Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-11-30
CONCERNING STEAMBOATS,, Annoy,
SHANGHAI, AND THE CHINESE.

hdi5ud HHcc run CObgoiubiy dn0 On
the same time schedule between San
Francisco, Honolulu, Manila, Hong
kong, Annoy, Shanghai, Nagaski,
Kobe, and Yokohama. Each line
furnishes three steamers, one of
which leaves San Francisco every
week. Only every fourth boat stops
at Manila. The O. and o. boats are
the "Doric," the "Coptic," and the
"Gaeic;" those of the P. M, the
''Korea," the "Siberia," and the
"China; )" and those of the T. K K,
the "Nippon Msru," Il e "AmeIica
Maru," and the "Hongkong Maru."
The T. K. K. steamers are 40 feet
long, so feet wide. 80 = feet deep, and
have a tonnage of 5000. The "China"
is of about the same size, and the
o. and o. boats are somewhat
smaller. These boats will all roll dis
agreeably in case of heavy swell.
Persons contemplating trip to the
East by this route are advised to take
the "Siberia" or the "Korea," as they
are both much steadier than the
other boats on account of their
greater size, being $50 feet long, SO
feet wide, Al feet, 10 inches deep, and
having a tonnage of $4,000. The
"Korea" is one of the fastest boats on
the Pacific.
About a days sail northeast of
Hongkong is Annoy, city of 25O,O
inhabitants. Here the "City of
Peking," the steamer on which I
sailed from Hongkong (the "China"
being in dry dock for REPAIRS, took
on $50 tons of tea from Formosa, for
which island A moy is the port. While
the cargo was being loaded, Chinese
hucksters rowed out to the steamer
to sell Chinese coats, images of paste,
carved wood, or stone, boxes and
other trinkets of soapstone, bronze
buddhas, and toys for children.
Annoy is spoken of as being the dirtiest
city in the world.
The next stop after leaving Am oy
is at Shanghai, city of $50, 900 inhab-
itants, situated on the Whapgpoo
River about thirteen miles from it's
mouth and about $40 miles distant
from Hongkong. Shanghai is some
times called the Chicago of the East
as it is near the mouth of the Yang
tse river, the greatest commercial
thorougbfare of the empire, and thus
partially commands the trade of
1917, 10000 people. 1t is also in direct
water communication with Hancow,
sometimes termed the mart of eight
provinces. The Yang tse valley is
one of the most productive and most
densely populated sections in all
China. 1t is often the scene of a
famine. Considerable manufacturing
is done in Shanghai. There are ten
cotton mills, besides ship-yards, dry
docks, and machine shops Here,
too, the Chinese cover ment has in
operation an arsenal where war yes
sells are built and equipped. Shanghai
has large German. English, and
French settlements, each of which is
governed by it's respective consul and
is entirely outside the jurisdiction OF
Chinese officials. In these settle
ments the streets are broad, clean,
and bordered by edifices of which
any city would be proud. French
policemen patrol the French con-
cession and English territory is
policed by East Indians or English
men. More than one-half of all the
foreigners residing in China, Or about
1900, live in Shanghai. This city has
large trade in tea and silk. At
| Recreation Park is a fine half-m1,e
track with hurdles for races. At City
Park, three times a week, the
Shanghai municipal band, an organi-
cation whose members are Filipinos
under the direction of an English
leader, discourses excellent music.
Here rendezvous the cream of
Shanghai society to promenade along
the broad boulevards surrounding the
band stand or sit beneath the shade
trees, listening to the strains of such
selections as Verdi's al Trouvatore."
The old city of Shanghai is as
Chinese as is Canton. One can
scarcely enter the walled city before
he notices lepers lying half naked in
the streets. This part of Shanghai
contains several noted tea houses.
A mandarin's garden is worthy of
special attention. 1t is traversed by
numerous paths with elaborate rustic
stone settings. Here may be seen a
petrified tree and snake carved in
stone and lying in an artificial pool.
Culprits are sometimes seen sitting
in the streets and wearing boards