CHANGSHA
1005
The low level of the river during the winter months, preventing the regular steamers from plying for nearly three months, is an obstacle to trade. From the records it would appear that there is now more water over the shallows than was formerly the case-probably owing to the largely increased launch traffic preventing the accumulation of silt therefore it is not improbable that a regular towing system will be introduced before long to take the place of steamers during the winter. Moreover, a dredger has been bought by the Provincial Government for this work.
A short section of the Canton-Hankow railway--about 30 miles--will be open to traffic this year. This line will connect Chuchow with the city and will benefit the Pinghsiang Colliery, which at present ships its products at Chuchow, whither they are carried over a 60-mile line from the mines. The export of coal and coke for 1909 was 284,000 and 107,000 tons, respectively. The coke, which is said to be of excellent quality, is used almost exclusively by the Hanyang Ironworks; the coal is finding an extending market for bunker use. The colliery is under excellent management and the supply is said to be almost limitless.
With its fertile plains, mountains seamed with mineral wealth, and its sturdy population, there would seem to be a brilliant future before this province. Until, however, modern machinery is applied, railway communication extended, and capital introduced, no great expansion can be anticipated.
The climate of Changsha is excellent. There is no great heat here, the summer is short, and there is no malaria, the poisonous mosquito not existing here. When the railway is open the scenery traversed will make this journey the most popular in China, Moreover, the high mountains in which Nan Yu is situated will probably be utilised for a new "Kuling.
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ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co.
A. Laidrich.
ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co.
J. Watson
BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO CO,
J. Pickering
CARLOWITZ & Co.
K. L. Haessler
CHINESE ANTIMONY Co.
Wallace Broad
CONSULATES
GREAT BRITAIN
Consul-Bertram Giles
also in charge of
DIRECTORY
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN AND NORWEGIAN
Interests
JAPAN
Y. Saka, acting consul
S. Yatasaki, chancellor
D. Yoshihara, interpreter S. Ito, acting chief constable Y. Nialsuko, constable
CUSTOMS, IMPERIAL CHINESE
Acting Commr.-C. E. S. Wakefield Assistant-R. F. Wrench
Do. -W. G. Fitz-Gibbon
Tidesurveyor-J. H. Nightingale Examiners-W. Duncan, C. F. O'Brien,
F. Galignani
Tidewaiters-H. Wyatt, W. Olsen, O.E.M. Olive, F. Ryan, B. Shainin,
F.O. Müller
HIGH SCHOOL
Erich Haenisch, PH.D.,foreign instructor
HIGHER NORMAL SCHOOL
K. Harada, foreign instructor
MITSUI BUSsan KaisHA
K. Mori, representative
NISSHIN KISEN KAISHA
K. Hiraoko, agent H. Mukae, assistant
Pinghsiang-kuang-mu-chuh.
PINGHSIANG COLLIERY, Pinghsiang, via Changha (Hunan); Cable Ad: Coalmine; Pinghsiangki; Codes used: A.B.C. (5th Ed.), Engineering, A1.
Head-Office
H. E. Sheng Kung-pao, director genl. Ling Fu-hou, general manager G., Leinung, M.E., technical director
and eng. in chief
H. Seevers, secretary
Su Voo-chu, chief interpreter