Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-12
1specIn1 correspondenee.l

Especial Correspondence
TONGKCfNG.-The booming cites
III of the world are now on this
side OF the Pacific. The awak-
cning OF Asia is bringing In
capital from Europe and the United
States. and the whole continent seems
to have sprung into life. Yokohama
has doubled since last saw 1t. Toxic
is now bigger than Chicago. Osaka Will
rank with Philadelphia and Shanghai is
ahead OF Boston or st. Louis. Hong
kong, away down here at the southern
end OF China, has DOW a population OF
100000, and 1t promises to be one OF
the greatest cities OF the world. 1t be-
longs to the British. 1t had only 1000
Chinese fishermen In 1t when they took
hold OF 1t 20 years ago. 1t is now one
of the great ports of the world and the
people here claim that it has moro
tonnage than Liverpool or London.
Within the past year a railroad has
been started at the suburb OF Kowloof
on the mainland. This is being built tc
Canton, and il will give Hongkong IS'ii
connections with that city and all In
terror China The road is known as the
Canton -Kowloon railway. AT Canton IL
Joins tho trunk line running north to
Hankov. the concession for which was
given to the Americans. but sold back
10 China. The Chinese arc now build
ing that road, and when 1t Is completed
there will be a through freight and
passenger service from Pc}dn to Hong
kong and the whole of the empire VIII
be tributary to this port Canton itself
has a population of over 100000. HAN
kow and Its sister cities are still larg-
er. and that trunk road will tap a pop
ulation fully as great as that OF tho
limited States Several other railroad
systems now building will connect with
IL and this city Will then be the south
e,n gateway to China by rail-, as we'll
as by sea.
THE HONGKONG OF TODAY.
1t is 4 question whether Hongkong
will not soon surpass the other ports OF
the world in the amount of Its shipping.
1t now handles about $500. .000. 900 worth
CT freight year. and more than IL .000.
600 tons of goods come in and go out
of its harbor every II months. This
freight is carried upon about $4,000 diff
fcrent vessels. The most of them are
&nlnGSe, DuS tncTS dlSO great Stecitn-
ers from Europe and the United States. |
There are five different lines which con-
meet Hongkong with America, and more |
than that which go to Japan. You can |
get ship here any day for Europe by |
way OF the Suez canal. and there are |
regular services to the Philippines |
Australia, the Dutch East Indies, and |
almost every point in the Pacific and |
Indian oceans. The port is free and an |
enormous amount of freight is trans
shipped to the other countries and is |
lands nearby.
The passenger service by way of |
Hongkong is also important. By chang
ing boats you can reach almost any |
point from this place There are YES
sells which leave nightly for Canton and
almost every day for Shanghai The
fare to Canton is IS and to Shanghai
$50. It costs $40 to Singapore. and the
time is five days. A like amount Will
take you TO Bangkok. and for SIS you
may go TO Saigon in Cochin-C China. It
is only two days and $50 to Manila,
while one may have a passage to Mel
bourne, Australia. for S170 There are
steamers once or twice a week for the
American continent. The time is less
than a month. and the cost is $225 10
gold The distance to San Francisco Is
over 5000 miles. and to Singapore about
] 200. 1t is 500 miles from here TO Shang-
hal. 1.400 to Kobe, less than l,600 to 1
Yokohama. and about 100 miles more to