New-York tribune., 1906-04-14
RAILROADS FOR C0REA.
japanese Making Country Centre of Trade
in Far East.

one OF the chief factors in the opening up or
Corea 10 foreign trade is the building of a system
of railroads through the hermit nation which
The Japanese have undertaken. When these facli-
ties for the transportation OF goods and passengers
have been provided. is believed that Corea VIII
become important centre for the prosecution
OF trade in The Far East. and the little peninsula
will assume a prominent position. commercially.
which will attract the serious attention of the
world Of business.
The Seeul-Wiju Railroad was opened for traffic
on December last The japanese had construct
ed IN thirteen months 80 miles of railway. feat
IL the beginning of the war with Russia they
had eegun the work on this line and it is now
INC banks OF The river Han, Two miles from Seoul,
If re TIer n is 70 @ cT se G iIaIfs i Fa"ag RAW centre
aside as q railway reservation. and the line for
WiJu and the new road to Gensan. the principal
port on the east coast start from this point. The
Seoul-Fusan and the Seoul-Chemulpo roads join
with these for through connection. the trains of
4li tour running 10 the capital ON common tracks.
~ ls/,htelota l-ni{her - 10 run a broad-gauge road
-Antung to Feng Whang Cheng. and beyond. and TO
tracks laid from Antung to Moukden. the railway
N Northern Corea viii become a section of the
1T, The iota, cost Of The new roads TO date has
.@tgl', r9aghy estlmathg Sl5@ett. ana an addi-
Qnired 10 put the line into final shape. While at
sIuctel. there viii eventually be eighteen with
Total length Of 1850 feet The standard gauge.
ltFt si2 nchts mas been used for the Seoul-Wiiu
ana Seou-tiensan roads, for other railroads i'm
ira ara tliis iafl furnishes a striking example
oi the general Introduction Of American methods
mo materials where once footing has been OBJ
laihH'i- The American Trading C0n1panv builr rbs
hIft railroad ln C3rea in 1879. using the Amer-
.n-' r""Str american engines and American cars
.l' materials throughout and The Janspesa
bought ou' lhe original concessionaires. and to
insure uniformity built on the same lines Of the
o. ivHnn faHs used some from Germany bllf
lHnst OF liFin came from the Carnegie works i'm
tlls country The ties cam. largely from ,I,a
s.t lltea states and the spikes from the Illinois
he bridges chiefly Of wood md b,nt an
pfS; lhelr total length as "a feel tbe lonp
-, 100 iecl The construction has been
lfiltH dih frozen streams in winter ice Aoas il,
StIlls ana IH@ summer foods. The sreatas+ ~,
ta'its "FI~ encountered near Aniu where two
intIS meet Tho bridge ;erisls used arc laroei,,
sHlp; ana me Osaka Steel COMPANY of Ia nan efT-
piled small proportion ~ P' sup
1oat 20 lot mel has hitherto been imported from,
s5-it, uut D. hoped that the local mines in the
liiEIi ,ie necessary supply The mines are
eeISSiilN accessible near the Taiddng River 80
- ~ carriage for commercial use to Chinnampo
enn,t > salE ls cheap and convenient. which is
-tiPliti advantage for the progress of trade The
uiB IRON 'hemulpo Chinnampo requires b,i.
'elteen hours The up the river 10 Pinpvane
iahhe eight hours more. The rates to C-bnnamro
alEt rom u - fGr sieerage 10 s. for first class
sats The advantage of sending cargo by Hater is
apparent as the rates FROM ChemulDo To pirqtart,
nA Steamer are about 81 % ton while from Seo6I
% ~ iflhgyans by rail they are - "a ton
Ihe Seoul-tsensan line begun i'm JIJl,- of las,
year ana a feW miles have now been constrlIcted
from each terminus. The road will he i20 r,ilar
~ eilsiH; ana The construction difficulties will no
s!SeitI man those on the Seoul-Wiiu road There
cost VIII he Sl51zt'.9J9 ''''"