Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-28
DR. YAMEI KIN
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Especial correspondence
-slENTS1N, 1909. The awakening

H Especial Correspondence9
vi I1NTStN, 1o09.-rhe awakening
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Tientsin. lhe Yellow Giant has
ris almond eyes open. Yea he has
sprung from his bed and is fast draw
ms on the clothes of our civilization.
The ruts and filth OF the old city are
disappearing and lnacada1nized roads,
electric trplleys and iron bridges are
taking their places. The old wall, 40
feet high and 20 feet wide, gray with
age, has been torn down, and O broad
avenue, as smooth as the drive in Rock
Creek Park in Washington, now runs
around the great city. There is a car
Z line upon 1t. and its motoripen have
driven the passenger wlleelbarrow
coolies quite out of business.
The tearing down of that wall was
one OF the rude blows which made
Tientsin rouse up and take notice. It
was done by the foreign troops at the
time OF the Boxer rebellion. and that
Notwithstanding the protests and pray
: ers of the natives. The Chinese became
greatly excited and said that destroying
the walls would ruin their city. "A
town without walls said they, '.is like
a woman without a kootsu-that is.
without pantaloons. 1t Is disgraceful
and it cannot succeed"
Nevertheless, the powers took the
z pants off of Tientsin, and since then the
old municipal lady has been trptting
along at Geographic speed. The ma
cadamized road on the site OF the walls
has been copied all over the place, and
4 there are clean streets everywhere. The
at ~ ta H5yva
and q great new town has sprung up
with factories and foundries and mod
ern schools of every description. The
Chinese nabohs have built magnificent.
residences. some of which are of two
or three stories, and they now ride
aboutSin their carriages, with coachmen
and foot,nen in livery.
THE BRIDGES OF TILE PEI-HO.
Tientsin lies on the Pei-ho at about
30 miles from the sea. In a straight
line the distance is not more than half
that. but the river winds in and out
like the coils of u snake all the way. 1t
is winding in the city itself and canals
are now to be cut to shorten its course.
When was last in Iientsin the rail-
road station was outside of the walls on
the north side of the river, far away
from the town, and L. Hung Chang had
Nainly attempted To have q bridge built
which should carry passengers and
freight right into T'ientsin. He had
erected stone piers and was ready to
lay down the glrders when the unions
of hoatmen and cartmen objected on
the ground that Il bridge would ruin
their business. The result was Ii had
to submit, and the station was left far
out in the country. THE city has grown
UP to it and there are big business
houses on every side. There is also an
iron drawbridge which crosses the river
right in front of the depot and a half
dozen other bridges at different places.
Riding along the Pei-ho yesterday,
observed a new bridge with wooden
fence at each end. and asked our consul
general why the way was shut off. He
replied that the bridge had just been
completed. hut the people most bene.i
fitted by it on the opposite side of the
river had refused to pay their share for
matchmaking tho road leading to 4,
and the authorities were keeping the
bridge shut to bring them to time