Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-09

connected large mining interests In coal
and iron,
MIR Ferguson Is a Massachusetts
man, who went to China shortly after
his graduation at the Boston university
70 be president OF the Marking uniyer-
sity. He acted as such for 10 years
and then took the presidency of the
Nan Yang college at Shanghai when
was founded by Sheng Kung-pao.
While there he so aided the Chinese IN
important negotiations with the foreign
powers that they persuaded MIN TO
give up his educational work and enter
the service OF The government. For the
past two years he has been connected
with the commission for the revision
OF treaties between China ana foreign
countries and he Is now pare OF the
Imperial railway administration. lie
has come TO this country on behhf
of that administration, and has, / am
told, been very successful In his mis-
Bion. He knows all about the modern
movements in China, ana perhaps
more than any other American about
the new projects for railways there ana
the prospective railway development
OF the empire.
In response to my question, Mr. Fer
giison said,
THE Chinese government has for
some time realized it's need Of railroads,
but IL has not been able TO raise SUI
flcient capital TO construct them IRON
among It's own people. II has mad 10
borrow, and I'm order TO do so has been
Obliged TO issue government bonds and
10 mortgage the railways projected 10
the syndlcates constructing them. This
has required time, and the country Is
far behind In It's railway development
Some small lines have been construct
ed, and such lines are prohtably man
aged. One lire runs from Shanghai "a
Wusung, and others connect coal mines
with the waterways. These have been
built with Chinese capital, but the
great trunk lines are yet To be made
ana they will be constructed on bor-
rowed capital raised by Issuing gov
eminent bonds
NORTH CHINESE RAILROADS.
But there are already number OF
reads In northern China, Mr. Fersu'
SON." said /,
Eyes, there is n line running from
Tientsin TO the Kaiping coal mines and
TO Scandinavian, at the end OF the
great wall, and also one from Tientsin
20 Pekin. The first road TO be opened
those mines with Tientsin and the
mouth OF the Peho river, That line has
been In operation for nearly ten years
and II has now been pushed on north
ward so that Il connects with the Chi
ne e.Eastern railroad, which comes
down through Manchuria from the
Trans-Siberian road 10 Port Arthur
This same road goes via Tientsin &c
Pekin. so that one can travel directly
from st. Petersburg 10 Pekin by rail
1t gives Pekin railroad connection with
every part OF Europe
Another important railroad IN north
China" Mr.. Ferguson continued, II:
the line from Pekin to Ilankow Thl,
great trunk line is being built by q
Belgian syndicate, IL was extended
from Pelkin 10 pao Thg-fu before the
Boxer outbreak ana H. has since beer
built as FAR south as the yellow river
The Belgians have been also workinl
on the construction from IIankoN
northward. More than half of thai
part of the line IL completed. and II Is
expected that II viii reach the yellow
river by the end OF the present year
Then there VIII be direct line from
Hankow 10 Pekin broken only by III,
Yellow river This will have 20 b,
brldged. and plans for the bridge have
been prepared. although the actua
work Of bridge construction has MOI
yet been commenced. The Yellow rive
has often been called 'China's Sorrow.
II IS noted for It's shifting sands and
It's changing course and Il viii he diff
foult to properly bridge H. 10 will b,
done, however, ana we can then sen,
cars from lIankow to any part o
Europe"