The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-01-04
early days Of the Californian gold dis
coVerieS.
Markings Connections.


king is fast approaching the Yellow
river, AND the carS will be running to
that stream by the first of the year.
It's northern section will be built by
German engineers, and the Germans
are supplying the money. Their part
Of that road is three hundred and six
ty miles long. It goes from Tientsin
to the southern boundary of S~hantung,
the province which they claim as their
sphere of influence. The southern
section Of two hundred and forty miles
will extend from ~Shauntung to the lit
tie town of Pukou, opposite Marking,
on the other side of the Yangtse. 1t
viii be built by the British, who claim
the Yangtse valley as the chief field
for their Investments.
This railway will be coo miles long,
and every bit of it through a richly
populated territory. It's ordinary pas
senger traffic will be further added to
by thousands Of pilgrims, who will use
it to visit the grave of C~OnfuciuS. near
which it runs. The oad passes through
the ~reat states of Chill, Shantung.
Anhwei and Kiangsu. 1t will be the
Trans-Siberian road, and Will form the
Greet line to Picking. 1t is hoped that
Shangha's Big Railroads.
Another important railway CENTER.
which will boom under the new condi-
tions, is this city of Shanghai. It is
an Stuy 1T Tails VI oIllld, anu IL pc
eins to take on the aspects of a Euro
pean city. It has big business blocks,
mighty factories and magnificent resi-
dences. Along the line of railroad
construction, it is moving more rap
idly tina any other city in hin 1t
has recently been connected with
HangchoW, n of the weaIthiest cities
of eastern China, and q railroad is
building from there to the SeacOaSt at
NingDo. Another line is projected to
~Chinkiang, and the trains are now
running over the trunk road which
passes through Suchow and ChinkianE
to Marking. Other projections are
planned north and south.
[ came over the MISUNDERSTANDING
road this week. 1t is under the con-
troll Of the viceroy, and it is 175 miles
lOr~ and cost about S 10000 900. The
fares are low, ranging from SIS to Sc,
and the fast trains go from one place
to the other in about eve hours. In
the past the trip had to be made by
boa on the Yangtse, and the time was
two days. Riding over this railroad
is like going through Holland. The
country is cut Up by canals and is even
more thickly settled than Holland, bus
you al visit almost every mans house
in a boat. The water is held back by
dykes here and there. It has MANY
villages Of gray mud huts, thatChed o.
tiled, FREQUENT walled towns, and the
OlS Ndiltd ClIicS III oUCilOWE NIIlIlht1l1S
and Marking. Suchow has more than
a half million people, Chinkiang has
almost as many and Marking is bigger.
That country is q beehive Of industry.
and the road is we'll p~atronized.
Of late much trouble has occurred.
The Observation-Disclosures railway has
been having difficulty with the peo-
pie along it's line. Several Chinese
have been run over and killed, and in
each case the villagers have toned
the train. Last week thirty-five win
doWs in one Of the passenger trains
were broken, and the week before
nineteen. The yiceroy has warned the
people that this must be stopped. and
that stopped it viii be, if the heads
Of the stonethrowers be cut off to do
SO. The trains are guarded by So
diers n all dangerous characters are
arrested On sight. The express trains
have dining cars, with excellent meals
and low prices. [ give you some items
from a bill Of fare [ had on my las
trip over the line: breakfast, 80
cents; luncheon SO cents; hot or cola
Joint, II cents; sandwiches, 2 cents.
and hot toast, 1 cent. A cup of coffee
costs 6 cents and tea 2 cents"
New Railways on the YaugLsc.
A number of new railways are build
ing along the 4angtse river. In an
other letter l have written of the
trunk line from to anton
4OA "1ilSIl II1C 1Cdi1S OuCc mao Il
concession. That is being built south
yard from the city Of Wuchang. which
lies opposite Nankow on the other side
of the Yangtse. Another road is to be
built from Hankow along the rive
west to Ichang, and theme on tn
Chengtu. This is the fame :. Sz-chuen
road. In the Dan of 2T.g30.00O of
which our American capitalists are
a share. 1t will be event.
ually extended to the extreme western
DorOerS OF China, and then. as & mill
tary line, to Lassa Tibet. At present
II IS onlv IN a state of projection. A
road is to be built from Pukou. on the
westward to Hsinyang. on
Tue f1ankoW-Peking railroad. connect
ing the Shanghai system with tn great
Peklng-Hankow trunk line. AMI an
other as | have said, is ba:c- 5,tlt
north to Tieu-tsin.
About half way up the n+5s
rom to Wuchans. IS the
Wdl1od CltV of gin, kia or a o-oa+ ,cp+r~