Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-12
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Vladivostok. at the eastern end OF the
Transsiberian railroad.
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I Fladivostok. at the eastern end OF the
| Transsiberian railroad.
THE CROWN COLONY.
Honksong is crown colony. 1t was
ceded 10 Great Britain by China In
| 1871. II has grown steadily since then,
! and IL Is now u military and naval sta
tion OF first class Importance. 1t is the
headquarters OF the China squadron.
| comprising about GO vessels in all. and
| 1t has an imperial garrison OF $500
troops 1t is ruled by governor. ap-
| pointed by tho king of England. and
| the man now in charge is Sir Frederick
D. Ligard, who made himself famous
as governor of Nigeria Sir Frederick
receives a salary of 10000 q year, and
has a cabinet and legislative council
10 help him. two OF whom are Chinese
HOW HONGKoNG LOOKS.
But let us take n look at the human
side OF the island. This little block OF
land is surrounded by water. 1t is only
hill of basalt, schist and granite
washed by the sea II a giant could
stand II on end 1t might be whirlcd
around like a top. Its base is 30 small
that railroad train could run around
ii In less than an hour. and IL ends in
peak 1.S0o feet high. The island
lies close to the mainland, and with
barbor OF 10 square miles. filled With
shipping craft of all kinds. The boat
population numbers $4,000 and you
como to the island through a swarm OF
sampans, worked by women who stand
up and skull their boats much like the
gondoliers OF Venice. Some of them
have babies fastened to their backs,
and the little ones bob up and down
as their mothers bend to their oars,
The babies are held on by squares of
cloth tied on by straps around the
waists and necks OF the mothers. The
bare legs of the little ones stick out
in front.
a CITY OF PIGEON HOLES.
Coming into Hongkong the noun
famous island towers high above you,
the upward slopes covered with green.
The shores are lined with buildings
five or six stories high, with galleries
running along their fronts story above
story. These galleries are divided in
to sections. and the shores seem to be
walled with white pigeon holes rising
from the edge of the water. At the
foot are the warehouses and exporting
establishments. which take care of the
shipping. Above them are the offices
and mercantile parts OF the city, and
still further back. climbing the hill. |
the many white, cream and roSe-col- |
cred pigeon-holed structures which |
form the residences, The buildings |
extend from the sea up the mountain |
for distance of a thousand feet or |
more at an angle of almost IS degrees. |
Streets have been cut out around the |
hill. making the whole a series OF ter |
races. and these are bisected at right |
angles by other highways and by a |
cog railroad which leads to the hotels |
on the peak.
The business parts of HonglSong |
would be fine anywhere. Tho Hong |
kong club cost $3.50, 900 and the Hong
kong and Shanghai bank has as fine |
Offices as any financial institution of |
tho United States, A new postoffice |
Is now going up. and there are great |
buildings rising on that part of the
harbor which has been reclaimed from
the sea- The material is granite and |
the mortar is carried to the masons
by women who are paid about 10 cents
a day. Brick and stone and all sorts
OF building materials are frelghted
about In the same way. Each woman
has on her shoulders pole with
a basket fastened to either end of IL,
and the baskets are filled with bricks |
or stones. A good lusty girl Will car
ry 100 pounds at one load. and bare |
armed and bare-legged she grunts as
she tolls her way up the hill. There
are children carrying smaller burdens
who do similar work and who are
still more mcanly paid
CHINESE CHEAP LABOR
Indeed everything is cheap In Hong