Evening star., 1901-07-27
Information Sent to the State De-
partment
THE PROPOSED RAILWAY IN COREA
Ship Canal From St. Petersburg
to the White Sea.
IA KU- FOO BILE

posed Seoui-Fusan railway, which Is now
being surveyed. He states the estimates
of the cost of the construction of the road
is put at 25,00OOU0 yen 12.5o0.0o0). The
length of the road will be 2S7 miles. and
the trains will cover the distance at the
rate OF 28.7 miles per hour. While 1t Is
very clear just how the road will be made
to pay, says Mr.. Allen. it will be certainly
of great Importance in opening up the rich
southern portion of Corea. and 1t will make
Japanese influence in the peninsula very
strong. Seventy-five pound rails are to be
used. and 1t is expected that American
timber will be employed. In conclusion,
he says that it seems to be favorable op-
portunity for the introduction of other rail-
way supplies from the United States.
According to United States Consul
Hughes at Coburg. Germany, an exhibit
OF fruits and vegetables is to be sheld this
fall at the geological gardens at Moscow.
Foreign exhibitors are asked to send seeds.
plants, etc. The consul thinks that this is
a good chance for American growers, as
well for garden tool makers and other
manufacturers TO display their goods.
Proposed Russian Ship Canal.
The State Department has learned
through Consul Kehl. at Stettin, Germany.
that operations nave begun on the pro-
posed ship canal between St. Petersburg
and the White sea. The naval port, Cron-
stadt the entrance to st. Petersburg), is
to be connected with the new naval har
bor Sorotskaja. on the White sea, by q
canal of sufficient breadth and depth to ;d
NIT the passage of Russias largest cr,iis
ers. The extreme depth will be thirty-cEe
feet while the water surface will have a
breadth of 200 feet. The length of the
canal will be 963 kilometers (about Coz
miles,. In conclusion the consul says:
with the merchant marine of Russia, her
contemplated canals, her finished Trans
Siberian railroad, and her total independ-
ence Of any foreign steamer cable tele-
graph or rail, from the Baltic sea to the
North Pacific ocean, one has a view OF
possibilities equally as great in peace as in
war"
A report received at the State Depart
ment from Consul Heenan, at Odessa.
: Russia. gives the new rates imposed by
Russia on rosin. bicycles, ETC., imported
from the United States. The duty on colo
phony, or white rosin. galipot and pitch
for brewers, has been increased 20 per
cent. and on Xelocipedes 30 per cent Colo
phony, galip5t and pitch pay 30.S cents
per 36. 112 pounds and velocipedes pay 27
reubles G$13.9O).
American Factory I'm Japan.
Consul Lyon, at Hiogo, has sent the
State Department an interesting account
Of an American box factory in Kyoto,
Japan. The capital Of this undertaking Is
two-fifths American and three-ffths Japa-
nese, while the business is carried on en-
tirely on American principles. For exam
pie, the check system is adopted In dealing
with the workmens time. and every man
must have his check stamped on passing In
or out of the works, the stamping being
done by a clock which automatically regis
ters the minute the check was placed in
the slot.
The works are conducted on American
lines. and the wOrkmen are evidently sun-
der much more strict discipline than is
usual In Japanese Offlces-some of them
having had several years training In q
similar establishment in Rochester, N. Y.
The establishment of such undertaking
is regarded as an indication of the tenden-
cy to set up foreign manufacturing enter
prises in Japan, a tendency that would be
much more rapid were 1t not that the land
laws deny landholding rights to foreigners.
OIL Of Roses In Bulgaria.
According to Consul Hughes at Coburg.
in a report to the State Department. last
years product Of oil Of roses in Bulgaria
amounted to over 10000 ounces or $3.50
pounds. The pure Bulgarian oil of roses
Is perfectly transparent and of light yell
low color with the perfect odor of the
Damascus rose. The only competing oils
are those Of Miltitz. in Saxony. Germany,
and of Chinchilla, in southern Spain The
Saxon oil is of a yellow-gray color. the
Spanish variety is quite brown, with a
strong sherry-like odor.
Although the competition of electric
power is quite active" says Consul Free
man, at Copenhagen, there is a consider
able use of gas as motive power in the
cities of Denmark" Most Of the gas en-
gines in use are manufactured in that
country although there is some importa-
tion Of German and American machines.
He says the use of gasoline is forbidden
by police regulations in Denmark.
Consul Dudley at Vancouver reports to
the State Department that the Dominion
government has established in that city
an assay Office similar in organization to
that at Seattle. Wash. Special concessions
are to be made to persons bringing their
gold there.
Another Taku-ChefOo Cable.
According to Consul Fowler, at Chefoo
China, second cable has been laid be-
tween Chefoo and Taku, connecting Pekin
with the outside world. This action was
taken on account Of the cable between
these ports having been seriously inter-
rupted. the cause Of which the consul does
not state. He says that he believes the
Germans have also had their lines from
Shanghai and Tsintau duplicated. There
are now three telegraph Offices at Chefo0-
the joint cables, the German and the Chi
nese Gland lines).
Consul Rairden, at Batavia, reports to
the State Department under date OF May
80, that the Royal Packet Company OF
Batavia proposes to open a steamship line
between Java and the west coast of Amer
lea, calling at Chinese and Japanese ports.
He says that negotiations between the
company and the Netherlands colonial
office, In relation to subsidies for this line.
are now in progress. Should the line be
opened Consul Rairden says that San
Francisco will be the American port of
call, touching probably at the Hawaiian
Islands on the outward and return pas
sages.
Market for Farming Implements.
Consul Thomas II. Norton. at Harput,
Turkey. believes that there is a great
field for the sale Of all kinds of agricul-
tural implements and machinery, -four and
silk mill machinery, clocks stoves. furni-
ture, papers, shoes. etc, In his consular
district. An organization known as the
American agency for eastern Turkey has
been formed, with native manager, Ave-
tbs c. Adjemian, who was employed for q
year at the Kansas agricultural expert
ment station, and who has travelled
throughout the farming regions OF the
United States, as manager. The purpose
OF this organization is the introduction OF
American agricultural machinery and
American methods In the fertile Harput
plain. the population Of which is today
denser than that OF England. To serve as
an object lesson. model farm cultivated