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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-24
fcopvrIchtcd 1900 by Frank G Car
nUnL.Il

fCopyrlchted. 1900 by Frank G Car
pcnter)
Shanghai oct al have just re-
turned from % ride 10 Woosuug, dirty
little town on the Yangtse at Use
mouth of the Whampoa river tits ten
miles below Shanghai and the Chinese
baye now railway connecting the
two. This Is practically the only raii-
road in operation 100 the Great Yang,ss
Klang valley region containing
more than twice as many people as the
whole United states. and which sur
passes I'm It's industries any country In
Asia. The Shaughai-Woosung line is
the beginning OF line 10 soochow,
and thence to Chinkang and Hanging.
formerly part of the great railway
system which, sooner or later viii
grldlron China At present no build
ing Is going ON. but the moment peace
Is settled the great railroad era OF
China will begin.
SHANGHAI 4 GREAT RAILROAD
CENTER.
Shanghai win be the center Of future
railroad operations. II viii be the
terminus OF many trunk lines. II Is TIE
New York OF the empire. IL has all the
big banks and is the headquarters OF
the great nnanciers. Here Sheng, the
director Of the imperial railroads. mas
his offices, and here, rather than az
Pekin. will be granted the concessions
by which hundreds Of millions Of for
eign gold win be transformed into
tracks of steel There are already a
dozen representatives OF big syndicates
here awaiting developments. Among
them are Russians, Germans, Italians,
French. English ana Americans, All
are after concessions and some nave
already obtained concessions which
they want extended They hope that
the powers will force the Chinese gov
eminent 10 guarantee the security OF
foreign capital. and that railroad CON
oessiOns will be- so granted hereafter
that they can be built with foreign
money and be controlled by foreigners.
II this is done a stream Of gold VIII
flow from the money Centers OF Europe
and the United States 10 Shanghai u
VIII spread out over the empire and
viii eventually make II one OF the
most profitable railroad countries Of
the world.
WHAT CHINA'S RAILROADS ARE.
So far capital has been afraid Of
China. The concessions provide that
the work shall be done by Chinese. the
accounts audited by Chinese and the
foreigners who are furnishing the
money showed TO the background. AS
a result there has been much talk and
little work. Our people imagine there
are thousands Of miles Of railroads
here. Indeed. more than 1900 miles
have been planned and loose conces-
slons granted for as much track as
would reach from New York TO salt
Lake City. The roads already built
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-24

Watson W. Rich. a prominent Amerl-
can railroad engineer who is now in
the employ OF the Chinese government
lie is The confidential technical foreign
railroad adviser % 5heng. and has
much influence here. he built the Sauit
- Mary road. and Is thoroughly up In
railroad construction / chatted with
aim about the line from Hankow TO
Pekiu Said he;
The country through that part OF
Ohlnu Is nat and our chief difficulty
will De in bridging The waterways The
great plain Of north China is cut up
oF streams and canals. You can 90
everywhere In boats and the many
waterways VIII neCessItate bridges at
every few miles. so that all told. the
cost of railroad construction is quite as
heavy as tn The United States. 10 Is the
bridges that cost.
one OF our great troubles on the Han
kow-Pekn line VIII be the Yellow riv-
en- This has heavy floods and 90 often
changes its course We have tried TO
plan The road so that IL shall be out
side The danger line. For this reason the
route has been laid out near the foot
OF the mountain 800 miles back OF the
coast. Here the river at low water Is
about fifteen feet deep and a mile wide
AT high water II Is three miles wide
so that we shan need a hree-mlle
bridge All such bridges must be
brought from abroad. We have no
cheap wood IN China and our bridge
material must be STEEL
RAILROAD BUILDING IN CHINA
VERSUS AMERICA.
Il had the idea. Captain Rich
that railroads could be built here very
cheaply."
That II a mistake" was the reply
Wages are much lower. but the people
are unskilled. and they work slowly
Take. for instance. the bricklayers. We
pay Chinese mason and his helper
about % cents day for twelve hours
vor. and they lay 100 bricks. An
American bricklayer and helper would
receive about Si5O. but they would lay
1900 bricks. so that the difference Is not
50 great as It would seem. We can
get dirt eXcavated for about three
fourths the American price. but all
rock work is equally expensive We
also have TO pay big freight on all our
materials, so that there are many Off
sets 20 cheap labor"
HOW THE SPIRITS BLOCK THE
ROADS.
The railroad builders out here have to
tight spiritual as well as material ma
ture The roads are forced to wind this
way and that to avoid the habitations
of spirits. They must be carried about
through grayeyards and make many
detours. The spirits Of good and bad
luck, known as the Feng Shut, are
everywhere. and the Chinese think It Is
death TO disturb them Not long ago
on the Hankow road is was necessary
to bridge a river at poin twhere there
was an island Of the shape Of a fish.
The Chinese insisted that nothing be
cut from the island. as il would hurt
the flsh and bring bad luck. The result
was that piles We're ssrected and the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-24

| would not make much more than "a
double trueS between New YORK and
Washington. They embrace about 300
miles 0f WORKING lines with nm addi-
/ lion of perhaps goo miles ready for The
] rails
Take o. rough glance at the system as
| ~ now is THE most oi % is boz North
| China Take your map and put your
finger ON Ticn Tsin. You arn now ut
thg central station of the Tien Tsiu
| pakiu- ShanhaIkwan fysicm This is
tho oldest system OF ChuH and pr8C-
uyaly the only one which is doing
profitable business. ] Inspected 10 Hith
General John ~. Foster u few years
ago 10 includes the line which goes
from Teu Tsin % ShanhuikWau on the
Gulf OF Pechil at tho end OF the great
Chinese wall and thence on around the
gulf 90 KinChau II has also the line
from Tien Tsin 90 Pckin eighty miles
long. and the little branch which runs
down 10 the sea at the mouth OF The
Ppiho. making altogether about $40
miles Much OF this road has been torn
up during the war. but the track has
been relaid. and by the time this letter
o. published the cars win be- running
At Port Arthur the Russian-Chinose
railroad begins and extends n0rthWard
with a branch TO Ncwchwang into
Manchurla There Is $50 miles of IL I'm
actual operation and the work Is go
Ing rapidly on 10 win include some
thing Ike a thousand miles ln Chinese
territory before IL reaches the Siberian
line. across which It Is 10 go 10 con-
meet with the great trunk line 10 Eu-
rope
The Pekin Hankow system has from
100 90 $50 miles either built or ready for
the rails. The work Is going on at both
ends About eighty miles have been
built from the Loukou bridge just out
side Pekln 10 Paotingfu the capital OF
Chill. This section IL In operation; It
IL well patron'ged and Is paying From
Hankow the road Is being extended
northward and from forty 10 fifty miles
are ready for the rails Extensions are
being made 10 the coal and iron mines
nearby but the track altogether Will
not measure fifty miles.
In addition 10 the above are the little
road to Woosung and The German roads
back Of Klaochau bay. The Germans
have about fifty miles Of track ready
for the rails and they viii have cars
running before the end Of the year.
Altogether the total length of the Chi
nese railroads VIII not exceed 200 miles.
n an the tracks could be fitted no and
dropped upon the United States they
would not suffice % make a single line
from New York to Cleveland.
OUR BIG AMERICAN SCHEMES.
As to railroads on paper China IS fun
Of them. and among the biggest IA an
American one. This Is the scheme OF
American China Development company,
which has a concession for a road from
Canton TO Hankow. Its concession Is
signed by the emperor II was granted
through WI Ting Fang, the minister
at Washington. 10 the late Calvin Brice
and others. The syndicate has already
made a deposit Of hundred thousand
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-24

The most miserable beings On Nm,
world are those suffering from Dg.
pepsia and Liver Complaint N.r.
than seventy-tive per cent OF Ia D.. .u,s
In the United States are afflicted s,
these two diseases aud their aT.r.
such as Sour stomach. Sick Hel8ls3.
Habltual Costlveness. PalptauaD
the Heart Heartburn Waterfront
Craving and Burning Pains M IA. In
Of the stomach Yellow skin Colts5
Tongue and Disagreeahle Taste M 'be
Mouth. Coming up OF Food arsr
Eating. Low Spirits Etc Go to vYnr
Druggist and ret a bottle OF August
Flower for rs cents Two doses An
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Almanac. For sale at A. c.. Smiths
Drug Store.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-24

Shanghai Railroad Cener-Chinese Railroads IN opera
tlon-Where They Are What They Are ana How They
pay-The Tien Tsln-pcsln Line ana the shahalkwan
System-What the Russians Are Doing In Manchuria-
What the BrIce Syndicate is Dong-It WIN Spend $780,
O0O000-The Pekn Hankow Road In Which the Belgans
VIII Put s2jOoOOOO- Something About an Ango-Chlnese
Company and the Trunk Line to Burmah-Bg Schemes
OF the Russo-Chnese Bank and Jardine Matheson COM
pany-Fine opening for American Materials-The Philip
pines to be Lumber Yard Of China.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-24

long ana win unite with the trunk .u.s
from Shanghai TO Tien Tsln by vay ~
ChIn-kIang The roads are to b. -
standard gauge, and 10 is provided fr,t
an their materials. Including non ..'s
and steel bridges, are 10 como fr.,,
Germany The syndicate has "a clnr,i
OF about Sl2010o0l. lt has alrcad, .'i
thirty miles Of it's roa1bed ami fba
tracks VIII ba nut down ut once.
FRANK C.. CARPENTER
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-24

For all fresh cute or wounds either
on the human subject or on animals.
BILLIARDS SNOW LTNTMENT IS ex.
cellent while for corn-huskers sprMnel
wrists. barbed-wire cuts and sores on
working horses, Il cannot be too highly
commended Price % and 50 cents z.
c. NJ l. Drug Dept
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-24

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brightens the eyes and clears the com.
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-24

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worms thrive. It brings. and quickly. a
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]. Drug Dept.
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reason to believe It will do for you.
Constipation IS cured by Hoods Pills
25c
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Autobiography Of Capt. James s
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Special terms 10 agents.
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You're Cheating

And you're cheating your
SELF too You are trying to
make yourself believe that Your
cough doesn't amount to much.
What about that family history
Of weak lungs2 Stop cheating
and take Ayers Cherry Pcctot.I
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The first dose relieves.
Three f'zesi gc. enough f1r an orli,,..
colds @c just rlglt Tor asthma, hroneb.
huarseness whnOplug Cuual hird rafI..
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-24
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
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-22
A Reasonable Project.

The Santa Fe, Albuquerque & Pacific
railroad, under present conditions, is
one of the most reasonable railroal
schemes proposed for years in New
Mexico. 1t is to unite the two largest
cities of the territory; it is to furnish a
connecting link between two big rail-
road systems and between Denver and
Ell Paso. 1t will traverse a country rich
in precious metals, as well as other
minerals, including coal. The cattle and
sheep industry, as well as farming,
flourish along or are within reach of
the line, which should have a paying
traffic right from the start. 1t is not "A
visionary scheme, but a practical one,
for the whole length of the railroad,
when completed, will be less than 21)
miles, and it will have along it's line
more people and more traffic, consider
ing it's length, than n other railroad
in New Mexico has in the same length
of miles. That much for the present,
but if the possibilities and probabilities
of the future are considered by finan-
ciers, it is one of the best railroad prop
of such length in the west.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-22
The Solicitor GeneraIship will Not be
Abolished,

THE papers that are advocating the
abolition of the office of solicitor gerer-
al IN the ground of economy are simply
exposing themselves to ridicule. mhe
solicitor generals office is one Of great
Importance, and cannot with safety be
abolished. There is an absolute neces-
sity for some one to be in a position to
advise the governor and other territo-
rial officials. There is not a state in the
Union that does not have an official le-
gal adviser. 1t would be just as rta-
sonable to advise the president to Gls.
pense with the attorney general of tn.
United States, az he occupies precisely
the same position to the president that
u solicitor general does to our gov.
ernor. The office will not be abolished
Las Vegas Record.
The Record is on the right side of TINS
question, The move to abolish the Office
of solicitor general was inaugurated at
Albuquerque by a few politicians who
were of the opinion hat they would an
nounce themselves as great and 5!ori-
Gus reformers. The people Of the terri.
tory as a whole do not take to it. ami
only a few Democratic-Pop. sheets,
whose aim it is to continuously and
continually stir up strife in Republican
ranks, approve the suggestion. 1t was
about as senseless a suggestion rs
could well be made. OF course, the Of
flee will not be abolished.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-22

1t is not astonishing to hear that the
condition of the country around alin
is going from bad to worse. Occupa.
ton even of an American city by the
troops of seven different nations. would
certainly not be conducive to peaceful
conditions. One cannot but help SYM
pathizing with the Chinese now fer
having indignity after indignity heaped
upon them; for being robbed and ILL
treated; for being prevented from Ill ing
their fields, and having no other means
to make a livelihood than by breying
upon each other; for being without gov
eminent or law. A swift, destructive
campaign by the allies would have eeu
merciful compared with the lingering
occupation of the Chinese capital ana
the country surrounding it. If the Chi
nese had half the spirit that the Boers
possess, the foreigners would have been
driven into the sea by this time. Tt is
fortunate for Europe that the Celestials
are natural towards and poor organ
iZers.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-22
OF INTEREST TO MINERS.
Money Expended on Running a Tunnel
Considered as Expended on Lodes.

When a person or company has ur
may run a tunnel for the purpose Oh
developing a lode or lodes owned by
said person or company, the money 50
expended il said tunnel shall be takel
and considered ais expended on lode Or
lodes; and such person OF company
shall not be required to perform work
order to hold the same, says the Mining
and Scientific Press. The annual labor
of $10O on each claim may be performed
under the above section by work done
on a tunnel, cutting, or which is driven
to cut such claims. The patent expend-
iture of $500 may also be made in such
tunnel. A party may patent n lode
one the line of his tunnel for each $3.50
Of labor spent in driving the tunnel.
There is no provision of law for patent
ing a tunnel site. But it may maintain
an adverse claim for the protection Of
it's line and tunnel rights. Every tun-
mel, whether a crosscut Or run upon 2
vein, is presumed to be for the develop
ment of lode claims, and in each case
its rights are very closely defined by
law. If the proper notice has been
posted on the site, establishing the
boundary lines thereof, stakes set, etc,
and the record only made, the work
must be prosecuted with reasonable dill
igence; the land office rules that a "rea-
sonable diligence in prosecuting the
work is one of the essential conditions
of the implied contract. Negligence Or
want of due diligence will be construed
as working a forfeiture of their right Of
all discovered veins on the line of the
tunnel" A tunnel may, like any other
kind Of claim, be abandoned, but neg
lect to work does not effect an abandon
ment; such neglect only operates to de-
prive it of tunnel rights along it's lines.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-22
HIS OWN SUCCESSOR.
Governor 0tero Should Certainly be Reap
pointed,

pointed.
(Red River Prospector.)
There is some talk in the territorial
papers about who should succeed Gov.
M. A. Otero, but the Prospector cannot
see why we need a change. There are
without doubt a number of men in the
territory who could fill the position wi Il
honor to themselves and a credit to
New Mexico. But Mr.. Otero has made
an excellent governor, and a great mis-
take might be made in making a change
at the present time. New Mexico is not
to-day in position to experiment. We
have prospered under this administra-
ton as never before, and it is due to a
great extent to the wise policy of Gov.
M. A. Otero. Under his administration
the laws of the territory have been bet
ter enforced than ever before, and the
eastern capitalists now feel that Their
property will be protected if they in.
vest in any of New Mexico's enter
prises.
Believing it will be to the interest Of
the territory at large that Gov. M. A.
Otero be reappointed, the Prospec+nr.
with malice toward none, will wock
with that end in view.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-22

Proposals for Water and Sewer System.-
Affairs, Washington. d. c. Dec. Z, I9JO.--
Sealed Proposals ndorsed Proposals for
Water and Sewer System, Jicarilla Agency,
New Mexico and addressed to the Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs, Washington. d. G.,
will be received at this Office until 3 o'clock d.
IN. OF. Thursday, Jan. 10, 1901, for furnishing
and delivering the necessary materials and
labor required in the construction and com.
pletion, at the Jicarilla Agency, New Mexico,
of a water and sewer system, in strict accord.
ance with the plans, specifications and in
structions to bidders which may be examined
in this Office, at the y. $. Indian Warehouse,
235 johnson Street. Chicago, ILL.,, the Build
ers' & Traders + xchange, "Omaha, Nebraska,
the Builders & Traders Exchange" Milwau-
kee, Wisconsin, the Northwestern Manufac-
facturers' Association st Paul, Minnesota,
the Offices of the New Mexican" Santa Fe,
New Mexico, tho Republican," of Denver,
Colorado, the "Journal,' Of Kansas City, Mis-
souri,, the "Globe- Democrat" Of st Louis,
Mo and the Times Herald, of Chicago, Ill,
and at the J~icarilla Agency, New Mexico. It
is desired that Indian labor be employed to
the fullest extent Iossible. In the construction
of the work, and reference will be given the
bid which specifies the greatest amount Of
Indian labor to be employed--unless it can be
done for less money without Indian labor.
Bids with and without Indian labor are de-
sired. For additional information apply to
this Office, or to N. s. Walpole, U. s. Indian
Agent, Dulce, New Mexico. W. A. Jones,
Commissioner
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-22

were not included In the laws. 1t seems
reasonable to infer that such laws will
be included in that class of special leg
islation which is repugnant to the con-
stitution. This is a very serious ques-
ton; but a more serious condition is
beginning to prevail, which, l fear, can
not be controlled by legislation. During
my recent visit south l was invited TO
visit Il sugar plantation where nearly
500 men were engaged, and ] was in :
formed that no negroes We're employai
at all, their places being filled by ltal
ians. An effort is also being made 10
substitute Italian for negro labor Oh
steam vessels engaged on the river am
the gulf. This can only result In deeptr
degradation of all kinds of labor in the
south. 1t is one of these peculiar rules
which will only work n way. Any
effort to substitute black for white la :
Dor in the north is sternly and usually
successfully resisted; but the converse
of this is going on in the south, and not
a newspaper that'I have seen has ia
ken the slightest notice of it. The negro
may we'll ask if after being deprived OF
his plain constitutional rights he is also
to be deprived of the right to live, for
driving them from what has always
seemed to be his natural employment
means exactly that. What is to become
of these sadly oppressed people God
only knows. But we may reasonably as
sumo that if this cruel scheme is driven
much farther it will bring grave trou-
BILE on the country, and it will not be
confined to the south. Large masses OF
idle men are always a menace to the
peace Of the country, as we have seen
under the operations of the infamous
Wilson tariff law, thank God now dead
and buried. l believe that the very men
who are now forcing the patient indus
trious negro from labor which we have
come to recognize as his w will live
to curse the day they adopted such an
inhuman system. Very respectfully,
A. L. MORRISON, SIR.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-12-22

The atrocious massacres of Christians
in Armenia by Mohammedan fanatics
would set the world afiame if the ma.
tons had not troubles of their own at
this time which makes them lenient to-
wards Turkey. The allies are doing a
little massacreing on their own account
in China. The British are trying recon
policies upon non-warfarinS
Beers, and the United States dare not
deal too gently with the robber bands in
the Philippines. Religious prosecutions
are the order of the day in Russia, ard
religious intolerance manifests itself in
more than n spot in other Christian
countries. This should not be, but con-
ditions appeal more forcibly to nations
than theory or principle. Massacres
such as occurred in Armenia lately
should cause another crusade against
the Mohammedans, but this is not the
age of chivalry nor the age of fighting
for anything else than commercial gain
and ADVANTAGES.