The Opelousas courier., 1904-08-27
THE / A CITY.
Port DaIny Had Been improved at a
Cost Of Over $20,Oo0,ooo.

Cost OF Over $2o,Ooo,ooo.
Port Dalny, the Russian seaport On
Talien-Wan Bay, on the east coast OF
the Liao-Tung Peninsula near Port
Arthur, was intended by Russia to BIO
the chief commercial emporium Of tts
eastern dominions. The edict pro
viding for its construction was issued
by the Russian Emperor July 80, 1899,
and the town, fully equipped with all
modern improvements, docks, ware
houses and railroad facilities, was
opened to commerce In December,
1901. No n was allowed to live in
it until its construction vas practical
ly completed. The spacious harbor.
free from ice in winter, has sufficient
depth for the largest vesx~G. There
were great wharves for their accom-
mediation connected with the tracks
OF the railway to Russia.
Five large piers had been construct
ed, each supplied with numerous rail.
o tracks, immense warehouses and
elevators, gas, electric lights and wa
ter, and a large breakwater was being
constructed, SO that ships could lie
at the piers and load and unload re-
CARELESS Of weather.
Docks for foreign vessels, steam and
sail, extended between the piers and
along the shore for two miles. There
were two nrst class dry docks, one
intended for ordinary ocean steamers
and the other designed to accommo-
dNte the largest vessels of war or
commerce. The branch railway
which connected Dalny with the main
line Of the Chinese Eastern Railway
at Neaigalin ahd a daily train service
to Port Arthur and to Hardin, and
weekly trans to Moscow and st. Pc
tersburg. The city of Dalny Is pic
t~uresqutly situated In an extensive
valley which slopes gently down to
the deep and well protected bay Of
Talien-Wan, and is surrounded ON
three sides by q range Of hills rising
to a height Of 800 fest. 1t is divided
into three parts-the Administration
City, the European and Commercial
City and the ChinesgCity. Dalny may
be said to have been constructed by
the Chinese Eastern Railway Com
pany under the direction of M. Witte,
until recently Russian Minister of FL
nance and now president Of the Coun-
Gil Of Ministers. Nearly $4,000 men
were employed daily ON the work Of
constructing the port and town.
The Emperor, in the decree of July,
1899. defined the conditions upon
which the port was to be opened to
foreign trade, first Of which was the
right to import and export merchan!
disc of every description free of GUS
toms duties.
The city consists of the administra-
ton portion, in which n located rail-
road shops, for making cars, ETC., re-
pair shops. shops for steamship con-
struction and repair. with various Of
fees of the port, steamships, and rail-
road; residences Of mechanics and
general employees, together with no
tells, parks, churches, schools, clubs
and places of amusement; and the
foreign residence section, Joining the
general mercantile section, but fur
Their off, toward the hills, and IN grad
ually slipping, higher ground, com
handing a view OF the bay.
About three miles from the foreign
settlement, to the southeast. is an
excellent sea beach, arranged for q
summer resort. and connected with
Dalny by a fine highway.
More than 100000 had been ex:
pended on the harbor system before
the end of 1902. and it was estimated
that the cost of completing the works
would be nearly $780, 600. 900, but this
does not in any way represent the
total cost of the erection of this
great commercial port.
Last year TIT steamships loaded
with merchandise and 1,418 Chinese
junks entered the port, and 1,171,89
pieces of merchandise and 1914 pas
sengers passed through it.
The population Of Dalny at the cen
sus In January of last year was Il,
260, of whom 3,113 were Russians, 80
Japanese and Coreans, and the res
Chinese.