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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20th, 1927.
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RIVER CONDITIONS WORSE AT
TIENTSIN.
SHIPPING COMPANIES TRY VARIOUS SCHEMES TO STOP SILTING.
SOME SHIPPERS OMITTING PORT
Tientsia's shipping difficulties are increasing River conditions in the Hai-Ho river are going from bad to worse, according to a writer in the V-C. China Star.
To ask for a tug to tow thead native lighters is generally met with. a firm refusal, generally on the ground that na tugs are available, but the real reason is undoubtedly There seems to bono let-up in dus to the fact that in towing such the silting, very little fresh water would be towing lighters belonging lighters, the owners of the fur i coming in from the tributaries, to their competitors. Transporta- and this, coupled with several bad tion from Tangku to Tientsin by patches between the D.K.K. Wharf tion owing, not only to the heavy rail is altogether out of the ques and the French Bend, readers the cost, but to the rough and unsatis |navigation" of vessels right up to factory way of handling. Logs of Tientsin a risky and difficult pro-brought up to Tientsin by raft, as timber are no longer allowed to be
cedure. The Harbour Authorities they are liable to block up the river. are still maintaining the limit of a
4o. all considered, there seems to 11 ft. draught, lighters are difficult iate future of being able to solve he little or no hope in the immed-
obtain cargo is piling up, and the problem of either congestion or there seems to be no prospect of transportation. any amelioration of river conditions. in the near future!
Several Schemes Tried Out. Several schemes have been plan ned and tried out by the various shipping companies for the quick discharge and transport of their cargo but they have not turned out the success that was anticipated. The D.SK. placed a small steamer of 1,700 tons d.w, drawing 15ft. sin. on the Tangku-Tientsin run to Carry cargo to and from their steamers, and now the NY.K. are putting on small steamer, the Sanko Maru, chartered from the M.B.K., of 946 tons d.w., 19 ft. 1lin. draught for the same purpose.
On the face of it, this scheme looks a good one, but from a finan- cini point of view it is a failure, as owing to the extreme ahallowness ob the river, this type of steam fighter cannot maniculate in the same way as an ordinary lighter. In fact, it encounters the same dif- ficulties as an ordinary steamer and requires considerable skill and ex perience in maneuvring in certain parts of the river, and although the steamer can carry, say, 1,000 tons of | cargo on a 14ft. draught, still the Harbour Regulations require her to lighten down to 11 ft, and if she wishes, to have the same facilities as an ordinary lighter she mut fur- ther lighten down to 8 ft, which means that she can only carry from 3/400 tons of cargo, thus turning the scheme into a lasing proposition rather than a paying one.
Trying Native Lighters. Other firms are trying out the native lighter system of transporta tion. These native lighters carry Between 40 to 80 tons of cargo, and thep are both bandy and economical to run, but again there is the ques- tion of insurance, ar. Insurance Companies will not inaure cargo in native lighters, as they are towed to Tientsin by tug boat, but comé ng on tide using oars and poles. The only way a shipping or com mircial firm can
be protected against loss or pilferage is to make the owner of the lighter responsible, and even then, it is difficult to collect from the owner should any of the goods be lost or stolen dur ing transit from Tangku or Tientsin.
HONG KONG STOCK EXCHANGE.
CLOSING QUOTATIONE.
OCTOBER 19TH, 1927. A.K. Bank
$3,140 bay. 1,150 sel Do London....121 nom, Chartered Bank.......... £20 nom Mercantile Bank A. &B...£31) nom.
Do..
0...213 nom.
P.A O. Bant
tom..
East Aria Bankam. 568 Canton Insurance Chion Underwriter.....$120 buy. North China Ins..........The. 149 nom, Union Insurance $292 bay. Fangtare Ingarande...M. $45 buy. Chica Fire Inarancs....$215 buy. Hong Kong Fire Las...... $490 Hom Douglases
Tags Indo-Chines (Prof.)
Da
Bhall
(Del.)
Star parts
China Sugars idea Maabon Bugars Baguete
Kailan Mining Ad.. -Langkata (combined).
Bha
**138 buy. ...$1.90 nom.
30 nom 118 buj.
+ nom
..$54 nom.
$17 nom
13
Dom.
$1.65 62/6 nom Tla 17, no. La (single) ***.
That Explorations.....The, 2.80 buy. Shanghai Loans
T
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Tronoh Mines 19/3. Ural Chapians
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Cargo Piling Up At Tangku. In the meantime, cargo is giling up at Tangku, and shortly, weather conditions will not allow any work in the river, thereby adding further difficulties to the already congested Some shipowners have suffered such and unsatisfactory state of affairs.
a heavy loss that they have decid ed, for the time being to omit Titatsin as a port of call. They ronsideration that some steamer cannot be blamed one takes into
have been lying at Tangku sad Tientsin for over it days to 'dis charge 1,400 tona of cargo. This state of affairs is especially hard oz the small shipping companies.
Whez. 'the new International Bridge is open, steamers would under normal conditions, be able to proceed right up to the Japanese Bund, which has been carefully planned and laid out with the view of quickly handing the despatch of steamers, but until more water flows into the Hai Ho and the silt- ing is washing away, steamers will by unable to proceed as far as the Japanese Bund. As it is, only a few shallow draft steamers now com up to the French Bund, and this is a blow to the French Municipal Authorities as they are thereby losing a considerable amount of rovrane,
Ran Only As Far As Tangku. Maar steamers only run as far as Tangku, and the Japanese Shipping Association have already made ar Military Authorities Tangku for rangements with - the Japanese the lensing of their property there for the building of a temporary. wharf, and work has already com menced. This is most necessary, as steamers lying out in the river are liable to drag their anchor, thus endangering shipping in the immed- fate vicinity. Another prominent Japanese
shipping company is already in 'negotiation with Messrs. Carlowitz & Co., for the leasing of the Hamburg-Amerika Co.'s pro- perly at Tangka and the building of a temporary wharf. The original plan of the Hai-Ho Conservancy was to dredge the river to 97 ft. at this particular spot, so that the large ocean-going vessels of the Hamburg On Amerika Co. of 10,000 tons could go right alongside the wharf, but this scheme is too costly and will take years to materialize.
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Rural Lunda
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Da. (new).. ....$7 val. Singapore Tractions... 12/8 nom,
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Do. [old} Do. (new) China Lights (comb.).
Da
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China Providents..... Constructions Dairy Farma, Der & Wings****
H.E. Electrics 1191/20 8.
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HLK. Boper faldy Tis. 145 boy.
(DOW) Tha. 41 buy. Tia, 90 nom.
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119 al.
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18.50
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193
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