Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-24

IS desirable To set the tea very quickly
10 the market and by this route tho
long journey from Shanghai round
through the Straits Of Malacea would
be cut on and the tea would be shipped
direct from Maulmaln and Rangoon.
Buimah on the bay OF Bengal
Chunklng is 1900 miles up the Yangt.
Sc. with steam communication to
the Pacific. u viii some day be a great
railroad center and vast quantities OF
freight viii be shipped via the Yangtse
and the Burmese railroad. This same
road VIII pass through the rich mineral
province OF Yunnan
Still further south a French line has
been planned 10 run from Canton
through the province Of Kwangsi and
on through Yunnan into Tongkin.
CHINEsE.RUssGAN SCHEMES. =
The Russians have their fingers IN
nearly everything that is going on IN
China. They have their steamers on the
fangtse. and they own large tea fac
tories az HankOw. which is as far in.
land as PIttsburg Is distant from New
York. They ere said to own a large
amount Of stock IN the Pekin- Hankow
scheme, and they have a concession for
AN' NNiAANH Va lNNNANWl rum LAY Mf.INa a.
the capital OF Shansl. 10 Chenting-fu. Ia
Chilli This viii probably be great
coal railroad, and 10 may be- that the
Russians are planning Il In order 70
bring the ShansI coal mines into CON
nectIon with their ManchurIan rail-
roads The concession belongs To the
Russo-"hinese bank
THE RAILWAYS OF MANCHURIA
The Russians are steadily pushing
their railroad northward from Port Ar
thur. and Il VIII soon connect with the
Trans-Siberlnn road. The road Is be-
Ing well built II IL Of hve-foot
gauge. The most OF i.s rolling stock
rails and ties come from the United
states and more viii be taken IN the
future Aside from the natural dislike
the Russians have TO the English. they
find the American railroad material
equally good II not better. They can
get II In a much shorter time, and the
result is they are ordering It by ship
loads.
AMERICAN RAILROAD EXPORTS.
The prospective development prom
ises 20 open up an enormous market for
our railroad materials The American
China Development company. IN case
IL carries out rs concession viii bring
all its materials from the United states.
and this alone viii require imports 10
the amount OF S90.000000 The Tien
Tsin-S hanhalkwan road is now using
quite a lot OF American machinery. II
has Baldwin engines. and In It's works
/ saw models OF cars and trucks fur
nished by the Pennsylvania Railroad
company
The Tien Tsln- Pekln company is now
using Westinghouse air brakes and
American couplers, which cost, laid
down here, $50 per car. In the shops at
Kaiping they are using American car
wheels and American axles.
There viii be a big opening here for
American lumber. and II may be that
the Philippine islands will be the lum-
Der yard OF China in It's railroad de-
velopment. The island OF Mindanao
could furnish enough hard wood ties for
all the roads that China will build for
the next fifty years, and We have vast
timber resources ON Mindoro and other
Islands. Uncle Sam owns nearly all the
forest area Of the Philippines and II
he exploited the property he could
probably net more from the timber
hlNHH NldN tlit irldNAr idNt ''0A Ilill
At present a great deal OF lumber comes
here from Oregon and Washington, and
there VIII be a market for more in the
future.
THE GERMAN RAILROADS.
The Germans intend to open up
Shantung with German money and
German material This Is shown by the
concession which the German govern
ment recently gave TO the Shantung
Railroad company 10 construct roads
from Kiaochau bay to the coal mines.
These roads viii be about $50 miles