It gives me great pleasure to record that Ichoufu is about to be included in the telegraph system of the Empire. A branch line is now being erected to this place from Ch'ingk'ou 180 li ast of here on the coast, and an office will be opened in a very short time.
Thus success has crowned the efforts of Consul Fowler of Chefoo who wants to have his nationals within telegraphic reach, and of the resident missionaries at Ichoufu, who have found it very inconvenient to send 180 li to a telegraph office every time they had an important message to convey to the outside-world. This is probably due to the fact that Governor Yuan has finally been prevailed on to second these efforts.
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