Vessels of Five Thousand Tons Accepted Frost Oon Own Comesrowoenr Tsingtao, Oct. 29.
Tsingtao will soon be able to offer ary-docking facilities to ships of 5000 tons. and under. With the exception of a few minor details the newly constructed municipal drydock {s completed. Recently Mayor Shen Hung-lich invited a large number of Chinese and foreign guests to inspect the dock which has been built inside the small harbour. The dock is 480 ft long. The width of the entrance gate at the top is 7% ft. and at the bottom 59 ft. The constructional work }was carried on by the Tsingtao Dockyards & Engineering Works and the Von Kee Construction Ca. of Shang-hal. The cost of construction is approximately $360,000.
Mr. David C. Berger, American [Consul at Tsingtao for the past several years, Is being transferred to Tientsin. He will be succeeded here by Mr. Sokobin who formerly was feonsul at Mukden and Harbin but more recently has been serving in Mexico.
Fittieth Anniversary The Rev. C. J. Voskamp, yo, who formerly was. superintendent of the Berlin Mission and who is now living here in retirement, recently celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his coming to China. Dr. Voskamp. has a son who is German Consul at JCanton while another is connected with the Deutsche-Asiatische Bank Hankow.
Mr. N. L. Napier, manager of the [Asiatic Petroleum Company here for a number of years, is retiring soon. Mr. Napier and family will continue to make their home in Tsingtao. Mr. Napier will be relieved by Mr. Hughes who at present is manager of the The local telephone administration has just completed the installation of 1,200 new telephones.
The Kiao Ao Electric Company is Jcompleting plans for the erection of auxiliary plants in three of Tsingtao's suburbs.
The total cost of these improvements is estimated at $2,400,000.
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