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On the other hand, in some sections the natives are obstinate and will not sell their land unless they receive an extortionate price for it, and so progress is rather slow. On the whole, however, it may be said that the work, la progressing, and at no very distant date trains will be running as far as Shiu Chou,”
THE DISFIGURING OF TAR LANDSCAPE.”
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1911.
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In some places, where the line-skirts the river the evolios throw the rubbish that is excavated over the edge of the railway and so it falls into the rivers I have seen sovcions where this is done, and the effecti is anything but pleasing to the aye. Of course when these niasses of debris ära thrown over the banks into the river the cousequence is that the bed of the river is narrowed. Already in many caseų, ho channel is neither too wide not too doep. Hence, when the heivy Bloods of aummor como, the bed of the river" will be less able to carry off the volumes of water that come rushing down "frots. the mountains of the north. Mornarer, Libeca will be the constsat action aff the flowing water, which will wash out the fine soil, and carrying it down, will deposit it as sediment at the bottom of the river. and this will tend to make the bed of the river shallower. It may be said that these results are not very serious, as the ediment will be very littlo. This perhaps is 90 On the other hand, "could the suparduous rubbish have been disposed of in some other way, it would have been much better. At any rate the huge bare banks are an eyesore to those who like to seo symmetry and freshness, and, further, they are very unpleasant footpaths for the (Specially written for the "Casa Maby day track the boats full of cargo feet of the thousand beatmen_who_day It may interest renders to know that the from Canton to railway northwards which is to link Hong- North River, kong with Peking in the somewhat un- certain future, has been pushed forward one section. further since I was in thesof parts just a year ago. At present the
Already the coming together of so many farthest station is Lai Tung. It is little coolies, has had the inevitable consequenes more than a bank of rubbish and a field of of raising the cost of living all round. This, 00A-L-DEPARTMENT, thither, and, when there, it is possible to deriving actual advantages from the build-
sand. But at any rate, the train can run perhaps, does not matter to those who are Hongkong, October 21, 1911. reach the river without more than the usual ing of the line. The coolies, for example. obstacles that one incets with in China get good pay, for them, and they are building is rising, which should prove the enhancest prices. But those who are not On the other hand, a substantial brickable to spend money, and so keep pace with good booking-efice and waiting room for directly in contact with the undertaking LOZENCE
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the passengers. Such a place must be
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TILE EFFECTS OF THE RAILWAY ON THE PEOPLE.
surely needed, especially, in the spring seem to feel the effects, and the prossura and summer months, when the rains are on family life is not to be ignored. booty Passengers-from-Shiu Chau and On the other hand, a good many people Ying Tak who come in by the steam are brought in touch with the line and get launches must wait at this elation for some advantages therefrom. I understand some time, and occasionally for an in-that many of the narrow flat-bottomed botë defirits period, for there is no stated curare used for carrying barrels of cement.up for the arrival of the lunch. It must then the narrow rivers from the main river" for be exceedingly inconvenient for pasiongore to wait in the min, or perhaps be bicached
the building of local bridges. In lise busy
By the sun. But the Chinese are a won- times these boats are used for bringing derfully patient people; the more ore lives down firewood and sia from the interior, with them the more one is convinced of and they retiru up stream for the most this fact.
part empty. Now they take back some cargo, and they are woll paid too for this
THE TRAFFIC ON THE LINE.
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It is to be hoped, that one of the Igains their face value. The third class carriages to the poople by the opening of this railway when the train loft Canton were full. But will be the possible cultivation of the large the passengers were thinner in numbers tracts of land that today are lying idle, the train passed or wards towards the more There appears to be no use for this land for sparsely-populated districts. There was
not a large number of persons in the second the support of the people in the district class coach, and though there was a good and as there are no railways it is impossible first class carriage, there was but one to take away the produce to the big cities. Passenger therein, except an occupant who Possibly, nut much of this country could be was obviously connected with railway utilized for the growing of rice, but with a construction. Evidently first class accomo wider knowledge and more extended tastes, dition is not very attractive to the better there are tens of thousands of acres of good class Chinese, when a larger sum has
to be paid for it. Yet the charge inland that could easily be made capable of not heavy, for as I worked it out, it seems producing food stufa of some kind. When to be only about a penny for five miles, the railway isin full swing, it will bepossible The first-class carriage was in fairly good to send the produce off to the grent cities condition, except the bathroom arrange-like Canton and Fatshunn, and this again in DVERTISER sends FREE on appli
monta. Here cleanliness was conspicuous turn will increase the local population and catión catalogues of French books on by its absence. An outsider cannot form add to the general welfare of the country Occult science, Cuutors, History, Amour, any correct reof the paying prospects of districts. It is certainly true that with Novels and 18th Century. Address: K.such a railway. Those who make speeches wider knowledge, with better implements, DARAGON, Booksellers, Tublisher, 96, rue Blanche, Paris, (France)
Hongkang, October 11, 1911..
say that there must be a fine success for and with the introduction of artificial 1332 the railway when everything has been manures, thero aro countless acres of land. completed; on the other hand, a mere that cotid te brought .ander cultivation observer looks upon the sparseness of the and so bo pode productive of foodstuffs for population and wonders if any huge divid-man anil beast. This will possibly be one ende are likely to all the pockets of the advantages that will come to the of the shareholders, even if the Govern ment does not come in and seize the lines for their own ise.
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On all sides reports my that by the and of next year the railway, will be opened for frathe as far as Ying-Tak At present the 1393 coolien are hard at work in outting & way
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