The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-25

repaintsd. The Chinese who ala she work
copied she old painting with the exc pitou
OF the smokestacks Upon these they pat
Two great eyes. one on each sitf the
stack. when asked why they did 80.
they replied Engine must have eye
how can waikee- Mr. kinder said he
would risk 1, and ordered the eyes taken
on
II was superstition that dessrcyed chit
na'A first railroad This road ran from
Shsnrhaf - Noasunx. over muci tse
same line that I Travelled yesterday II
was built by she English. started az a
tramw3y and then operated With srnAss
engines The roaa was cctning money.
bu; the Chinese ihereab5nta AttFibu' "A
all their nisrfariurer 10 q. and they want
"a 10 *, rid 81 u Thry hensht the tsi ;
road AZ a high piiee end then paid a
man slep 20 throw himself IN front ~ the
engines and To ktissA bg Il. Tho siai
went 20 hts family The killing cfes,nd a
sensation snd The owners II the road or
aer~d that II he removed They teak itn
rolling stock rails and machinery over
10 Fernosa and dumped them on the
shores
Some nit Oriental Raj road schemes
other big railroad schemes are those
81 the Picking syndicate. Jsrdiue~ Nathe-
son q Company. the British Chinese tar-
poration. the Aneio-t hinese Railway
Company and others The Picking syn-
dictate has an enormous ooai concession
tn shansi. II has probably the richest
rosi field % the world 10 develop, aud
there IL q second company connected with
II which claims 10 have xseau9ms capital
as an operating fund This syndicate pro.
poses 10 build about 40 miles of railway
To connect IN coal beds with the Yangtsc
system. ana Il win nerd ether tines
Jardfns- Aatheron a Company are one
~ the oldest and richest OF the eommrs-
ciai establishments OF china. The com.
rsnv has steamers, whArye- aud hie es-
Establishments at almost every port, II
. controls miiilona and II n ready for every
thing that turns 40. u built the prsl
railroad In China ana ! believe ~ Il large
iy interested IN the wcosuns line II now
has a concession Tor road fnrm ShanG
hal via lisnsehow and chsnhians 70 Nam
King. This road will be afsbat 80 miles
long and Il will have an extsnsion 10 cen-
meet II with the Hsnkow -iseksnG read Il
viii 60 through the harvest stHk district II
china snd Viii probably he rers pratt
ahie
The British chinese Corporation has a
concession fer 4 rued from reocissw wa
HanGchaw 10 ~lngpe. This weuad aisa
tap the siik regions ard give them a fais-
road outlet 10 the sea
Another company proposes q road from
shanghai ~ Tttnssin Then thst. ~ an
Angio-t ship.ae Fsstwsy rSmnnue which IL
sstd 10 have q concession fer resd frans
Canton 10 t'hengiu ~ puih~essrrh
s'hina. and another ~ connect the bar.
nssse system with r.hvnrhine on fhe
yangfee ThsH isss saiiread viii he VERY
profitable, As Il wSis probably form the
tea route tef fnutla ~ thN csep of Central
china. II - desirable 70 aet the tea very
quickly to the market. 8nd ny This fpute
tha long j0uynAs frnfH Shanghai TessfEsi
thrDuga ne Straits az Maiacca wassla m
eat m and shs lea wonid he shipped ~
Fvrs sfan Msaimatn and itanKuon. isaar-
usah On fhe nss ~ itannnt
g'hnnEsfnR Is ga snisea 80 the YsHRts9s
with steam communication "a the gaetfe
ID VIII enFar daf ~ nFsat yaslr~nd cea+
ter nea vast aaRnttftes ~ ffeAxfst viii tss
shtpped va th~ YaaEf~e Eu.i tha IEtiffaees
satireaas This ra5sr fgawa viii psse
thramen the rieh fmtsseFat province c;tYun-
ran