The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-10-09
A CITY MADE TO ORDER
DEVELOPMENT or DALNY, The
RUSSIAN SEAPORT.

and -Four Years Ago Was . Chinese
Village.
Cities are IKE men IN one respect at
least. Some are born great. some
achieve greatness. aud some have
greatness thrust upon them. Daluy be-
longs in the last-named class. The
Russian Government Is thrusting
greatness upon II. II is the most inter-
esting city Of the period as an example
Of a commercial centre made to order.
1t is located about twenty miles from
Port Arthur. and is within the territory
Of 500 square miles leased by the Chin
csc government to Russia on March o.
1898, for q term Of twenty-five years.
This lease includes all harbors between
Port Arthur and a part Of Talienwan
being reserved for the sole use Of Rus
sian and Chinese men-o.-war. Russia
has the privilege under this lease of eX-
tending its Trans-Siberian Railroad
through Manchuria to Port Arthur and
Talienwan.
-Four years ago the site Of Dalny
was occupied by several small Chinese
villages, with a population reckoned
by the hundreds only. Today it has a
population Of $4,000. OF this total
nearly $4,000 are Chinese. The city has
been built by Chinese labor under the
supervision of the Russian governor
and his assistants. The total area Of
no So 80 rssI,t gh
acres are shortly to be added by a new
purchase from the Chinese natives. It
is divided into three parasitic Admin
istration city, the European and Com
mercial city and the Chinese city. The
administration quarter is the only one
at present that has any permanent
buildings.
Among the principal buildings are
112 handsome brick and stone resi-
dences, the administration building. the
port Office, the seagoing service Office,
the railway Office, the Greek church
and school buildings, the railway COM
pany's hospital (for 1876 patients), the
post telegraph and telephone offices,
the Service club and concert hall, the
Yacht club Hotel Dalny, the Russo
Chinese bank, police Office and Jail, the
electric plant, machine shops, and the
principal stores and shops. The city
is supplied with water and electric
lights throughout, and has an adequate
police force and fire brigade, which
extend also to the Commercial city.
The European and Commercial quar-
ter borders on the harbor, and has an
area of 100 acres. Most of its build
ings are only temporary The most
central part of the Commercial city
is Nicholas place, from which ten ave-
nues branch Around this circle
! (Which is 700 feet in diameter) it is in
tended that the public buildings, banks,
! hotels and Office buildings shall be
erected. Nicholas place is connected
with the piers and shipping quarter by
Moscow avenue, which is to be the
main business thOroughfaTe of the city.
The residential section is to be on the
elevated ground of the European city.
The Chinese quarter is separated
| from the Administration and European
cities by the town park and nurseries.
Dalnys climate is healthy and dry.
In winter the lowest temperature is 8
degrees Fahrenheit below zero. Ice
breakers have been provided to keep
the channel and harbor open during
the winter, Lots within the limits of
the township of Dalny, with the eX-
Ception of the Administration quarter
and sites reserved for public grounds
and buildings, are to be sold or leased
at public auction, according to rules
approved by the Russian minister of
finance. Both Russian subjects and
foreigners have the privilege of buy
ing or leasing lots.
The destiny of Dalny is to be the
Russian New York on the Pacif1c-the
great port of entry and export. The
smaller dry-dock was completed in the
summer of 1902, and has since been in
constant use. This dry-dock is $50 feet
long, so feet wide and Is feet deep, and
with it's electric pumps, can be emptied
in less than two hours.
In connection with the dry dock are
the harbor repair shops, with a foun-
dry, smithy, machine and fitting shop,
boiler shop, etc. These shops, which
are electrically driven and lighted, are
fully equipped for repair jobs.
Work on the large dry dock is being
rapidly pushed forward. 1t will be GSO
feet long, 8S feet wide and % feet in
depth and will cost about 1927, 900. A
large pier for ocean steamers is al
most completed and part of it is being
used. This pier is 1925 feet long and