Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-01

I they tried to keep out this opening
wedge The story goes they paid a
cool!e 500 to allow himself to be run
over by tho cars and killed. AT any
rate. the man threw himself in front OF
the cars and was taken out mangled
and dead Upon this. q mob tore up
the road and the officials decided II
should b. abolished.
The railway from Shanhaikwan to
TIentsin, Oh rather that part of 1t from
the Kaiping coal mines to Tlentsin, was
constructed about 10 years later. being
started as a trs.nway, with cars hauled
by horses. and finally changed to
steam railroad. This scheme was backed
by Ii Hung Chang and WI Ting Fans
and Its original capital was S2oO.OcO Inc
English engineer in charge was w. =.
Kinder. who until now has had the con-
troll of the great coal mines at kaiping
and practically OF the Pekln-Snan-
hailew.ln- Nukden railway system.
When MIR. Kinder changed his horse
road to steam ne was afraid to order
an engine from abroad. for fear that
the anti progressive officials would OBJ
ject so he made up locomotive out
OF scrap iron and used 1t. THIS locomo-
tive Is still kept in the shops at Kali
ping. 1t is labeled Rocket of China,
and IL should have place In any ma
tional museum which the empire may
build Later on locomotives were or
dercd from the United States and after
some yc1rs one was built at Kaip.ng.
When the latter was being painted the
Chinese wor6mcn decorated the smoke
stack with two big eyes, Upon MT.
Kinder asxinS why they did SO tho
men replied:
Engine must have eye. No have
eye no can see. No can see. how can
walkec2"
Nevertheless. Mr.. Kinder blotted the
eyes off the engine.
HOW THE BOATMEN'S UNION
HELD UP LII HUNG CHANG.
This first line originally came from
Kaipins to the Pei river. being used
for carrying coal down to the Taku at
the mouth of that stream, whore ii was
aftcrward extended to Tientsin, and
by the orders of Ii Hung Chang flnc
bridge of stone and steel was con-
structed to bring the tracks across the
river into the city. This was just about
completed when the trade unions of
junk and boat men objected and raised
such fuss that Ii gave out an order
that the bridge should be destroyed. He
gave up the project of bringing the
road into the city and located his depot
on the opposite side of the river. That
same depot still stands. landed there
during my recent stay at Tientsin, but
was able to cross on a bridge which
had been made over the Peiho. This
old Kaiping- -Tientsin road is now a
part of the imperial railways of north
China. 1t has been extended to Pck1n
and forms one section of the trunk line
to Europe. The road was built with
capital borrowed from Great Britain,
0 t1a, ,risr sNrr 30 oh
$12, 900, COO Tho construction was man
aged by the Chinese government and
the entire cost was only a little over
SO. 900, 900, or about $2S, 900 a milo. It's ,
net profits have already been 5000. 900.
or about $4,000 gold per mile. and that
within a space of 10 years. Tho road
has an immense freight traffic, and It
handles about half the trade OF Tien- !
tS1n.
GOOD PASSENGER ACCOAIMODA-
TIONS.
have recently travelled over the most |
Of this railway, and, as far as the Chi |
nese end of 1T is concerned, can rec /
1t. The first-class cars are |
They are divided into COM
partmentS, opening upon an aisle. The |
seats run almost across the car. and |
,ne can lio down, IL II Is not too crowd
I'd. In the middle of each coach as a
lrawing room, with tables and chairs,
ind with sofas at the ends. The cars
Ire well lighted; in the winter they are
heated by steam, supplied by a boiler
n freight car attached to the rear of |
he train. The water for the boiler Is
pumped in by hand.
During my journey to the Chinese
'apltal. l was much interested in the |
They comprised many high
lass officials and other Chinese gentle
men, all OF whom were dressed In bro
AIDED silk gowns, big black cloth boots
Ind skull caps Of satin On the latter
we're blue buttons In mourning for the
Emperor. There We're Chinese ladies
Who, in the solitary grandeur of their
'aint, powder and gorgeous silk clothes,
at with the toes of their little club
eet resting on the floor There were a
coro of foreign men In European dress,
nd one or two foreign women. There
vas also Manchu girl, with her hair
one up in two great wings. on the back
f her head. and there was a sleek
aired yellow maiden, who wore panta-
oons.
The sccond-class cars contained we'll
o-do Chinese. many Of whom were clad |
n silks. They sat on straight backed,
udc benches, and 1t seemed to me
hey looked very uncomfortable. The !
bird class was filled With coolies, who |
iere about as bad off as the cattle in !