AND STUDENT. NOTES

A Word from Indo-China MR.

R. E. D. W. CHODYKO, of Hai

phong, Tonkin, China, one of the American School students in the Far East, sends a very interesting article describing conditions in the French IndoChinese dependency of Tonkin, and the feeling there in regard to the present

sea harbor, Hong Gaye, whose roadstead is well sheltered and protected by a rocky coast.

Hong Gaye is also a military post and an important mining center. Here are located the most extensive coal mines in the country. Ships from the different nations are at all times loading coal by

PHOTO BY CLICHE DUFRESNE.

THE WHARVES AT HAIPHONG, LOOKING EAST.
Chief Seaport of the French Colonial Dependency of Tonkin, Indo-China.

war. The letter was written in the first means of powerful hydraulic cranes, liftpart of April, about a month and a-half ing half a car load of briquettes at a after hostilities began, and it is full of time. interesting impressions as to the war. Saigon, the capital of Cochin-China,

The port of Haiphong, Mr. Chodyko is 10° south of Haiphong. It has a fine describes as a river harbor, the deepen- harbor, deep and large enough to receive ing of which is not yet finished. Steam any sized steamship or boat. At present ers and cruisers drawing not more than there is a fleet of warships, cruisers, tor24 feet of water, can secure safe anchor- pedo-boats, destroyers, and six submaage.

Big men-of-war and transports rines lying at anchor. Mr. Chodyko restay at the mouth of the river in a deep- lates the following interesting fact:

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fresh and salt water. All plumbing is wood finish in passageways and around cherry, mahogany, birdseye maple, and

cypress are among the woods used.
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GRADUATE AND STUDENT NOTES
"Last month Korea got left. Before the The dining saloon, in upper deck
war, and this shows they were expecting it house, is a beautiful room. The finish
beforehand, it appears that the Korean Gov-
ernment, under the name of some private con-

is mahogany from deck to ceiling, and
cern, ordered in France a lot of 75,000 old paneled in various shapes—staff ceiling,
style army rifles at a good bargain, as they diamond forms, in the center of which
PHOTO BY CLICHE DUFRESNE.

A CHARACTERISTIC PORTION OF THE WATER-FRONT OF HAIPHONG, TONKIN,
were still new. Before the transport reached (every alternate one) is an opening for
Haiphong, war was declared; and, upon her ventilation. Between these, in same line,
arrival in Haiphong, the ship was loaded with

are electric lights.
a cargo that had become war contraband, the
75,000 guns having been sent with a good lot

The vessels are twin-screw, and have
of ammunition. The matter was put into the two sets of engines, one on port, one on
hands of the English Governor, who had the starboard side. The engines are vertical,
guns and the ammunition put ashore and locked
up. Korea will have to wait until the war is

triple-expansion, direct-acting, surface-
finished to obtain her guns."

condensing; high-pressure cylinder, 29
inches in diameter; intermediate, 51

inches diameter; low pressure, 89 inches
Shipbuilding at New London, Conn. diameter; stroke 57 inches; 16 boilers, 8
IN THE YARDS of the Eastern Ship on each side, in sets of four. Steam pres-
Company, New London, Conn., two

sure, 250 lbs.
large steamships, the Minnesota and the
Dakota, to run on the Pacific Ocean for
the Great Northern Railway, are nearing
completion.

Both ships are built the same size:
Length, 630 ft.; breadth, 73 ft. 6 in.;
depth to upper deck, 56 ft. All of the
works and houses on the upper deck are
shown white in the accompanying photo-

LARGE STEAMSHIP BUILT AT NEW LONDON, CONN.
graph. The gross tonnage of each ship
is 21,000 tons. Both vessels will be fitted

For the purpose of heating and ven-
with all modern improvements—electric tilating the various parts of the vessels,
lights, and bathrooms with hot and cold staterooms, etc., large blowers and fans

are employed—the blowers drawing the open work, with nickel-plated pipes. The air through heaters, and forcing it around

to the many outlets in passageways and wells is very handsome. Oak.

rooms.

The coils in the heaters are so arranged that in warm weather cold water is cir

stair

culated through the pipes. By this means be too happy to impart any information the air is cooled before being forced to those of our graduates, students, and around the openings. The pipes for readers who contemplate a visit to this heating and ventilation are concealed as beautiful "Island of Springs." much as possible. The openings supply There are several points of interest ing heat are placed near the deck; and which will delight the visitor, during his those for ventilating are near the ceiling. tour. He probably lands in Kingston

The ventilation is both natural and (the capital), where he can be accommomechanical. One particular feature in dated at Myrtle-Bank or Constant Spring the heating and ventilation, is that no Hotel. He is then at liberty to have a stateroom is supplied with heat directly. pleasant ride in an electric car, in any The lower portions of the doors are made section of the town, for twopence. of slat work, similar to blinds, but sta He will naturally be anxious to visit tionary. As every room has an opening the country, which he can do by rail, cutfor ventilation, the exhaust fans are ting obliquely across the island from drawing the air out of the rooms, and, to Kingston to Montego Bay, a distance of supply the deficiency in these rooms, the 114 miles. The scenery is extremely warm air from outside flows in through wild, especially that viewed while runthe slat work in the doors and results in ning through the Cockpit mountains. a continual movement, or circulation, It is necessary to take a buggy from keeping the rooms comfortably heated. Montego Bay, in order to visit the north

Openings are covered with brass-wire side of the island. The next town in netting, or with face plates, like a regis order is Falmouth, which was well laid ter face. The difficulty of heating and out but is now in a state of comventilating and at the same time having mercial depression. It is hoped that there no pipes in sight, can be appreciated only will be a larger percentage of trade in a after taking a trip through these ves short time, as the harbor (which was sels.

very dangerous) has been very much imThe immense amount of work in the proved by blasting and dredging, which heating and ventilation of these steam is still in the hands of American engiships is shown by the fact that about neers. forty tons of sheet iron was used on each A few small towns of minor imporvessel.-H. W. WASHBURN, American

tance come next in order, until one School Student.

reaches St. Ann's Bay, which is built on

a decided slope to the sea. Four miles A Letter from Jamaica

from this town, flows the Roaring river. IT T MAY BE of interest to our readers, with its beautiful falls resplendent with

to learn something of my “Island spray and white with foam. home"— Jamaica. Though far away The tourist will very likely be anxious from the American School of Corre to visit Port Antonio, center of the spondence, of which I am a student, I banana industry, the "American town" of have its interest at heart; and should only Jamaica. This port has shipped thou

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