The Seoul-Fusan Railway Company received the formal grant for the construc tion of the railway on the 15th inst., when the first course of the subscription for its shares was finished, Ax the company is to begin the construction wor: s in a few days whn the matters connected with the expital are finished and the inaugural general meeting has been held, we think it. proper to give here a short description of the route of the railway. Between Seoul and Fuswn, which are the termini of the railway, it. touches many important places. Starting from Seoul, afier an interval of 25 miles, the route passes Suwwin, a historical _plece in the China-Japsn war. The Chiksan, the famous gold mine worked by Baron Shibusawa and Mr, Soichiro Asano, livs xt a distance of 103 miles from Seoul along the railway, A" Wénsan, next to Chiksan, the railway branches to Kangkying. This place is notable for the fact thai to it rexches the river communication from Gunsan, an open port, The railway company will carry the materials for the railway con-str tion to Kangkyéng vid Gunsan, The branch line is not formally mentioned in the memorandum concluded between the Korean and our Governments in connexion with the railway. But in view of the fact that the branch line is a rai ctre of the railway, there is no possibility of its being done away with even after the whole railway is constructed, As far as Wénsan the route ly rather easy but beyond that place the railway enters the most hilly portion of the peninsula, where the route crosses the mountain range of Chuphung-Just before the railway goes the mountains, it touches ab Keumsan which as well us" Pydsusony, also a plac: where the railway touches, are the centres of the ginseng" production. At point 215 miles from Seoul, the route comes to Taiku, which is a' pretty city with a population of over ten thousand. From this plice the railway gves straight to Fusun after covering a distance of 287 miles altogether. When the railway is ted. the traffic will he made by train rinning 27 miles per hour, so that the whole length will be dene in 10 or 12 in hours.—Japin Times."
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