The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-18

by electricity, and the houses are all
large and made after uniform style.
There is an administration building,
with scores of offices; Greek church,
which will accommodate more than 1000,
and a big hotel, which Is one of the best
of the far east This hotel is now man
aged by the South Manchurian railway
and it is comfortable throughout The
rooms are heated by great Russian
stoves built into the walls, and double
windows aid to keep out the cold. The
meals are served in French style, but
the walters are pretty Japanese girls clad
In kimonos and long white aprons Jap
anese boys take the place of our cham
bermaids and the service is good. The
native manager has spent II years in the
United States and he speaks English well.
The New Dalny.
Indeed, Dalny is becoming a new city
under the rule of the Mikado. The Rus
slams spent something like s2O0O0.00O in
dredging the harbor in erecting huge
granite docks and in putting up magnifi-
cent buildings for their offices and homes.
When the war closed a large part of the
city had been burned. The roofs were
off many of the houses. The Chinese had
carried away the doors and windows and
had even tried to steal the Russian
stoves. IN the residence section the most
of these damages have since been re-
paired and new town is rising between
that place and the harbor. There are
Is brickyards nowsmaklng building mate
rails and hundreds of Manchurian ma
sons and carpenters are working away.
Dalny lies right on the harbor, running
up slope which is backed by hills 800
feet high. 1t goes around the sea, its
streets being laid out along the lines of
two or three spider webs. In this 1t is
somewhat like Washington or parts of
Paris, the centers of the webs forming
circles. The circles are usually on high
ground and the streets run out from them
with cross streets cutting each other at
all sorts OF angles.
On these circles the best of the new
buildings are being located. Central cir
Gle has the new building of the Yokohama
Specie bank, the Civil Administration
building and other fine structures. The
British consulate has rented some land
on this circle, and our American consul
has also secured a lease which, under
Uncle Sans new policy of owning his
consulates in the far east may form
the site of an American building. The
matter has been submitted to the state
department but has not yet been acted
upon. No better location could be Sc
lected 1t was the Nicholas circle of
the Russians, and they considered it one
of the best sites of their city.
This circle is in what is known as the
New Town. The magnificent residence
section which 1 ahve already described
lies farther inland, over great rail-
road cutting which Is now crossed by n
fine stone bridge. reminding one some
what of the new S1,O00000 Connecticut
avenue bridge across Rock creek In Wash
ington, although it is by no means so
large The New Town was originally COM
posed of poor buildings, constructed by
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by substantial houses and stores, all built
upon the Russian plan.
A Free Port.
The Japanese officials tell me that the
churia. They have followed the Rus
sian example in that the own is free
port, and they expect to have it q great
business city. They have one of the finest
habors on the western Pacific. 1t is free
from ice the year round and ships draw
ing 30 feet can enter at low >tide They
can land at the immense docks and piers
and unload their freight directly into the
cars. Talienwan bay, upon which the
harbor is situated, comprises many square
miles. and the deep water area is big
enough to handle the shipping of all
China. The harbor has granite wharves
with vertical faces of-28 feet deph at low
water. These wharves are more than
half-mile In length, and there are others,
almost mile long, accommodating ships
up to drafts of % feet. The narrowest of