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DAIREN-CHEFOO
TIENTSIN TRADING Co., Merchants
TовA YOко, Dealer in Machine Tools-
Omi-machi
TOKYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Electric Lamps
and Apparatus-54, Yamagata-dori
S. Seno, manager
VACAKIS BROS., Merchants-140, Yamagata-
dori
行油器機裕光
Khang yeu khi kyi yeu hong
VACUUM OIL Co., Manufacturers of
Petroleum Lubricants-213, Yamagata-
dori; Teleph. 7171; P.O. Box A13; Tel.
Ad: Fukusho
Fukusho Co., agents
S. J. Bardens, representative
WILLNER, H. ADOLP, Importer and
Exporter-1, Higashi Koen-cho
YAMAMOTO & Co., LTD., H., Import-Export
-55, Yamata-dori
YAMATO HOTEL (South Manchuria Hotel
Co.)
M. Yokoyama, managing director S. Terasawa, general manager
YAMATO SENRYO SEIFU Co., LTD., Dye
Manufacturers-Chiyoda-cho
YUASA & CO., Importers and Exporters
Y. Mochizuki, manager
CHEFOO
罘之 Chi-fu 臺烟 Yen-tai
Chefoo, in the Province of Shantung, is the name used by foreigners to denote this Treaty Port; the Chinese name of the place is Yentai, and Chefoo proper is on the opposite side of the harbour. Chefoo is situated in latitude 37° 33′ 20′′ N. and longi- tude 121° 25′ 02′′ E. The port was opened to foreign trade in 1863. In 1876 the Chefoo Convention was concluded at Chefoo by the late Sir Thomas Wade and the former Viceroy of Chihli, Li Hung-chang. The normal foreign population of Chefoo is about 1,000, while the Chinese population is about 100,000. Chefoo has no Settlement or Concessions, but a recognized Foreign Quarter, which is well kept and has good clean roads, and is well lighted. An International Committee consisting of six foreigners and six Chinese looks after the interests of the Foreign Quarter and derives the revenue at its disposal from voluntary contributions by residents. There is a good club. There are two good hotels and several excellent boarding houses, all of which are full of visitors from July to the end of September. The climate is bracing. The winter, which is severe, lasts from the beginning of December to the end of March; April, May and June are lovely months and not hot; July and August are hot and rainy months; and September, October and November form a most perfect autumn, with warm days, cool winds and cold nights. Strong northerly gales are experienced in the late autumn and through the winter, and the roadstead gives but an uncomfort- able, though safe anchorage for steamers. In 1909 nearly two months were lost to trade through stress of weather. The Netherlands Harbour Works Co. started the construction of a breakwater in 1915. Further harbour improvement works were completed in 1921, the new breakwater, mole and quay being formally inaugurated on September 14th, 1921. The breakwater is 2,600 feet long, the height from the base of the foundation mound to the top of the parapet is 514 feet, and the width of the base of the foundation mound ranges from 117 feet to 133 feet. A railway track has been laid over the mole. In September, 1921, great damage was done to the Bund along the east beach by a storm of unusual violence accompanied by spring tides.
It was always intended that the Chefoo-Huanghsien-Weihsien railway should proceed pari passu with the breakwater. The outbreak of war, however,
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