New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-18

capital OF S12.SJ0000 of which So 213O00 has
been paid in. The main lire is TO be built and
put in operation within five years and the
tension line within three years. When the roads
are completed the great coal fields in the north
OF Shan-Tung will be united in a practical way
with the important districts of Tsing-Tan and
Isi-Nan-Fu
The company has agreed to pay a tax from
the profits of the enterprise in proportion as
the annual dividends shall exceed per cent.
The German Government reserves the right to
buy the road a fair price al the expiration
OF sixty years.
WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.
Preliminary work has been begun in Germany
well as in China. The delivery of the super
structure materials for the entire railway, the
contracts for the delivery and setting up Of
bridges, as well as for the requisite transporta-
ton OF locomotives. passenger. freight and coal
cars. have been made. and the amount of ma
terials already contracted for approximates
eighty-five thousand in weight and in
value about S4760O00. Contracts for the ship
ment Of the materials to Tsing-Tan have been
made with German steamship companies. The
first shipment was made in December. amount
ing TO forty-two hundred tons for extension
OF fifteen and one-half miles. The Chinese Gov
eminent has conceded the free import Of all
railway materials and rolling stock.
The vigorous beginning OF the work warrants
the expectation that st will be finished within
the time fixed, when railway connection between
the German ports and the important coal dis
tricts OF Wei-Hsien and Po-Shan will be estab-
nshed. and the Yankee, well as the German
drummer can enter China through this open
door, and speed on his way in comfortable
railway car.
EnI9
Germany has keen eye for business in every
direction. and Oriental Commercial Museum
has lately been opened in Berlin for the double
purpose of establishing a permanent exposition
Of samples the plan of the Philadelphia
Commercial Museums and Of acting a sort OF
chamber Of commerce in promoting and facili-
tating trade between Germany and the Orient.
The sample warehouse shows to the German
public the agricultural and industrial produc-
tiors of Eastern countries, and a library and
reading room supplied With literature and news
papers from the Orient are at the disposal OF
merchants, manufacturers and all others inter
ested. A bureau of information is also attached
10 give information about business firms and
the peculiar conditions OF various lines Of trade
with the Orient. This bureau is constantly to
watch the markets Of the various Eastern coun-
tries and collate and study the confidential re-
ports received from its numerous staff OF mer-
chants and paid special correspondents in those
countries. 1t publishes a paper called Oriental
Correspondence which transmits the latest and
most important news from the bureaus cor
respondents Another publication. issued
periodically called The Orient" has for its OBJ
Jeet 10 foster trade and bring about closer re-
lations with Oriental peoples and governments
Great expectations are cherished to the
benefits which will accrue 10 the export trade
from the museum. The Sultan Of Turkey has
shown mis- sympathy with the enterprise by
ordering the Imperial Ottoman factories 10
send q full line Of samples of their products 10
similar action. and the Governments of Greece
RCmania and servia will follow his example.