Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-22

eighty miles from the Dalny-Harbin rail-
road. a line OF railway connecting the two
would be valuable. There is already an
enormous trade, but the goods go In carts
and the freight trade is something like sic
a ton.
The Chinese proposed to build that road
and had their civil engineers go over the
line, and by their report it would cost
$4,000, 900 to build. They were ready to begin
work when the japanese blocked the con-
structlon by means OF their objection to
the Fakuman road. saying they would re-
lease that objection II they were given .
half interest in the road to Kirin. The
Japanese sent their engineers over the road
and from them got a report that It would
cost 100000 TO build 1t. This was more
than double the estimate of the Chinese
engineers, and as 1t was a part of the
agreement that most of the money was to
be borrowed from Japan, II it had gone
through the Japanese would have secured
a loan of over $4,000 900 and would have
had the most of the money above the
cost of construction as per the Chinese
estimate The figures of the Chinese en-
gineers had. however, been forwarded to
Picking, and the officials there insisted on
the estimate being cut down until they
Appropriated 81. 100000. 1t has been do
cided to build the road on these estimates.
and the japanese Will have a share in the
control until the money is paid. In the
meantime the Fakuman road will be built
.
American Goods in
The time has come when the United
States should push it's trade in M~anchuria.
The people are just beginning to know
foreign goods and buy them, and from
now on there will be a great increase in
the native consumption, All sorts Of farm
ing implements will be needed for the
development of this great agricultural en-
pire, and our plows should be In great de-
mand. The Germans are already selling
cheap limitations of American tools around
Hardin. They get $25 for a pillow which
could be easily landed on the ground and
sold at a profit at SO or $l2.
AS the wheat lands are developed reap
ers will be needed, and for the large gov
eminent farms threshers and steam en-
gines. A British firm recently sold four
large Howard steam plows, shipping them
north from Newchwang; the board Of
agriculture at Mukden has on its expert
mental farm American reapers, harrows.
harvesters and plows.
A large part Of the flour milling ma
chinery already in use is Of American
make, and the rolling stock OF most OF
the WI is American. When the
south Mauchurian railroad was recon-
structed the Japcnese gave ms one order
which amounted to about 10000 tons. 1t
was for steel rails and bridging material.
At the same time over 1000 OF our. freight
cars. 200 locomotives and something like
200 other cars were imported.
The new Pullmans, which are now be-
ing used on the southern end of the
Transsiberian railroad are by far the
finest sleeping cars Of all Asia, and there
will be a demand for similar material on
the new roads which will soon be con-
structed. one Of these will be the line
to Kirln, and another, the rebuilding OF
the military road which now goes from
Mukden to the Yalu river and connects
with the Korean system at Antung.
The latter road will undoubtedly pay
well, but it will necessitate a bridge
across the Yalu, which will probably be
made OF American materials. The pres
ent road is a narrow gauge less than a
yard wide, which carries little cars eight
feet in length. There are no passenger
accommodations whatever, and the
freight rates prohibit any large traffic.
When this new road has been constructed,
the greater part Of the travel over the
Transsiberian to Japan viii pass over II,
and one will be able 10 go from Paris TO
Toxic by rail, with the exception OF one
night on the ferry from Fusan TO Mogi.