I wired you last week of the opening of the launch service on the canal leading from here to Yangkiakou, about 140 miles from here, where steamers for Chefoo and Tientsin are to connect with the launches. Unfortunately so far only one launch is available for service on the canal, but as navigation will be closed for the winter in a couple of weeks it will make little difference for this season, and as soon as spring opens the company plans to have at least two launches running, one leaving here every three days, and to have a couple of steamers to meet them at Yangkiakou, one going to Chefoo once a week and one to Tientsin twice a week. This seems to be a purely Chinese concern, the head being Mr. Tong, who is Chefoo Board of Trade. It the venture will be successful as it is very desirable that Chinanfu should have more direct connection with Chefoo and Tientsin than around by Tsingtao. The object of the Company, apart from the wish to make money out of the steam service, is to help the trade of Chefoo, which has been more or loss disastrously affected by the diversion of the piece goods trade to the railway. Formerly nearly all the piece goods which came into Chinanfu, were brought in by steamer and native boat from Chefoo by way of Yangkiakou wud up the canal, but since the completion of the railway most of this trade comes in through Tsingtao.
The Railway has made our co.1 this winter nearly two-fifths chouper than formerly and we get a bettor quality. There seems to be a good deal being brought in and a great deal of freight is being sent out in the shape of beans and cotton. It is said that the railway is now paying expenses, which I hope may be the case. A recent traveller reports the carriages as being nicely heated, which is great improve over last winter, when the train very cold indeed, no heat being furnished to any class of passengers. A recent change in the schedule now brings the evening train in at about half-past seven in the evening, only a little more than twelve hours from Tsingtao, instead of about fourteen as formerly. The morning train leaves here about 6.30 a.m.
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