already three railway systems tapping this rich country, viz., the Peking-Mukden line, the best paying railroad in China, the Japanese South-Manchurian Railway, also a very remunerative line, and the Chinese Eastern Railway, the best paying portion of the whole Siberian system. Besides these, there are many lines projected by the Japanese. In order to develop this rich region properly a network of railways should be projected.
Before dealing with the separate lines of this network of railways, I should like to propose a center for them, just as the spider's nest is to a cobweb. I shall name this central city "Tungchin," the Eastern Mart, which should be situated at a point southwest of the junction of the Sungari and Nonni rivers, about 110 miles west by south from Harbin, and will be in a more advantageous position than the latter. This new city will be the center not only of the railway system but also of the inland water communication when the Liaoho-Sungari Canal is completed.
With the projected city of Tungchin as a center, I propose the following lines:
- a. The Tungchin-Hulutao line
- b. The Tungchin-Great Northern Port line
- c. The Tungchin-Dolon Nor line
- d. The Tungchin-Kerulen line
- e. The Tungchin-Moho line
- f. The Tungchin-Korfen line
- g. The Tungchin-Yaoho line
- h. The Tungchin-Yenchi line.
