PEI-TAI-HO AND CHINWANGTAO
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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. The harbour and the large coal storage yards are exceptionally well lighted by electricity, and work proceeds by night as well as by day throughout the year.
Good fresh water from the Tongho River may be obtained from hydrants on the Breakwater and Pier.
The Port of Chinwang tao, unlike Tongku, Tientsin, and other ports in the neigh- bourhood, is accessible throughout the year. While Tientsin is ice-bound, the sea- borne trade of that city and of the territory which it serves passes via Chinwangtao. As a trade distributing centre, its position as an open port on the main line of the Peking-Mukden Railway gives it a great advantage.
As a seaside health resort Chinwangtao is almost without rival in China. It is easily accessible, has a dry and bracing climate, offers safe bathing from a sandy beach, has good golf links, and is situated amidst magnificent mountain scenery, while a hotel under experienced management and numerous summer bungalows afford the visitor every comfort.
The Administration owns large areas of land in the vicinity of the port. A good harbour, good water, electric light, and cheap coal offer exceptional inducements for industrial enterprises, and it is expected that there will be a great development in this direction in the near future.
The Yao Hua Mechanical Glass Company have erected a glass factory at Chin- wangtao. The establishment, which covers about 110 mou of land, is one of the largest of its kind in existence. The most up-to-date Belgian machinery is being installed, and it is expected to give employment to about 300 Chinese workmen and a staff of 28 foreigners. At the outset only window-glass will be produced, and it is estimated that the annual output will be about 150,000 boxes of 100 square feet each. The capital of the Company is $1,500,000 plus $600,000 debentures.
The great increase of trade year by year has induced the Chinese Maritime Customs to erect a fine Customs house at Chinwangtao, with a deputy commissioner in charge, and to open a Hai Kwan Bank for the convenience of local consignees. The total value of the trade for 1923 was Hk. Tls. 20,458,091, as compared with Hk. Tls. 16,265,506 in 1922, Hk. Tls. 22,447,055 in 1921, Hk. Tls. 17,180,516 in 1920, and Hk. Tls. 15,700,440 in 1919. The total number of vessels entered and cleared during 1923 was 1,445 with a total tonnage of 2,651,654
DIRECTORY
BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO Co. (CHINA),
LTD.
J. W. Parsons
C. H. Davis
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE-Address: Tientsin;
Tel. Ad: Swire
Agencies
China Navigation Co., Ld.
Ocean Steamship Co., Ld.
China Mutual S. N. Co., Ld.
關海島王秦
#LIA Chin-wang-tao-hai-kuan
CUSTOMS, CHINESE MARITIME
Commissioner R. C. (stationed at Tientsin)
Guernier
Deputy Commissoner-C. F. Johnston
Assistant-Lo Ch'i-ming
Tidesurveyor-H. P. Leaver
Examiner-S. B. de Brito
Tidewaiters - W. J. Stapley, S.
Takamasu, D. T. Lobastoff
CHINESE TELEGRAPH ADMINISTRATION
Operator-in-charge-Fang Ching Chih
興盛吉 Chi-sheng-hsing
HOP KEE & Co., General Storekeepers and
Commission Agents
KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION
Ad: Maishan
Tel.
R. A. McConaghy, agent and engineer
A. O. F. Cobley, assistant engineer J. A. Enright, 1st accountant W. B. Chilton, shipping supt. T. S. Tong, traffic inspector Dr. D. D. Muir, medical officer A.J. Lemoing, harbour master G. Greaves, coal sales
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