1924

KIAOCHAU (TSINGTAO)- TSINA NFU
697
J. Ozaki
A. Morimoto
S. Kaneko
T. Mori
T. Suzuki
M. Tomita
IVhang-ping-cheng- ching-tng-hong
tsing-tao-tsu-chang-sou
Y. Nakajima
Al. Tomita
Yokohama Specie Bank, Ltd., The—9,
Tokorozawa-cho; Tel. Ad: Speciebank
N. Watanabe, manager
H. Kishi, sub-manager
T.Yamamoto, p.p. manager
S. Kawamoto K. Yamamoto
T. Tanahashi T. Sato
H. Yegawa S. Kitamoto
T. Oguri N. Uhira
S. Kageyama Y. Hirayanagi
M. Yoshitomi S. Miwo
M. Horiye S. Makita
Yoshizawa & Co.—Teleph. 146
K. Yoshizawa
Yoshizawa Yoko, 7 ’’ J m
Mill Owner—1,
64, 146, 455, U01 and 1714; Tel. Ad:
Yoshizawa
T. Yoshizawa
Y. JNaury,
O. Watase
TSINAN'FU
Tsinan (or Chinan, as it is sometimes written), the capital of the province of
Shantung, has the distinction of being the first city in the Chinese Empire in which a
Foreign Commercial Settlement was voluntarily opened by the Government of China.
The date of its inauguration was January 10th, 1906. The city of Tsinan lies at the foot
of a range of hills (Lat. 36° 50' N ; Long. 117° E), and has a gradual slope from south to
north. Situated in the south-west suburb are magnificent springs giving forth many
tons of water per minute, and the streams from these natural fountains flow through
the city to a lake situated on the north side. This abundance of water tends to make
Tsinan one of the cleanest as well as one of the healthiest cities in the Republic. The
population is computed to number about 300,000, about one-twentieth of whom
profess the Mohammedan faith. In an address delivered on the occasion
of the inauguration of the Foreign Settlement, the Governor of Shantung described
Tsinan as occupying a pivotal position with respect to northern and southern China
and as being on the main route from Kaifeng Fu to the Yellow Sea-. “An immense
development,” he declared, “must, therefore, await this Settlement, and though it may
never equal the largest commercial centres of Europe and America, yet it may well
hope to enter into rivalry with them.” Quite a considerable number of foreigners and
foreign institutions have already established themselves in the Settlement, and during
the last few years several large and imposing buildings have been erected. The chief
of these are the new British Consulate, the Japanese Consulate, Japanese hospital and
the Chinese Post Office. There is also quite a boom in the building of small houses,
which are occupied by Chinese and large numbers of Japanese who have flocked into
Tsinan since the seizure of Tsingtao by Japan. In addition to these, large buildings
have been erected in the south suburb of the city for the Shantung Christian Uni¬
versity—the premier educational institution in China. The Tientsin-Pukow Railway
Co. has acquired a large piece of ground in the Settlement, and has built oftices and
dwelling-houses for members of the staff thereon.
Tsinanfu is connected by rail with Tsingtao (Kiaochau), distant 220 miles, Tientsin
200 miles, and with Pukow on the Yangtsze. It is also connected by canal with Yang
Chiao Kou, on the Gulf of Chihli, distant 146 miles, whence there are occasional
steamers to Chefoo. Tsinan stands five miles south of the Huang-ho or Yellow
River, and in spite of some difficulties of navigation there is a considerable junk traffic
between its river port of Lo-kou and the Grand Canal, which enters the river 80
miles higher up. This trade is almost, if not quite, entirely with the south, to Chining-
ohou and beyond, since the canal from the Huangho northward to Lin-ching-chou has
been unnavigable for several years. The high road from Tsinan to the north dosses
the Huang-ho by ferry at Chi-ho Hsien, distant 16 miles. Since the opening of the
bridge over the Yellow River at Lokow through communication has been established
on the Tsin Pu Railway from Tientsin to Pukow via Tsinan.