Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-24
DEsERnT EVENING NEWS. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER "a, 1900

| While they were working "a Hood came,
| and an excavation had 90 boz made In
| the island 10 save the bridge. Here
| upon the people made a great cutlery
| and the engineers were forced 20 bring
dirt from the mainland and hll up the
| hole
IN another case there was a ridge
near village. The natural course of
the railroad was across the ridge, but
The villagers said that the track must
20 around H. as IN the ridge lived the
Feng shut on spirit which brought
good or bad luck % them, They said
they would permit the railroad TO pass
through their rice fields but that Il
must not touch the ridge. The super.
stitlon was so strong that the road was
carried a little out Of us way to avoid
the ridge
EYES OF LOCOMOTIVES.
when the Kalplng railroad was FIRST
built Mr. G.. w Kinder the famous
railroad engineer, ordered some locomo-
tives ropainted The Chinese who did
the work copied the old painting with
the exception of the smnkestaCks. Upon
these they put two great eyes. one on
each side the stack When asked why
they asa SD, they replled Engine must
have eye. No have eye. no can see No
can see. how can walkee?" Mr.. Kin
der said be- would risk H. and ordered
the eyes taken OF.
n was superstition that destroyed
Chlnas FIRST railroad This road rem
from shanghai 20 Woosuug over much
the same line that ] travelled yesterday.
It was built by the English started as
a tramway and then operated with
sman engines.
The road was coming money. but the
Chinese thereabouts attributed all their
misfortunes to 1t. and they wanted to
get rid Of H. They bought the railroad
at a high price and then paid a man
500 TO throw himself IN front OF the
engines and be killed by it. The 500
went to his family The killing created
sensation and the owners Of the road
ordered that II be removed. They took
IT'S rolling stock. rails and machinery
over to F0rmosa and dumped them on
the shores.
SOME BIG RAILROAD SCHEMES.
Other big railroad schemes are those
Of the Pekln syndicate Jardine- Mathe-
son Company the British Chinese cor
poration. the Auglo-Chlnese Railway
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dicate has an enormous coal concession
In Shansi. II has probably the richest
coal field OF the world to develop, and
there is second company connected
with It which claims to have $50 100000
capital as an operating fund This
syndicate proposes 10 build about 250
miles OF railway TO connect its coal
beds with the Y0ngtse system, and II
will need other lines
Jardlne- MathesGn q Company Is one
OF the oldest and richest OF the com
merclal establishments Of China. II has
steamers, wharves and big establish
ments at almost every port. 1t con.
trolls millions and Il Is ready for every
thing that turns up. II built the frs.
railroad IN China and | believe Il is
largely interested In the Woosung line
II now has concession for a road from
Shanghai via HangchoW and Chinkang
to Marking This road will be about
$50 miles Ions and it will have an ex-
tension 10 connect 1t with the Hankow-
Pekin road. Il will 60 drought the
largest silk district Of China and win
probably be very profitable
The British Chinese corporation has
concession for a road from SoUchow via
iianRchOw 20 Ningpo. This would also
tap the silk regions and give them a
railroad outlet 20 the sea
Another company proposes road
from Shanghai TO Tien Tsin. Then there
is an Anglo-Chinese railway company
which Is said 10 have a concession for
a road from Canton to Chengtu, in
southwestern China. and another 90
connect the Burmese system with
Chungking, on the Yangtse. This last
railroad win be very profitable, as II
will probably form the tea route for
much Of the crop OF central China. II