The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-23

ness, on annual contract. Each head
of a family, or of business house
contracts for medical attendance at so
much year, and the amount collected
is just the same, whether every men,
Der of the family dies OF plague or IL
no member has a single sick day.
Heads of business houses explain to
me that it is a matter of policy with
them to have their clerical force feel
that medical advice and attendance are
free; the warfare against tropical dis
eases must be so constant that any
symptoms, no matter how slight, should
receive early attention.
In the same way the young doctors
who serve these firms come out here
under term contracts, each signing an
agreement not to practice within TWEEN
ty miles of the firms headquarters on
the expiration of the contract period.
This prevents the young man with an
acquaintance from starting into private
practice on his own hook. Young dem
lists come out here, often from Ameri-
ca, to serve the same way and SINH
larly many families have annual dem
tai contracts. American dentists in all
this region are reaping handsome fnan-
cial returns, for this is a profession in
which Americans are regarded as es-
pecially well equipped This contract
system, in vogue among the Europeans,
smacks of China. There the physi-
clan is literally paid to keep a man
well, rather than for extraordinary
services in time of illness.
Projected improvements.
Rails are already laying in Hong
Kong for an electric tramway system
along the water front for several miles
in each direction from the center Of
the city The Peak has for some years
been connected with the lowlanders by
a cable road, the same In general de-
sign as that which ascends Mt. Tom,
near Holyoke, Mass. The beautiful
residences are at it's upper terminus. II
one could picture the mansions of Bar
Harbor lifted up to the top of Green
Mountain, and its entire area finished
in lawns and gardens. with asphalt
walks on heavy masonry foundations,
one would get fairly good idea of the
settlement on the Peak at Hong Kong,
except that ] fancy its 1900 feet of
elevation above sea level is considera-
bly, more than that of Green Mountain
on Mt. Desert Island. The view of
the ocean. its coves and rocks and is
lands, is much the same In the two
cases, except that here shipping throngs
the harbor.
Another improvement under discus
sion is a bridge, or a tunnel, across the
harbor to Kowloon, and the new terri
tory back of IT. The future growth
of this port must, 1t is predicted, be on
the tolerably level ground at Kowloon,
and hence the necessity of better COM
munication than the present ferry af-
fOrds.
The harbor measures only three-quar-
ters of a mile between these points, and
is like a river in appearance. An oc-
casional typhoon rocks 1t 50 badly that
special emergency coves have been pro-
vided, one known as Typhoon Bay,
and the other as Junk Bay, whose uses
are explained by their names. If the
harbor were TO be bridged there would
be no more passing through as now.
Ships would come IN at either approach
and go out by the same one, an incon-
venience which the h9rbormaster thinks
of slight moment bit which 10 an out
slider would seem rather Serious