. Remunerative railways for new countries : with some account of the first railway in China . ragraph from the Sinpaou, aChinese newspaper, usually reputed to be the Taotais organ, has been received by themail: — The railway being done away with, passengers to and from Woosung have reverted to thepassage boats. On Oct. 25 last, at 3 , when two of these boats had arrived off Kao-chiaou,a sudden squall sprang up, and they one after the other capsized, the hundred and odd pas-sengers floating down with the tide shrieking for help. Word was at once sent to the HumaneSociety, whose boats speede
. Remunerative railways for new countries : with some account of the first railway in China . ragraph from the Sinpaou, aChinese newspaper, usually reputed to be the Taotais organ, has been received by themail: — The railway being done away with, passengers to and from Woosung have reverted to thepassage boats. On Oct. 25 last, at 3 , when two of these boats had arrived off Kao-chiaou,a sudden squall sprang up, and they one after the other capsized, the hundred and odd pas-sengers floating down with the tide shrieking for help. Word was at once sent to the HumaneSociety, whose boats speeded to the spot. How many were rescued, and how many joined thedrowned mens ghosts down below, is not yet accurately known. Sometimes the most drastic medicine has the best effect; certain it is that the closingof this line will have caused it to be much more talked about and thought about in China,and the time is probably not far distant when some further progress may be made of avery decided character. ENGRAVED ANO PRINTED BY WILLIAM J. WELCH, 25, WELLINGTON STREET, STRAND, LONDON, 3 sc LE FOR ESTIMATES, i, 2, and 3. Tons for Freight. Measure-ment. DeadWeight. Rom TO ESTIMATE. For Miles. Gauge_ Raider yard, with fish plates Tons Fisbpikes, and fang bolts ,, in. x ft. in. ( per mile) t tongues ft. stocks with check rails Pla ; and trollies Tui lrning tank engines (centre balance) ft. lg-machines tons), marked in English Ha ith two brass barrels, fly-wheel, pipes, & m plates, with planed \ to hold galls. Sle<xPoit Pla We Torit Tor No. j;Go Op ■\ Op, SetsNo. ft. in.;in. X ft. in. ; Go is, fitted for luggage and parcels ft. in. X ft. in. Xcwt.; full, tons ft. in. X ; full, tons Exwheels and axles, axle boxes, springs,I er set Nofers for ft. span
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