Show I L 4 1 r 1 II H tEE E N EW E III C II H I N A e U Tho Trunk Lino lo of oP North and Its flood II II 0 toad loo or of oP f from f I Lt LI om Ill l J Chan 10 i I T I I The Tho An AI Syndicate Norman und nail What It II and Is III f llio Iho Nov lIo sh I From Fram fr 1 Dads Kiao v roc for chow South I China I lo to Iho llio Illy Connor Co I Ino i i J 1 Tho ChieF 11 r Secretary o of oP ti 1110 Chinese Ci i I I h hy lanes s of i the i t il l D I ont t of oP f Hio ho I Future IU 1 World i of at I Chin In Tr Trade Trado r of r r rho 0 Ilaw ran w wi ii 1 r Jv r Iff n H Hn Special Correspondence ol of he the Newt by Frank Fran G C Carpenter f n I C C July 6 b bI I give 11 vo you today nil as In Interview which I have just Juat i W had with Mr 11 John C Fur Fer Furguson Ferguson guson the chief secretary M of the tho Chinese Chinen Imperial railway This Alts Is la practically the tho min mill ministry mm of railway of the tho govern government mont ment with which oil nil the Ilia th homo and syndicates lime have to dual doal lo l inu Thu ministry has tho tha stone same place aa as one olle of or lOur bur ur great rolt government department and Its head who ranks shout boul I UH as a u cabinet In Is Slung Kung pao on oils of Ot tho ho I ablest wealthiest mill most n t restive of ChincH statesmen 1 Sheng tell K KIs is In fact tan Ihn successor I of ot II Li HunK Hung Chang Chan nn as far an ns International standing 18 concerned Born Horn wealthy ho he tuns hlll ul I ways been largely Interested tell In la the lending commercial of or tau tho I empire lie llo wan was ono of I the he original stockholders of or tho Ito I Telegraph tIl company was Willi for yearn yaw thu di director I 1 rector general of or tho the Merchant Navigation company and VilA Up U until the tho line limn of or his lili hl fathers when ho retired rt to 10 BO JO Into Inlo mourning minister of bavins been such ludl su cli on nn the tho t death nth of ot l M 11 l Hung 1 f Chang thong Sheng t I own ova 41 0 the 1 larg largest g est cotton mill In lit std and he is t oleo o director general of the tho troll and steel works with which I have understood that another minther line Una Is b being built from forth to lu south nearer IK ni r the tea lien senYou You refer I 1 suppose wan the reply to 10 the concession given KIvell to the thO Anglo That line lute has ban Un l but bul construction has hns nut not pt pl begun H it will wilt run from down through tan tho western pint putt of ot tho the Blum twig lung province along one of af the tha old freight routes until II lit II It strikes Ihn Ike canal aural and will III then BO un along one llio hanks banks of or that canal to III on tan river That project pi eject is III isn isn n very try Important alit for tor the road roul will form ono one of the thu great t trunk lines con eon tho the northern trade of the em om lure with that thai of CIt tho the and Its It II will bo him only liy hy that from to o That road roid continued Mr Ir Ferguson will connect WI the lino IhnO wit ii h m H through tun hl the capital of Shantung tho lie i on llio Ba a hoard board of ot which llio tho German Clerman colon of ot IH in situated shunted It will 1111 be he ron roil netted srI with t h the rondo that ilia lu Ih l I Im It Her ner m matin ans are nuts now building from front fla bay liny Into the Interior nail and It will III old aid aidIn oldIn In opening up Ul tan large lalK coat coal Heidi of or that region The Germans Hermans havo nl r il ti built U ell t n a 1 line I Inline from frum 1 taa ho tv tJ I I nI nt f u The through lt o over It II abi it t two months month ngo mailing making the inn from froth to nil Chi ii I In 12 hours hour Tho The time litre required by tho the old eld methods of travel was from front t E 51 I ih M Fri i ir I 1 r 7 v vI I Ii r 1 t V 10 t I I r l lp lf r p 1 f r i i I I J c cotI t otI Ih HII rH H H Hl lIH l I I 1 H l liH H I H KUNG KUNO PAS General of ot tho rho Imperial connected largo large mininG Interests In coal und and Iron I Mr Ferguson Is a I mot who went to China hum shortly after r hl hi his graduation nt tit iho rho Boston university to bo be of the thu lie He acted nH nil such Huch for tor 10 years yearn and then than took the tho presidency of ut the Iho Nan inn Yang college at It which was as founded by Shall there ho he no so aided tho the Chinese In hl Important negotiations with the tho foreign powers that they persuaded him to give up Ull his hs educational work orl and enter tho the service of the government For l or tho the pest past two years he lie lute has been connected connects Ith the for tor the iho revision of ot treaties between China nIl and alit foreign and ho he Is now a n I part of or tho the Imperial railway Ho Holias Io JIM has como canto to title tills country on nn behalf of or that thai and has ban 1 nm am told been bean very wry ful In his hili mill mis mission sion He lie knows nil about tho Iho modern modest movements In ham China mud and l perhaps more moro than thon any other othor about tho the new project for railways there thero and tho the prospective railway development of ot the rho empire In Ut response to my lilY question que llon Mr For Fer guest gilton said Tins Chinese government has for BOmo some tutu realized Its need of or railroads but bul It II lULl has not nol been able to tn raise sot suf capital I to construct them train from among Its own people It has hns had to borrow and ami In hl order uller to do so has hns been obliged to Issue government hoods bonds old and to mortgage the tho railways projected to the tho syndicates constructing them therm This hits has time II III and tho ho country IB Is far lar behind In Its development Komo home lines have been beon construct constructed ed cd and such lines lilies no man atoll aged One line runs from to and mul others connect coal coni names minus with the waterways These Thene have havo been built with Chinese capital but the great groat trunk lines are als yet to bo be made and they will be hI constructed on rat bore bar rowed raised by Issuing 1 gov government 10 bonds bond NORTH NOtH Hut But there thoro me ne already a Il number r of at grads In northern China Chinn Mr Forgo son flan said I Yen YeH there thoro H ii a lino IIno running from froth to tho he coal mines and antI to nt at the tho and ond of ot the sue great wall willi mH nd alna also one Duo from to The Tho ho lust road to 10 ho opened vas to the trines connecting those mines with and the mouth of or tho the river Tint That lino IIno huts has lif been IIII rn In operation tot for nearly ton ten years yearn and It bus tits now new been baen pushed on north vard so that It connects with tho the Chi which comes I down through Manchuria from the tho I lons i road rond to tn Port ort Arthur This lade same road mud goes It S vin In to Pekin so that halt one can travel directly from St it to 10 by rail roll It gives given railroad connection with every part of ot Europe Another Important railroad In III north China Chinn Mr It 1 J continued Is 19 s the tho line lino from ruin Pekin to This trent Hrent trunk line hue U Is t being hull built by II a n syndicate It was tras extended front from akin Pekin to Piro Illg fu before the tho outbreak lIk and anti It hes since shire been heen built 1111 ns nH rill ne an as the Yellow river Iho IlIe have keen been also nillo working on the tho con from twin northward Moro lore than thon half holt of that part of the lute IH le completed nod It Is In expected that It II will Mill reach tho the Yellow river ricer by h the this end of or the prevent present enl year Tien there thero will ho bo a I direct line lint from front to Pekin broken only by the tho Yellow river This Thill will have to 10 be bo bridged and plans for rOl into Iho bridge have havo been bren prepared p although tho the actual work of or bridge construction has hns not nol yet yal been The hp Yellow river h hits B often been heen called Chinas Sorrow orrol I f It Is noted for Its shifting sands and Us lis changing hanging course and It will be his dlf dif difficult to It It will bo ho hor r done however mil till an I we w ran can then send semi 1 earn cars from to any part of or 1 12 to 15 IB days It tined to mean a Jour Journey journey journey ney of ot about one month for tor tho the officials of to go to Shanghai or Tien Tiet THin Tam They went to the tho port of and then north or by s sea Hen m They can call now make moko tho the same Journey In throe three or four tour days daH This German line already constructed posses pa eA through the lIw coal conI Melds of ot Velh len giving their deposits an nil outlet to the ten sea PI It also goes by the most noted notI of Chinas sacred mountains and passes near the tho old homo home of ur Confucius There Is IB no people fonder of or making pilgrim pilgrimages ages ngel to religious shrines than tho the Chi nose and this r road will have hlo a I big bl trot traffic fie fic c through tho the native tourists and pil pilgrims grims It will attract thousands to these classic regions especially when the lute line is completed Heretofore this country has been hern shut out but from the th rest of the because of or travel How about the railroads of or south southern ern China Mr M 1 Ferguson I 1 asked naked Tho ho region rellon south of tho Iho Kiting Is IH the tho most Host fertile and I night might say the tho most thickly populated of or any part pari of or China In molly many of or Its sections tho rho runners farmers are aN able to tn gather three crops every year from tho lie same salute soil flail The hc country Is IH cut up 1111 by a series of or canals which carry the waters of or the tho far down Into the tho heart of the provinces forming nn Immense system of Irrigation Tho land Is so lint Hat that tho ho waters can cnn bo bJ thus nos trans transported vans ported many miles and the tho canals servo not only tho the purpose of or Irrigation but bul also al o as ns trade routes and farm roads There tens of ot thousands thousand of or small boats upon them thorn The farmers carry carr their produce to market In hl boats bootH and the tho merchant thus sends his hla goods SQUI to nil all parts of tho the country Th RJ ca ln canals flout nals will twill ho bo feeders to tho the trunk lines and they will be as to valuable as os brooch branch lines Ines Ore aro to our railroads The Tho farm farmers ors ers or will take their produce to tu tho the rail roll railway way Wll stations In hoots honta just au Oil our farm fanu farmers ers are take theirs upon wagons The lines planted planned to open up tip this title rich country Mr 11 Ferguson l continued are aro naturally laid 1111 1 out NO so n as aK to ron roil connect fleet neet with tho rho trunk lines on an the tho north of or the Ono One of or the tho duet chief ones Indeed I say aay tho the mast moU Important of or nil all nilIs nilIA Is IA tho the concession of or the American China Chinn Development company to 10 build hulid a 1 trunk line from trout to 10 Canton thereby connecting tho chief Industrial mul some somo of or tho ha he most moat fertile parts of or south China with the Iho trunk lino from to Pekin of ot which I have havo ha already al already ready spoken Tits This moth will start from tho the capital of the province of or Is situated directly opposite anti for that reason tho he lute Una Is iii called the line or In flo thin the line lino This road urns runs through three provinces I connecting three great capital cities rilles all 1111 centers of or and commercial life Canton for Instance hits has a 1 population lotion lation of or a ft million nail a n halt half and It Is isI the busiest I city In 11 I China binn It Is la close I to 10 Hong Along Kong tho the chief Hell sen cc t port of ot that part of or the tho world nn It Is isso BO so connected by waterways that It can send Belld goods to nil all parts of tho the province of Canton anti by hy the Ihl West river and Its Ita canals Into In addition to the manufacturing and agricultural possibilities of or this country are the tho large mineral deposits depo are oro found along the tho line lino of ot tho the canton road The land la Is rich In con coil conI Iron copper null antimony Indeed the greater part of ot the tha antimony of or the thi world now noli comes from that thai locality When will this American road rOld be completed I asked I think tho the work will be he steadily pushed said Bald Mr Ferguson About 40 10 miles manes of ot track have havo already been built from Canton Further construction work ork Is la now being done and If it this Is carried on with vigor the theline line lino should bo llo finished within four or orlive orlive live hl year Cor It ought to bo be very ery profit pronto profitable profitable able there are Important lines I fur tur further further ther are al thero there not Yes Yea raid sold Mr 11 Ferguson thero hero ore are 1 81 dIl M oHI I 1 HI 1 11 t t I YO Ii I t t I o 1 I I I t 1 J N Nt NF Nt r rI I I t F t 6 t TW I t r r 1 t j 1 a I s 1 7 1 S w wH t 1 t 1 H I II III I I IIII d HH 11 i I 1 I I H H HI I HI H I IN CHINA CIDNA IN 1004 From n Photograph Secured for tho the News by Frank 0 a er a I number of railroads either building surveying or In hl d om one trunk linn lino will go ItO southward from flom tho the connecting cann with the syndicate line In It will bo Lo constructed 11 from to Shanghai It 11 Is II to be he built by b a n British corporation and that thel thelan soon an Indeed the lie linn lino Is IH now being surveyed to beginning Ir r construction This Pals road will pass 1181 through Homo sonto of or the most mo t populous parts of ot China It will connect connert Shang Shanghai Ind hai 1111 amid alI I with Buchow and It II viii probably bo be extended southward to another grant groat city rate one of or tho rho centers of ot the silk Bilk trails trade It H will willbe willbe be he nn an especially Interesting line to for foreigners eigners nn n It starts front from Shanghai the city at nt which all nl tourists call The road fren to VU which the tho Chinese have hafI already constructed will form to Im a pint part of ot it 11 WHAT TIm I AUK AIm DOING Hut But Mr have hats not tho the thoI French rench I coins Orne Chinese railway stone lIons Yes they have havo extended their hues linos front from Tonking their pent province south of China Chinn across neross the tho borders of or and Those two Chinese provinces pr ot are noted for tor theli thell tl sea mineral deposits They are aro rich In coal and Iron anti and they the have IUne great frent copper mines Million out of which for thousands of or years the Iho copper each cash used all nil over oar China has hall come corne The country Is very rough nod mountainous out nut Its miner mineral r al are such luch that the th French line will pay pa I OPENING UIA UI UP A NEV Nl WOULD I But Dut how about western China Chinn Mr Ir Ferguson I mean tho rho country beyond the tho gorges of or tho the That Is III a n very Iry Important region and It Is le comparatively unknown to the rest r sl of ot Urn the world It hns hoe a II rich soil vast mineral t wealth There Thera are aro n a number of syndicates which hoc have been endeavoring to secure concessions for railroads there th re anti especially for tor a n road to go from up through the mountains to the tho chiet I trade center of tho th province and on to 10 the tho capital capitol This country has bun been blen cut ort oft moro more or less lOlls from frail the rest relit of ot China Chita by tho the mountain ranges which border bor It on every overy side Hide It Is It true that both tho the Yellow river tend and the this o have hn their sources In that lint legion but hilt their course through the lie U Is so HO hill full of or rapids that navigation hen has been heen Impossible and tho the country y line hut hail had to live IIII upon Ullon Itself Will not the railroad old aid |