Successful Maiden Trip to Upper Yangtze: Another Boat Being Built News has been received in Shanghai of the successful trip of the str. Foo Chuang, which has just completed her initial run to Chungking. "The purchasers of the vessel, Roscoe Hambleton, Fed, have informed the Shan, that the 110ft. vessel made the trip through the Gorges all the Tupids without use of capstan or Tending lines, and fully loaded made splendid time all the way, without a single stop for repairs or anything to do with faulty mechanism. The Foo Chuang, which, with 320 h.p. full Diesel " engines covered the measured mile at Seven Mile Reach at a speed of 12 knots, logged off 78 running hours, Shanghai to Hankow; 60 hours, Hankow to Ichang, to Chungki In view of the economy and general satisfaction resultant upon this first run, it believed that the designers, Messrs. Roscoe Hambleton, Fed. Inc., will shortly begin the construction of a larger and better boat for general use on the river.
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