TAKU-PEI-TAI-HO AND CHINWANGTAO
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CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS
STANDARD OIL Co.
Hsinho Installation
OF NEW YORK-
In Charge-R. C. Starling
Tidewaiters-A. Irschenko, F. Bing,
TAKU CLUB
(Tongku and Taku Bar)
R. Brooks and S. D. Kemsley
Medical Officer-Dr. Y. Setoo Assist. do. -Dr. Y. F. Feng
Taku Bar-R/H. "Tienching"
In Charge-E A. Weekes
Tidewaiters-G. Watson, E. J Knight
and C. La Grande
HAIHO CONSERVANCY
W. G. Sherman (Tongku)
H. Tanaka
P. Zulianic
|_ M. Oki
KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION, THE- Tel. Ad: Maishan (Tongku) near Taku
J. H. Worth, shipping agent
R. G. Lapper, hon. secretary
司公船駁沽大
Ta-ku Po-ch'uan Kung-sze
TAKU TUG & LIGHTER COMPANY, LTD.-
Head Office: Tientsin; Tel. Ad: Calendar
TIENTSIN LIghter Co., Ltd.
Butterfield & Swire, managers H. H. Brown, supt. J. S. Calder, engineer
W. T. Hodge, overseer
PEI-TAI-HO AND CHINWANGTAO
Peitailio continues to expand. As many as 135 houses were built or in proces building since the 1921 season (writes the Commissioner of Customs in his 1922 report). There are now five associations, namely, Rocky Point Association, East Cliff Association, Temple Bay Association, Lighthouse Point Association, and the Kung I Hui. An endeavour is being made to arrive at some kind of co operation between these various sections, whose interests are common. The first desideratum is a Sanitary Department serving the whole district comprised in the term "Peitaino Beach." The next necessity is to form some general advisory committee, obviating the necessity of so many diverse forms of control. Voluntary service will have to be replaced by expert advisers, and how to meet this expenditure is a matter for consultation between the four associations and the Kung I Hui. The Kung I Hui is a body of Chinese gentlemen mostly with large local interests: it is registered in the Ministry of Communications as a definite working organisation and has a legal and, to a certain extent, judicial status. It has expended large sums of money in making excellent roads, lined with trees, and intends to throw the whole of the Lotus Hills open as a public park.
Chinwangtao owes its existence as a seaport to the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company, Ltd. (now amalgamated with the Lanchow Mining Company under the title of The Kailan Mining Administration). It serves primarily as port of ship- ment for Kaiping coal. It is situated on the western coast of the Gulf of Liau Tung and is distant about 10 miles W.S.W. of Shanhaikwan. The breakwater and pier form- ing the harbour are so constructed that vessels may lie alongside at any state of the tide and in all weathers, discharging from or loading directly into railway cars, so that there is the minimum of handling and loss by breakage.
Accommodation for steamers is shown in the following table:-
At Breakwater--
Depth at L.W.O.S.T
in Feet
At Pier-
Berth No.
3
4
5
567
1
2
Length in Feet
320
320
380
380
420
390
350
23
26.30
28
28
28
21
18.80
Very complete arrangements have been made to insure rapid loading of coal at all times. Over 13,500 tons have actually been loaded on one day. For handling general cargo an equipment of locomotive cranes has been installed. Single lifts up to 7 tons can be dealt with. For heavier weights special arrangements can be made.
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