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TALTSINAN,

by a small river now in process of canalization, with Yang Chao Kou, on the Gulf of Chibli, distant 146 miles,, whence there are occasional steamers to Chefoo. Tsinan stands five miles south of the Huang-ho or Yellow River, and in spite of some difficulties of navigation there is a considerable junk traffic between its river port of Lo-kou and the Grand Canal, which enters the river 80 miles higher up. This trade is almost, if not quite, entirely with the south, to Tsiningchou and beyond, since the canal from the Huangho northward to Lin-ching-chou has been unnavigable for several years. The high road from Tsinan to the north crosses the Huang-ho by ferry at Chi-ho Hsien, distant 16 miles. Since the opening in 1912 of the bridge over the Yellow River a Lokow through communication has been established on the Tsin Pu Railway from Tientsin' to Pukow via Tsinan.

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A Bus lines are being operated in five directions to points more than 100 miles distant. Large motor trucks are also being put into service to replace the native carts for hauling cotton and overland freight.

Some ten Protestant and the Roman Catholic Missions are conducting extensive work in and around Tsinan. There are more than 270 American, English and European persons resident in the Settlement and suburbs of the city.

The whole city is lighted by electricity. A new unit as large as the original plant has been completed this year. Great activity has recently been evinced in building colleges and schools, and among the interesting institutions of the town the Tsinan Institute, now connected with the Shantung Christian University is a remarkable and, very interesting establishment that should not be, overlooked. The northern sacred mountain of China, Tai Shan (5,100 fect), is distant some 20 miles (45 by road) to the south. Kufu, the birthplace and the tomb of Confucius, and the residence of the Confucian duke, are about 100 miles away in the same direction.

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Sun Cheong

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