Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-08

with only "A nights ride or so by water
The distance from Seoul TO Fussn is
about three hundred miles. Ii is esti-
mated that fine road win eost 25 600 900
ven or Sl2. 500. 600 IN gold. This is more
than $4,000 a mile. and Il is doubted
whether the trafIie OF the road viii nav
an interest ON the cost Of construction
The road would be of great value TO the
japanese in case of war ana il win form
the chief highway of Japanese trade
ia Corea
Fusan has n large Japanese settle.
ment. and ts foreign residents. mos, of
whom are Japanese. now number about
G 00O The Corean town of Fusan is
apart from the foreign settlement IL is
surrounded bv walls within which lice
about AZ 900 people The mort has a
trade apnroximatine 81 GOO 600 yaar
Seoul. Inc capltal nj the other end of
the line has a ponuIetion of about zoo +.
900 and n is The center Of an things
Coreon
MN 1ApANrer por,c,,r m,t,o
iiiH o1'. ~ ~, ~ I,0Is pOSHii ~, IN"
N'ND VIZ Hnri'i~ AVS
The Japanese are very anxious to
control the RAILWAYS of Corea. They al
ready own the road which the Amer
ulpo over the mountains TO Seoul That
concession was first granted to james
n. Morse of New YORK. one of the best
known Americans I'm the far east. and
lts building was begun bv the American
firm of Messrs, Colbrau and Bostwick
The road is % miles long. IL Is of the
standard gauge. ana its construction
offered no great engineering difficulties
The price agreed upon was SljoOOoo in
noon ,rbIrb Eos tn ,nst SIoo ann No.
sre Collbran and Roetv.icls cnn,,,iofn1
largo mart or IN, rood ,rho,. nrdo,aI
ali man r,atnr,oIe srn,, tho IF,,i,oJ
90 tas tnai,,,i,n" ,,,,hDr en-. WV 49,
inoton anS 0rago, w.. ta.1 r,. ',,n
ta,.,oIa on ,hn ,Srn,,,,a ''t, ~, ~, LA
n,t tho n,,oi w.
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'''e ,''S ''.l,iiea W. 'V,S u.,o'' my
,,,i iU" VlJ'"t'"s Wy ll"pr. ~ ne
t'''"'e ~ :" n"N, van GU"
"l'V' pu, we cns ''',S aIe lIVtie E"ru en,
s.'.S 'ns'eau 9 n, We vall'elLacta VSeu
WI ou' looi!a Ipe '"Pan'Se luSlSteu on
49,, .,i'5,. eusl"'si "i'u l.ey "rc .1no'IHS
count. ~
| am told that the Coreans patrop.
we tne cars Ihey are the la@ieSl NOR
tals on we face Oh me sioDe' ana the
i,cner among lhem thlhk II beneath !
tnelr dignity TO walk noble usu-
ally mas TWO servants WIN MN curing
every pedestrlah ulp, uhe servant /
walks along on eacn side ana holds him
UP by passing one mana under his arm
PIT
a FRENCH RAILROAD CONCES- !
sion
Ah9ther Cofeah ROAD WhiGh promises |
wen Is nelhE surveyed by brenenmen |
ms WIN unite Seoul win the north |
western boundary or the country end /
ing al the town OF Ngchu french !
capitalists are interested III II, ana II |
Is 10 De pullt by french engineers WIN !
french material II WIZ iorm the !
northern extension OF lht ruad from |
Seoul 10 fuSah' ana from ltS terminus |
q Dranch VIII propaply pc bullt through |
Manchuria TO connect win me great
Russian line Inc Corean government |
wants the road bulit ana y is expected
mat u VIII give ABOUT s0VVVV per an
mum TO II,
THE BIGGEST ELECTRIC PLANT
IN ASIA.
.,.., ,..u..... .,..,.'.
L seems odd that me largest electric
plant In ASIA should be found IN The
hermit land of Corea, but TINS Is me
case Messrs, CollDran ana BostWlek
have the MANAGEMENT OF u ana they
are operating IL successfully IL m
cludes electric lights Tor Seoul, when,
as 1 nave sa,u mas oOV,VvV '~'p,V' a',I
It also includes an electric railroad,
embracing the principal streets oil tnat
city, and running long distance out
side, The street railroad IS an over
head trolley and us ralls ana tolling