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TIENTSIN-TAKU
Ê Hua chung
WARD & Co., Walter S., Merchants
Agency
Phoenix Fire Insurance Company
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Hsin-tah-sing
WILSON & Co., Merchants and General
Commission Agents
James Wilson
R. A. Cousens
A. Adaa
L. A. Hughes
Agencies
China Shipowners' Association Northern Paciffc R. R. and S. S. Cos. North China Insurance Company, Ld. Sun Insurance Office
Standard Life Assurance Company South British Fire and Marine Insce.
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Woo-chai-hao
Woo CHAI HAO, S. TAKEUCHI & Co.
Japanese Storekeepers
K. Okumura, agent
K. Yoshikawa
TAKU
This village is situated at the mouth of the Pei-ho, on the southern side of the river, about sixty-seven miles from Tientsin. The land is so flat at Taku that it is difficult for a stranger to detect the entrance to the river. There are two anchorages, an outer and inner. The former extends from the Customs Junks to three miles outside the Bar, seaward; the latter from Liang-kia-yuan on the south to the Customs Jetty, Tz'chu-lin, on the north. The village is a poor one, possessing few shops, no buildings of interest except the forts, and the only foreign residents are the Customs employés and some pilots. A line of telegraph was constructed in the early part of 1879 from Taku to Tientsin and a railway to Tientsin was completed in 1888.
Taku is memorable on account of the engagements that have taken place between its forts and the British and French naval forces. The first attack was made on the 20th May, 1858, by the British squadron under Sir Michael Seymour, when the forts were passed and Lord Elgin proceeded to Tientsin, where on the 26th June he signed the famous Treaty of Tientsin. The second attack, which was fatally unsuccessful, was made by the British forces in June, 1859. The third took place on the 21st August, 1860, when the forts were captured, the booms placed across the river destroyed, and the British ships sailed triumphantly up to Tientsin. The water on the bar ranges from about two to fourteen feet at the Spring tides. At certain states of the tide, steamers are obliged to anchor outside until there is sufficient water to cross.
CUSTOMS-IMPERIAL MARITIME
Boat Officer-W. French Tidewaiter-R. P. Hansen Signalman H. A. Behnke Lightship "Taku"
Captain-W. W. Orfeur Mate-C. Druwert
DIRECTORY
Lightkeeper-H. A. Thorkelsen
Cruiser "Foam"
Tidewaiter in charge-J. Graham
Tongku Station
Tidewaiter in charge-E. Puegnet
塢鯒沽大
Ta-ku Ch'uan-ww
NAVAL YARD—IMPERIAL
Managing Director-Ku Yuen Chu
Assistant Directors-Kung Chao Yü,
Kao Tsang Ling
Interpreter-King Sam Foo
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Ta-ku_yin shuvi
PILOT COMPANY (TAKU) C. B. Sherman C. Parker W. Blanchard
H. S. Hurst
TAKU CLUB
G. Lembke A. H. Talpey T. W. Conner
W. T. Way, secty.
Hon. Secretary-J. W. Jameson
TAKU HOTEL
利德 Te-le
Captain J. Watts, proprietor
司公船驳活大
Ta-ku Po-ch'uan Kung-s8u
TAKU TUG & LIGHTER COMPANY, LIMITED
Directors-J. Stewart, A. D. Startsef,
W. W. Dickinson, R. A. Cousens
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