The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-02


from Tienstin to tho southern bound
they claim as their sphere of Influence.
The Southern section OF two hundred
and forty miles Will extend from Shan
tung to the. llttlo town OF Pukou,
of the Yangtsc. 1t will be built by
the British who claim the Yangtse
valley as tho chief field for their in
vestments.
This railway will be GOO miles long,
and every bit of It through richly
populated territory. Its ordinary pas
senger traffic will be further added to
by thousands OF pilgrims. who will w.
II to visit the grave OF Confuclus near
which 1t runy the s.ot roao pa Gni,
shantung, Anhwei and KianEus. IT
Will be the shortest line between
shanghai and the Tran5-Siberlan roau.
and Will form the direct line 81 to d pskins
traffic by 1911.
shanghnrs Dig Railroads.
Another important railway centre
which Will boom under the new con-
dtions Il this city Of fb sihanshai y bs Is
European city. 1t has big business
blocks mighty factories and mag
nificcnt residences. Along the line of
railroad constructions, It Is moving more
1t has recently been connected with
Hangchow. one OF the wealthiest cities
or Eastern China. and railroad is
building from there TO the aeaeoast at
Chinkiang, and the trains are now
running over the trunk road which
passes through Suchow and Chlnltians
to Nanking. other projects are
planned north and south.
/ came over the Marking Shanghai
4, To anL 10 or
and cost about sl7.no0,00O. The fares
Are low, ranging from SIS to 81, and the
fast trains go from one place to the
other in about seven hours. III the
past tire trip Ind to be made by boat
on the Yangtse, and the time was two
days. Riding over this railroad is
like going through Holland Tie
more thickly settled than Holland,
but you can visit almost every mans
touse in n boat. The water is hello
back by dykes here and there II mas
many villages OF gray mud nuts nut,
towns. and tho big walled cities OF
suchow, Cbinkiang and NanktnE
Suchow has more tnan half milton
people, Chinkiang has almost az inanY
and Marking Is bigger. That country
Ga q beehive OF industry. and the road
liz well patronized.
or late much trouble has occurred.
Thc Marking Shanghai Railway mas
been having difficulty with the people
been run over and killed, and in each
case villagers have stoned the train
Last week thIrty-fiYe windows In one
OF the passenger trains were btoE .,
aud the week before nineteen me
yiceroy has warned the people that
this must be stopped. and that stopped
IL will be, II the heads of the stone
throwers be cut off to do SO. The
trains are guarded by soldiers, and all
dangerous characters are arrested on
sight The express trains have dining
cars, with excellent meals and low
prices. / give you some items from
n bill of fare / had on my last trip
over the line; breakfast, 30 cents;
luncheon, 90 cents; hot or cold icint l.
cents; sandwiches, cents, and hot
toast, cent. y cup of coffee costs
cents and tea . cents
a number of new railways arc build
| ing along tho Yangtse River. In an.
other letter | have written OF
the trunk limo from IIankow 10
| Canton for which tho Americans
! once had concession That is
| being built southwark from tho city
| of Wuchang which lies opposite Nan
| Another road is 10 be built from Han
kow along the river west 10 lchang,
| and thence on 10 'ChenBtu. This ts the
famous SzcChucn road. In tho loan OF
| SCI 100000 OF which our American
capitalists are demanding a share 1t
| will he eventually extended 10 the
| extreme western borders of China, and
| then. as military line. to Bassa. Tibet,
| AT present II is only in state of pro-
! lection. A road Is TO be huilt from
Pukou. on the Yang ste, westward to
| Iisinyang. on the Haukow-PckinE rail
road. connecting the Shanghai system
! with the great PekinS Hankow trunk
| line, and another, as have said. is be-
| ing built north to Tientsin.
| About half way UP the YanGste. from
| Marking to WuchanG. Is the walled city
of kiukians, great centre for proce-
| lain and tea. II lies near the Poyaug
| Lake and is about eighty-fiye miles
| from the big city Of Nanchang. The lat
| ter town contains over million In
| habitants and Is one Of the chief busI-
ness places of China. A railway is now
building between these two important
! trade centres. II should be completed
/ and in operation by the time this letter
| is published. The road was laid out by
! Japanese surveyors and the construc-
| tion will be exceedingly costly There