGAGE upon