CO129-331 - Public Offices - 1905 — Page 36

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shareholders are Ch'ên Fang, an American Chinese subject, and Lu Chiu, a Portuguese Chinese subject; the latter until recently farmed the Wei-hsing and the White Pigeon Lotteries from the Viceroy. These two are said to hold one half of all the shares between them, the other half being held by various Macao Chinese and, to a small extent, by certain Portuguese.

It is said that the line will not run direct to Canton, but to Samshui, connecting at that place with the Canton-Samshui Railway. This would be a considerable détour, but may be due to the necessity of avoiding the large amount of bridging that would be required on the direct route, which would involve too heavy a capital expenditure. But as a matter of fact more than one route is under consideration, no one of which has yet been definitely selected.

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35 shareholders are Ch'ên Fang, an American Chinese subject, and Lu Chiu, a Portuguese Chinese subject; the latter until recently farmed the Wei-hsing and the White Pigeon Lotteries from the Viceroy. These two are said to hold one half of all the shares between them, the other half being held by various Macao Chinese and, to a small extent, by certain Portuguese. It is said that the line will not run direct to Canton, but to Samshui, connecting at that place with the Canton-Samshui Railway. This would be a considerable détour, but may be due to the necessity of avoiding the large amount of bridging that would be required on the direct route, which would involve too heavy a capital expenditure. But as a matter of fact more than one route is under consideration, no one of which has yet been definitely selected. 8

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35 shareholders are Ch'ên Fang, an American Chinese subject, and Lu Chiu, a Portuguese Chinese subject; the latter until recently farmed the Wei-hsing and the White Pigeon Lotteries from the Viceroy. These two are said to hold one half of all the shares be- tween them, the other half being held by various Macao Chinese and, to a small extent, by certain Portuguese. It is said that the line will not run direct to Canton, but to Samshui, connecting at that place with the Canton-Samshui Railway. This would be a consid- erable détour, but may be due to the necessity of avoiding the large amount of bridging that would be required on the direct route, which would involve too heavy a capital expenditure. But as a matter of fact more than one route is under consideration, no one of which has yet been definitely selected. 8

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shareholders are Ch'ên Fang, an American Chinese

subject, and Lu Chiu, a Portuguese Chinese subject;

the latter until recently farmed the Wei-hsing and

the White Pigeon Lotteries from the Viceroy. These

two are said to hold one half of all the shares be-

tween them, the other half being held by various

Macao Chinese and, to a small extent, by certain

Portuguese.

It is said that the line will not run direct to

Canton, but to Samshui, connecting at that place with

the Canton-Samshui Railway. This would be a consid-

erable détour, but may be due to the necessity of

avoiding the large amount of bridging that would be

required on the direct route, which would involve too

heavy a capital expenditure. But as a matter of

fact more than one route is under consideration, no

one of which has yet been definitely selected.

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