Conference to Avert the Serious Danger with which the Port of Tientsin is Now Threatened In view of the serious situation to. ing. in. the Haine, the. Govern tment called 2 special conference in Peking to deviep ways. and means to improve the existing conditions The conference was attended by Te: presentatives of the Chihli "River Commission, the Haiho Conservancy Board, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Commenications," the Ministry of Agriculture and' Labour, the Chihli River Bureau, etc. Herewith is given a copy of the report submitted. by" the representative of the Chihif River Commis. gates so as to be able to pass any flood discharge at Loukouchiao lover 2,000 cubic metres per sec.
(3) To build a system of protective greyness between Loukouchiao and Chinmencha to restrict the' width of the river to not exceed: 1.200 metres.
(4) To remodel the Chinmencha' to take off a discharge of 500 cubic metres pre ce.
(5) To build a series of small protective greyness from Chinmencha to where the river enters the delta, Jimiting the width to 500 metres, sion and the proposal contained therein has been accepted as the most sound and practical one Acting upon the decision of the Conference, held in the Ministry of Interior on September 26, 1927, to study and recosnmend the most suit. able proposal for the prevention of the veccureace of silting in the Haiho as has happened this year so to ensure the future utility of the river for ocean-going steamers, tieg to submit our considered pinion on the question as follows:
Tientsin's Existence Threatened The present deplorable state of the Hatho which limits the navigation by steamers to. only 10. fect draught at flood tide was caused by the deposit of heavy. silt carried down by the Yungtingho, 'That the situation is a most serious one, effecting the prosperity and the very mistence of Tientsin asa port of importance, is felt by every" think. Ingman,' both foreigner and Chinese. "So long as the Yungting-ho fs allowed to discharge into the Peiyunho aa it does and no adequate outlet is provided to carry off its water, one of the two]
cannot be averted; either the breaching of dykes and flooding cultivated lands causing thou sands of people to be homeless and the destruction of valuable farm land, oF the silting of the Haiho and the throwing out of commission the only navigable waterway for deep draught. steamers in north China, thus putting to an end' the primary factor which has made from' tracts of mara bland into Port of world importance, both. the" menacing effect of the " Yungtingho and the press-Jing necessity. to. provide with an adequate outlet has been Urged time and again and will not be reiterated,
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