The Ermanno Carlotto A 260 Mile Highway from Shanghai A very successful launch took place on Saturday afternoon from the Pootung shipyard of the Shanghai Dock & Engineering Ca., Ld., of the river gunboat Ermanno Carlotto, built to the order of the Italian Government.
As the vessel left the ways she was gracefully christened in the customary manner by Mme. de Rossi, wife of the Italian Consul-General.
The Ermanno Carlotto has been designed and built by the Dock Company for service on the The Executive Committee of the Good Roads Committee of the Pan-Pacific Association met last Friday and adopted several new plans for lines of development and discussed the reports made by the chairmen of certain committees, Mr. Sidney Powell, who has recently been asked to act as chairman of the survey committee, had already accepted office and started work. He submitted a plan of a road to go from Shanghai to Wusih, to Ishing, to Hangchow, Yangtze and Chungking rapids and|to Kashing, and back to Shanghai, is the result of their extensive ex-thus going round and very nearly perience of this special type of Un-ltonching the Taihu Lake and boat for the service intended. The passing near Mokanshan, making hull plating from the waterline up, a total distance from and return-also the complete superstructure ing to Shanghai of approximately and houses, are built entirely of 260 miles. The road, it was point-special bullet-proof plating. The ed out, would be more easily built vessel measures 160 feet in length on account of its Proximity to the between perpendiculars by 24 ft. 6 hills which are a source of mater-in, in moulded breadth, and ial for road building. It would fitted with two independent sets o! bring Hangchow within five hours triple-expansion, surface-condensing of Shanghai by motor car, while engines built by the Dock Com-the trip round the lake could easily pany, while steam is generated in be made in two days. Mr, Powell two large water-tube boilers of the has returned recently from Nan-"Yarrow" type. tungchow where he has been act-'The auxiliary machinery includes ing as consulting engineer for imindependent circulating pumps, provements, and, in particular, Weir's type feed pumps, fire and for several roads which have been bilge pumps, evaporating and dis-built extending out of that city. tilling plant, two oil-driven generat-The plan of the road around the ing sets for electric lighting and Taihu Lake is tentative. fans, steam capstan forward and capstan aft, steam steering gear Mr. Yung Chung-ching, a wealthy and the usual other fittings. flour merchant from Wusih, was After the launch the vessel was present at the meeting and invited towed to the Old Dock sheer legs, the Executive Committee to visit where the engines and boilers will Wusih on March 9 and view some be installed and the vessel prepar-jof the roads which have been built ed for official trials which will be there recently. Dr. P. W. Kuo, carried out at Shanghai' of Nanking, was also present. Mr. */S. C. Patterson, Jr, of the Duto have n information to pont Company, was elected a new the authorities which led to the member of the Committee. Dr. arrest and execution of five men Wang suggested a plan for a for armed robbery at Haichow. big meeting to held in the Parties of three men visited each near future of representative men house simultaneously and began in-from all over China to discuss discriminate shooting, a number of road making, rounds being fired. In one house, Zung Wen-fok, who was nursing his two year old son when the We regret to have the record the desperadoes entered, was shot death, which occurred at Hankow through the abdomen and the on the night of Tuesday, Feb-wrist, and the child had two fingers nary 28, at the International injured. In the other house, the Hospital, of Mr. Richard Evans, wife of Zung Wen-lok was shot third officer of the I.-C.S. Wosang, dead, and Zung himself was serious at the age of 31 years. The cause ly wounded, one of the bullets en-of death is reported to have been tering his mouth. Neighbours at blood-poisoning in the arm, and once reported the matter to the the fact that he was shot through police, and a search was begun. the stomach when serving with Chief Det. Inspector Armstrong the Army in France may have had and Det. Inspector Burnside, some connexion with the cause of companied by other detectives and death. He had been on the China Chinese police, went down to 'n-coast, in the service of the Indovestigate the matter, and shortly China Steam Navigation Ca., for after midnight were able to effect|15 months, and leaves a widow in the arrest of four of the men.
Shanghai, who has been here only They were brought up at tke|three months, to whom the deepest Mixed Court yesterday and re-sympathy is extended in her sad manded. bereavement. The funeral took place at Hankow onthe following Ow and from the Ist instant ten] the service being conducted by the mounted troopers, in charge of an Rev.
J. Wallace Wilson, and officer, will be placed on patrol/ full attendance of the shore and duty on the Woosung Military floating staffs of Messrs. Jardine, States the Chinese press.
Matheson & Ca., Ld., was present.
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