CO129-363 - Public Offices & Others - 1909 — Page 314

CHINA RAILWAYS.

[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]

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CONFIDENTIAL.

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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.