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TAKU-PEI-TAI-HO AND CHINGWANGTAO
DIRECTORY
ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co., THE (NORTH
CHINA), LTD.-Tongku Installation
Rich Thuss, manager
古太 Tai-koo
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Merchants
H. H. Brown, agent (Tongku)
CHINA MERCHANTS STEAM NAVIGATION
Co.--Tongku
F. Johnson, lighter supt.
CHINESE GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS-Tongku
(Peking-Mukden Line)
J. C. Martin, district engineer F. J. Kitching, track inspector
W. K. Bradgate, store supt. (Hsinho)
CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS-(Tongku)
A. D. S. Powell, tidesurveyor
J. A. Karkatzky, senior tidewaiter Revenue Launch "Kweishun" Revenue Lightship "Taku
Taku Bar
J. M. Nisbet, acting boat officer F. Fenus, senior tidewaiter Revenue Hulk “Tienching Revenue Launch "Chunshun”
HAIHO CONSERVANCY
W. G. Sherman (Taku)
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KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION, THE
Tel. Ad: Maishan (Tongku)
J. H. Worth, shipping agent
水引沽大
PILOT COMPANY, TAKU
Ta-ku-yin-shu
J. Taylor, Ch. Saville, W. P. Chard, S.
J.Strong, J.U.Gordon, A. McTaggart
(secretary), J. Whitelaw
POST OFFICE-CHINESE
Officer in charge-T. A. Collaço
TAKU CLUB
S. H. Dorey, hon. secretary
TAKU NATIVE CUSTOMS
J. H. Hunter, in charge
司公船駁活大
Ta-ku Po-ch'uan Kung-sze
TAKU TUG & LIGHTER COMPANY, LTD.-
Head Office: Tientsin; Tel. Ad: Calendar
Directors J. Stewart, W. A. Morling,
R. K. Douglas, C. R. Morling, H. J. W. Marshall
W. T. L. Way, secretary A. B. Gaston, superintendent H. Jackson, accountant S. H. Dorey, accountant Capt. Ecke, bar-manager C. Norman, asst. engineer
TIENTSIN LIGHTER CO., LTD.
Butterfield & Swire, managers
H. H. Brown, supt.
J. S. Calder, engineer T. S. Morton, overseer of lighterage
PEI-TAI-HO AND CHINGWANGTAO
Chinwangtao, which owes its existence as a seaport to the Chinese Engingeering and Mining Company, Ltd. (now the Kailan Mining Administration), is situated on the western coast of the Gulf of Liao Tuug, and is distant about 10 miles W.S.W. of Shanhaikwan. It is
It is thus the natural distributing centre for the north-west part of the great province of Chihli. The breakwater and pier which form the harbour are so constructed that vessels may lie alongside at any state of the tide and in all weathers, and discharge or load direct on to and from railway cars, so that a minimum of handling, and, consequently, of loss, is ensured. There are seven berths-five at the break water, and one on each side of the piers, and the railway tracks are so arranged that loading and discharging can be proceeded with independently at each berth. The main berths have 21 feet of water at the lowest tides, but steamers drawing 23 feet 6 inches can as a general rule discharge with perfect safety. The bottom being soft mud, there is really nothing to prevent vessels with a