The possibilities of this state of thing have, however, long been pointed on The case for a greater Shanghai, the possibilities of Shanghai as a world port, and the means of securing its continued supremacy, were first pointed out by Mr. von Heidenstam i ports of 1917 and 1918 on the Development of Shanghai." In consequence, at the instance of the Whangpoo Conservancy Consultative Board, a har-hour investigation was started by the Conservancy Board in 1919 and in 1921 an international committee of consulting engineers, on the basis of the investigations considered the whole question and, made definite reconimendations for the port as a whole, which included the provision of public wharves. These proposals are still in cold storage in Peking. The proposals included a mail steamer wharf at Woosung, which would save the mail boats time and the passage in the river Huangpu.
The question of the Yangtze var also_ loo: jarger the borize lation and ing of the Hu Rave now. proceeded to such a point that ras depths are concerned the ruling factor is not anything anicpu itxelt but the great I in the entrance to the ngtze. The Conmnittee of Consulting ngincers made to dodging there, which are also in the ice The future of the port provides an endless ficult Zor '3 be an important place on account of its favor n, but to secure its predo1 in steps must, be the Committee of En-1921 fed very. clearly what those steps z: to make the port easily accessible for ships of drafts up to at least 33 ft. and to increase the accommodation by the provision of, Public erthing space a mail steamer wharf at Woosung and a commercial Wharf and Dock basin nearer Shanghai and other public harbour facilities, such a3 moorings, wote., and to extend the harbour limits from above Lunghua right down to Woosung under the con trol of a properly constituted Harbour Board with the usual powers of a Port Author The Difficulties Encountered Owing to the lack of response from the Central Government to these pr posals, the development of Shanghai is likely to be delayed, It is true that the rearrangement of the moorings by the Customs to get increased berthage and a clearer channel is being tackled, and large areas of land are being re= claimed by the Conservancy Board with a view to their future use for public harbour purposes but the whole situation cries out for the adoption of a wider policy, To give one example alone, the present harbour limits are inadequate and until they have been changed the utiliz~ riparians of much useful and above the present arbour ix delayed. Another absurdity in the present situation ix the very Poor relation between the water trafic and the system, The two rail-ye both outside the har nits, are poorly equipped and relatively little used. The railway dock in the Soochow Creek is almost me accessible by reason of the congestion in the creek and there is no private with connexion.
The te of the creek is wh fo the water borne trait of the por The se ved arrangement of the warehouses in the town ix again anomaly in a modern port, The absurd kick of made roads and transport Hinwed on Page stream berths with head and stern moorings with similar depths, The total rentage developed for shipping is about 000 Tt, but most of this has less than 24 ft, at lowest low water and is therefore only suited for smaller types of ships.
All the wharves are private, and yet several of the important lines do not own any frontage and are obliged to hire berths.
The only public controlled frontages of any importance in the harbour are the Bund of the International Settlement and to some extent of the French Concession and Nantao. The first owing to the manner in which the town has developed is exclusively used for launch and lighter traffic in spite of the suit. ability of a great part of it for steamer business, Great congestion occurs there, which may be ameliorated by public measures but will recur in ever increasing measure. The Nantao Bund is similarly used for small steamers, launch and lighter trafic and in addition has a big timber business. The congestion there is very intense and is aggravated by the location of a junk anchorage just outside, where 400 or so large junks are always lying.
The police force on the Huangpu is a branch of the Harbour Office of the Maritime Customs and has a very lively time indeed. The control of the hun dreds of sampans, cargo-boats, lighters, launches, ete., is an exceedingly difficult problem. Arms and opium smuggling add to the ordinary difficulties of a large harbour, which are already Very serious owing to the great distance from all being pri to public roads makes-the question of pilferage a very serious one. The har-dour police have moreover 1:0 authority facilities for special cargo are factory. In spite of the
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