Peking and the overland route (1917) (14804479883)

Identifier: pekingoverlandro00thom (find matches)

Title: Peking and the overland route

Year: 1917 (1910s)

Authors: Thomas Cook Ltd

Subjects: Beijing (China) -- Guidebooks

Publisher: Shanghai : Thos. Cook

Contributing Library: University of California Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Light and Fans. Attached Bath-rooms. Hot and Cold Water. Centra) Heating throughout. Rooms arranged singly or en suite. Perfect Sanitary Arrangements. Private and Public Dining Rooms. Billiard and Reading Rooms. EXCELLENT CUISINE Under experienced Foreign Supervision. Porters in uniform meet all Trains & Steamers. TELEPHONE TO PEKING & TONQKU. TERMS MODERATE. F. HARSH, Manager. IV Astor House Hotel, Ltd. u ^i TIENTSIN Cable Address : ASTOR The Leading Hotel in Tientsin.Delightfully situated facing Vic-toria Park, and located in theCenter of the Towns Life andBusiness. Spacious and Luxurious Diningand Reception Rooms. First Class Cuisine and SelectedCellar under foreign Supervision. Comfortable Bedrooms, Double,Single or en Suite. Central Heating throughout, Elec-tric Light and Modern SanitaryArrangements. Hotel Motor-Omnibus and Portersmeet all Trains and Boats. CooksODuponsAccepted The Manacjement i Cooks Coupons Accepted Chinese Goverimient Railways. PEKING-MUKDEN LINE. ; *

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Administration Building, Tientsin. THROUGH TRAINS WITH DINING AND SLEEPINGACCOMMODATION RUN DAILY BETWEEN PEKING AND MUKDEN GIVING DIRECT CONNECTION WITH TRANS-SIBERIANSERVICE TO AND FROM EUROPE, AND EXPRESS TRAINS TO AND FROM JAPAN.The trains are lighted throughout by Electricity, Steam-heatedduring Winter, and provided with Electric Fans in each coupe inSummer. English spoken at all stations and on Trains. For further particulars applly to the Traffic Manager, or any office of THOS. COOK & SON. Tientsin, 1st. May, 1917. VI Cliiiiese GoY(Mniiieiit Railways PEKING-HANKOW LINE. THE ROAD THROUGH THE HEART OF CHINA. Avoid the Cold and Hougli Weather in tlie Sea-trip lietween Shanghai and the ISorth hy the more comfortable Route up the Yangtsze to Hankow, thenco via the Ching-Han Railway to Peking, where through connections for Europe are made with the Trains de I.uxe of the Government Railways of North China. This line passes tlirougli the Heart of the Country and enablesthe travelle

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