CHINA RAILWAYS.
[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
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No. 1.
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received November 26.)
(No. 103.) Sir,
Peking, November 7, 1909. I HAVE the honour to transmit to you herewith copy of a despatch from the military attaché to this legation on the subject of the reconstruction of the Antung- Mukden Railway.
Inclosure 1 in No. 1.
I have, &c.
J. N. JORDAN.
(No. 17.) Sir,
Lieutenant-Colonel Willoughby to Sir J. Jordan.
Peking, November 4, 1909. I HAVE the honour to submit herewith three copies of the report on the reconstruction of the Antung-Mukden Railway (viz., one copy for the Foreign Office, one copy for transmission to the War Office through the Foreign Office, and one copy for record in the Chancery).
I have, &e.
M. E. WILLOUGHBY, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Military Attaché.
Inclosure 2 in No. 1.
Report by Lieutenant-Colonel Willoughby respecting the Antung-Mukden Railway
Reconstruction.
I TRAVELLED over the Antung-Mukden Railway on the 27th and 28th
September, and back on the 30th September and 1st October.
The Present Track.-The present track is 189 miles and 2 ft. 6 in. gauge. The following are the stations along it and their distance from Antung, viz. :-
Stations.
Antung
:
Sha ho Chên
Wu-lung Pei
Tang Shan Cheng
Kao-li Mên
Feng Huang Ch'êng
Szu T'ou-tzn
Chi Kuan Shan
Erb Tao K'on..
Chiu Mu Chuang
Liu Chia Tai Tung Yuan Pu Ts'ao Ho Kou
Lien Shan Kuan
Haia Ma Tang Nan Fên
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Miles.
A
:::
Remarks.
0
In the Japanese concession, close to
the bank of the Yalu,
3
The station for the Chinese city of
Antung-hsien.
17
Hot springs,
22
31
Where the line goes through the
39
46
53
59
69
78
85
93
106
111
121
line of the old "willow palisade,"
but no sign of this now exists. The station, with its little Japanese settlement around it, IS some 8 miles distant from the city.
The trains, each way, stop here for
the night. There are
Japanese and Chinese inns.
several
5 miles east of the Mo-Tien-Ling.