PEI-TAI-HO AND CHINWANGTAO
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Peitaiho continues to expand. 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 "Peitaiho 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 Liao 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.
Berth No.
4565 63
7
At Pier-
1
2
Length
in Feet
320
320
380
380
420
380
350
in Feet
22
26
28
28
28
19
18
Harbour entrance 24' at L.W.O.S.T. Berths No. 3 to 7 are continuous providing berthing accommodation for vessels of any length, the size of vessels berthing only being limited by the amount of water available in the entrance channel. Very com- plete arrangements have been made to insure rapid loading of coal at all times. Over 13,500 tons have actually been loaded on one day.
Vessels proceeding to Chinwangtao with heavy weights must have suitable tackle for discharging them from ships hold to railway cars alongside. The Administration has small cranes available for lifting small weights of under 5 tons from the decks of coasting vessels. 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 Chinwangtao is accessible throughout the year. As a trade distribut- ing 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.
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