Word: railways
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Kaishek, the best man to head the Chinese Government in living memory. Last week he connected the Chicago of his country with its New Orleans, sent the first train chuffing 700 miles over the new line from Hankow to Canton. Years ago Chiang set out from Canton with no railway to carry the troops of his Revolution, plunged overland to seize Hankow and then fought his way down the great River Yangtze to establish his Government in its present seat, Nanking...
...original contract for the Canton-Hankow Railway was let by the Imperial Manchu Government in 1898 to American...
...control to Belgian interests whom Chinese suspected of being secret agents for the Imperial Russian Government. In 1905 the Imperial Chinese Government bought back the concession for $6,750,000. At the time the Manchu Dynasty was overthrown by the Chinese Revolution of 1911, some 30 miles of the railway had been completed. In succeeding turbulent years parts of the line were built by fits & starts by Chinese groups to serve their local interests...
...wisdom of these thoughts prevailed in London, and the British Boxer Indemnity Trustees accordingly have aided Premier Chiang to complete a railway each of whose 700 miles may be regarded as representing just so many less Chinese students. In Oriental Affairs suave Editor Woodhead led the way for editors in the British Empire generally to call the completed railway "a gift from the British taxpayer to the Chinese people...
...addition to the carrying of ordinary suitcases and trunks the Railway Express is the most efficient manner of sending larger and bulkier bundles to and from Cambridge. It is estimated that the normal work of this agency is quadrupled when Freshmen and upperclassmen all over the country get underway for their respective colleges...