CO129-432 - Governor Sir May - 1916 [3-5] — Page 208

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nothing has been heard of any land purchase or commencement of con- -struction, in fact the Yash kn Railway pparently "pigeon holed" the

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In disousring He question with the Managin, Director of the Canton Kowloon Railwỹ, the writer has several times expressed the opinion that the connation is most urgently required and that it ant tgra-w-- shọ buildsho line, whether the Canton Kowloon Railway or sap Tuch Hon Railw ̧v so long as it quickly built and put into use.

recent years the Yush Hon Hailway Compray have foun difficulty in raising money; still, they have spent a good de-1 shoe the Autumn of 1910 on smnstruction and could, no doubt, have allocated the am required for tho# work of the connecting line had

they wished to do so,

So far as the writer is aware the Roilmy Board, Pekin, has consistently pressed the Company for the construction of the line.

The immediate advantages of the connecting link would

be many to all concerned.

(1). There would be considerable uburban traffic from Tri Sha Tou

(The Eastern Suburb of Denton) to and from the North gate and Wang Sha (the Western suburb), and both railway a would undoubted-

-ly greatly benefit thereby.

(2). Through traffic from the Forth River Valley to Kowloon would be

established. This would no doubt at once be very considerable both in freight and passengers, na the Yueh Han Railway has reach- -ed Yin Tak, 89 miles from Canton, and a further 20 or 30 miles, will, so the writer is informai, be opened in a few months the line reaching Shui Chao Fu which is a tom of causiderable

laportance.

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(3). In the further construction of the Yush Han Hailway economy would

result. Henvy material such as locomotives rolling stock, girders for bridges ko,, arriving in Hongkonɛ from abrond or other parts of China, (usually by large stemmers which do pot-come to Canton

to discharge) could be received at the wharves of the Canton

Kowloon Railway, British Section, and conveyed to Hnilhaud.

saving per ton by the avoidance of transhipment and the hiị

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