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Parade Ground had been sold to a land development syndicate
and that the Canton Government had itself prepared a land development scheme in the vicinity of Kun Yan Shan, between
the North-East and North Gates, adjacent to the proposed
location of the Junction Linc. Ho said that the price thon
asked for land in the northern portion of the City was as
much as $29,000 pur acre. Sucka price in Mr. Boothby's
opinion would make it impracticable to take up land for
more than two lines of track.
A third scheme was put forward in 1915 by Mr. H. T. Foord, thon Engineer-in-Chief of the Chinose Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway. His location ran straight across the southern portion of Canton and mado a direct connection about three miles in length between the torminus at Tai-Sha-Tau and that at Wong-Sha. Of this clignment
about one mile would run across the densely populated
southern suburb and another mile across the even more denscly populated nostorn suburb of the city, while the third mile (being the central portion of the alignment) would occupy the lend an which the outer wall of tho Now City proviously stood. Mr. Foord estimated the cost of thir location at $1,200,000; but it is probable that, owing to the high price of land, such a location would now cost at loast twice as much as Mr. Foord's estimato.
(Sd). C. CLENTI.
15th May, 19261
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