FIRST CHINESE RAILWAY.
The first railway built in Chiua was completed in 1876. Although only twenty-eight miles long, it was enor mously expensive, as all the materials had to be taken from Europe. It ran from Shanghai to Wu Sung, lower down the river, where navigation was impeded by a sand bar. Large vessels could not come up to the city with full cargoes, but had to transfer much of their load to Chinese junks at Wu Sung, and to complete their cargoes there when outward bound. The Chinese service being dilatory and unsatisfactory, the steamship companies, with the assistance of the foreign Ministers, obtained Governmental sanction for a railway to be built and operated by a European company. But the Chinese watermen fired at the trains and tore up the rails, which found their way to Formosa to be used in dock buildings.
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2361, 10 May 1901, Page 3
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144FIRST CHINESE RAILWAY. Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2361, 10 May 1901, Page 3
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