The sun., 1900-07-19
The Road From Taku to pektn.

The name Taku signifies great mouth" n u
borne by the little fishing hamlet at the mouth OF the
Pei River the tho u Is the port Of Ten Tsn and
IL twenty ive miles BY rail from that city. Formerly
sea from ShsnGha Al went directly up the river
Tier. Tsin. but the mud banks now piled up at tho
mouth Of the river prevent and vssses OF con
siderable draught could not 20 up the river anyhow
because sediment has made Il shallow. The village
Of Tsku. In the possession Of the allies merely
consists Of hut' occupied By fishermen. railroad
station and a telegraph once.
The region between Taku and Tien-rAn IA q low
plain without tree. scarcely a clump Of bushes and
very few habitations The few houses along the
nver are thr homes Of fishermen and their families
The railroad between TAku and Ten.Tsin twenty.
nve miles long. has double track for traiic IN time
f peace IA quite large. The railroad between Tisn
T-n and Pekin Ia Just eighty miles long. and there
are eight stations between the two cities which,
named In order are Siaotse. yangtsun, Lola. IarR.
fang. Anting Husnetsun. Fengtal. and Machiatu
the northern terminus Of the railroad four miles from
Of the southern rates Of tho Chinese city whieh
10 the south part Of Pckin
The Boxers began TO destroy this railroad at the
station Of iAngfang abou, thirty miles from Pekin
They carried on their work OF destruction In both
directions and are said to have made very thorough
Job Of H. THERE'S no longer any railroad and It
must be counted out NJ tran sportation for
q cam paign against PeNin There remain two routes
for an advancing army 70 follow.
One OF these routes Is the Psl-ho The river, how.
ever. Ia very shallow and be naviglted only by
vessels Of small draft The Anglo French forces
that went IN Pekin In 1890 did not take he river
route. and II Is not likely that troops would depend
upon the river at the present time The Pc, no. how.
ever. will probably be made very useful in the trans
portaton of supplies The Journey IL made by pol.
ing up stream and making US. ~ sails as muoh -
possible, II usually requires seven days.
The second route " the wagon road to the west NJ
the river which was followed ny The Anglo Prensh
army This force had 10 repair the road as u went
along. and It was In good condition when
the army left the country Nothing apparently has
been done 10 keep Il In good order sine. that time
forty years ago and Il Is now In e1.crahe con-
In winter wagons dnt to the hubs In the mud
II passes for thr last hueen miles through thu
superb hunting park ~ the Chinese empsrors lust
south Of Pekin and separated from It bvs pwampy
plain This isthe great park Of Nanhait,r and Euro
peans and Other foreigners have alvayS bsen i-Al.
ously excluded from It. Because IN. ,icvernnen,
would not permit the railroad 70 be built through the
park II was necessary TO make long detoIr IN hs
west a fortified wall, forty miles IN length sur.
rounds the park, witch contains about eighty square
miles
The Chinese people however sre by no means ex.
ciudsd from the park for thr wagon road from Tsn-
Tsin runs through H. and there numerous villages
cultivated tracts and military station. in the woods
Though the distance Is less than eighty miles war.
take from four TO nve days Traverse thi, roAa
, between Ti-n Tsin and Pek,n.