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been taken in that direction so far.

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Canton-Whampoa Line. Meanwhile a project for a railway from Canton to Whampoa has been broached by a native official, Chang Pi-shih, formerly Chinese Consul-General at Singapore. His scheme includes wharves and godowns at Whampoa, which would accommodate large ocean-going steamers, and thus enable the latter place in some measure to compete with Hongkong as the deep-water port of Canton. A survey of the proposed line of route has already been made by some American engineers.

There is little doubt that such a railway, once constructed, would operate prejudicially to the interests of Hongkong; and it is much to be regretted that the delay in commencing work on the Canton-Kowloon line should ever have allowed the alternative scheme to assume a concrete form. Had the Canton-Kowloon line been in operation, or even only in course of construction at the present moment, it would scarcely have been found worth while to plan the additional line. Besides which, the conditions prevailing at Whampoa are not exactly ideal: unless the river

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32 been taken in that direction so far. (c) Canton-Whampoa Line. Meanwhile a project for a railway from Canton to Whampoa has been broached by a native official, Chang Pi-shih, formerly Chinese Consul-General at Singapore. His scheme includes wharves and godowns at Whampoa, which would accommodate large ocean-going steamers, and thus enable the latter place in some measure to compete with Hongkong as the deep-water port of Canton. A survey of the proposed line of route has already been made by some American engineers. There is little doubt that such a railway, once constructed, would operate prejudicially to the interests of Hongkong; and it is much to be regretted that the delay in commencing work on the Canton-Kowloon line should ever have allowed the alternative scheme to assume a concrete form. Had the Canton-Kowloon line been in operation, or even only in course of construction at the present moment, it would scarcely have been found worth while to plan the additional line. Besides which, the conditions prevailing at Whampoa are not exactly ideal: unless the river
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32 been taken in that direction so far. (c) Canton-Whampoa Line. Meanwhile a project for a railway from Canton to Whampoa has been broach- ed by a native official, Chang Pi-shih, formerly Chinese Consul-General at Singapore. His scheme in- cludes wharves and godowns at Whampoa, which would accommodate large ocean-going steamers, and thus en- able the latter place in some measure to compete with Hongkong as the deep-water port of Canton. A survey of the proposed line of route has already been made by some American engineers. There is little doubt that such a railway, once constructed, would operate prejudicially to the in- terests of Hongkong; and it is much to be regretted that the delay in commencing work on the Canton- Kowloon line should ever have allowed the alternative scheme to assume a concrete form. Had the Canton- Kowloon line been in operation, or even only in course of construction at the present moment, it would scarcely have been found worth while to plan the ad- ditional line. Besides which, the conditions pre- valling at Whampoa are not exactly ideal: unless the river
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been taken in that direction so far.

(c)

Canton-Whampoa Line. Meanwhile a project

for a railway from Canton to Whampoa has been broach-

ed by a native official, Chang Pi-shih, formerly

Chinese Consul-General at Singapore. His scheme in-

cludes wharves and godowns at Whampoa, which would

accommodate large ocean-going steamers, and thus en-

able the latter place in some measure to compete

with Hongkong as the deep-water port of Canton. A

survey of the proposed line of route has already been

made by some American engineers.

There is little doubt that such a railway, once

constructed, would operate prejudicially to the in-

terests of Hongkong; and it is much to be regretted

that the delay in commencing work on the Canton-

Kowloon line should ever have allowed the alternative

scheme to assume a concrete form. Had the Canton-

Kowloon line been in operation, or even only in course

of construction at the present moment, it would

scarcely have been found worth while to plan the ad-

ditional line. Besides which, the conditions pre-

valling at Whampoa are not exactly ideal: unless the

river

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