File No. 893.77/1592
Minister Reinsch to
the Secretary of State
No. 1382
American Legation,
Peking,
February 12, 1917.
Sir: Supplementing my telegram of February 1,
1917, 1 p.m., I have the honor to enclose herewith for the information
of the Department a translation of a note (No. 560) from the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, under date of the 7th instant, advising me of the
designation of a line from Chouchiakou (in Honan) through Nanyang to
Hsiangyang (in Hupeh) for construction under the terms of the
Siems-Carey Company’s contracts of May 17 and September 29 last with the
Chinese Government.
I have [etc.]
[Inclosure—Translation]
The Vice Minister for Foreign
Affairs to Minister Reinsch
F. O. No. 560
February 7,
1917.
Sir: A communication has been received
from the Ministry of Communications as follows:
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“The railway loan contract entered into, between this
Ministry and the American firm Siems-Carey & Company has
been communicated to you.
“It is noted that the length of this road was fixed at 1,100
miles and that the Chu-Chin line was established first and
an Office organized to take up the work. But from Chuchou to
Chinchou is only seven hundred odd miles, so that four
hundred miles of road have still to be built before the
terms of the contract are complied with.
“This Ministry has carefully gone over the situation and now
proposes to establish a road from Chouchiakou, in Honan,
through Nanyang, to Hsiangyang, in Hupeh, compromising
approximately two hundred miles, to be called the
Chou-Hsiang Railway, to be included in the said loan, and to
be taken under the charge of the director of the Chu-Chin
office, that progress may be made and the terms of the
agreement conformed to.
“It is requested that this information may be
transmitted.”
I have the honor to request you to take note.
With compliments.
