CO129-520-6 Railway development- Canton-Kowloon Railway 5-11-1929 - 5-11-1930 — Page 84

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THE CHINA CRITIC

March 13, 1930

March 13, 1930

THE CHINA CRITIC

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A resolution passed by the Second Plenary Session of the Kuomintang Cen- tral Executive Committee last Spring ap- propriated two-thirds of the Boxer In- demnity Funds for railway con- struction and decided that the

Railway should Canton-Hankow

be completed by the end of 1932. Therefore Commission on the Completion of the Canton-Hankow Railway was established with Mr. Y. S. Chun as Chief Commis- sioner and Mr. H. S. Chuck as Director of Construction of the Chuchow-Shao-

The Ministerial

Conference

The Minister

The Political Vice-

Minister

The Administrative

Vice-Minister

chow Section. The same resolution fur- ther decided that the Lunghai Railway should be completed by the end of 1934. Therefore a Commission on the Com- pletion of the Lunghai Railway was established with Mr. Kuan Keng Lin as Chief Commissioner, Mr. Ling Hun Huan as Director of Construction of the Lung- hai Railway and Mr. Ko Kuang Ting as Managing Director.

As a compensation to the share holders of the Canton-Shaochow Section of the

Canton-Hankow Railway the Ministry. Nationdu has bee authorized by the Government to issue $20,000,000, boils A to rede:m the shares outstanding. Board of Trustees for the Yueh-Han Railway Redemption Bonds was organiz- ed.

Other organizations as the Advisory Committee on Railway Terminology and the Advisory Committee on Railway Loan Agrcements have come into existence as work demands.

II. Analysis of Principal Duties.

TABLE SHOWING THE ORGANIZATION AND WORK OF THE MINISTRY THE ADVISORS' OFFICE-Proposing, investigating, examining, and inspecting the plans, estruction and management of Railways and Rational Highways. THE COUNSELLORS' OFFICE Drafting, examining, deliberating on editing and com-

piling rules, regulations and ministerial orders. THE SECRETARIAT Drafting, deliberating on and safekeeping confidential correspon- dence, editing and translating administrative reports and documents in for- eign languages, keeping records of ministerial conferences, taking care of the Library and the Museum,

THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL AFFAIRS-Attending to the general affairs of the Min- istry and its subordinate offices and affairs not specially assigned to other offices, departments and bureaus.

THE DEPARTMENTS OF TRAFFIC AND OPERATION--Attending to the traffic and operation

of Railways and National Highways under the Ministry.

THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT Attending to the financial aliairs of the Railways and

National Highways under the Ministry.

THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT-Attending to the engineering work of the Railways

and Highways under the Ministry.

THE BUREAU OF RAILWAY STATISTICS-Attending to the statistics of the Ministry and

its subordinate offices.

THE RAILWAY HEALTH SERVICE-Attending to the sanitary and medical affairs of the

various Railways.

THE THROUGH TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION—Attending to domestic and international through traffic arrangements and the clearing of Railway accounts. RAILWAY PLANNING CAMMISSION-Planning Railway lines of the whole country. NATIONAL HIGHWAY PLANNING COMMISSION_Planning the Construction of National

Highways.

ECONOMIC COMMITTEE Making economic plans for operating and projected lines. EDITORIAL COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY RULES AND REGULATIONS Drafting, deliberating

on and compiling rules and regulations.

PUBLICITY COMMITTEE Centralizing publicity and editing official publications and

statements.

TECHNICAL COMMITTEE Studying and solving technical problems in Railway Engineer-

ing. COMMITTEE ON STANDARDIZATION OF RAILWAY TECHNIQUE-Determining 12 standard

of and working out improvement on Railway technique. PURCHASING COMMISSION-Purchasing materials for the railways. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE UNIFICATION OF RAILWAY ACCOUNTS AND STATISTICS— Revising the Accounting Rules and Classifications, working out accounting me- thods, working out Statistical forms and Regulations, and suniniarizing other accounts. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON READJUSTMENT OF RAILWAY OBLIGATIONS Readjusting the various Railways' obligations rising out of domestic and foreign indebtedness. COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY PERSONNEL-Investigating the qualification of railway em-

ployees.

COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY EDUCATION Reforming and improving on Railway education. COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY SCHOLARSHIP ABROAD-Determining the number of scholar- ships and investigating the qualification, examining the standard and exper- ience of scholarship holders and applicants.

COMMISSION ON SUPPRESSION OF OPIUM SMOKING-Investigating, examining and Sup- pressing Opium Smoking that may be addicted by Ministerial and Railway staff. COMMISSION ON THE COMPLETION OF THE LUNGHAI RAILWAY-Taking charge of the planning, surveying, financing and construction of the unfinished sections of the Langhai Railway. COMMISSION ON THE COMPLETION OF THE CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY-Taking charge of the planning, surveying, financing and construction of the unfinished section of the Canton-Hankow Railway. COMMITTEE FOR COMPILING THE HISTORY OF COMMUNICATIONS Compiling the History

of Communications.

Other Committees, Commissions and Conferences.

The Shanghai Office.

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II. The organization of and Distribution

of Work in the Ministry The Ministry of Railways plans, con- structs and manages all the state rail- ways and national highways. It super- vises all the province-owned and private railways.

The Ministry of Railways is composed of:

The Counsellors' Office.

The Secretariat.

The Department of General Affairs, The Dept. of Traffic and Operation. The Finance Department.

The Engineering Department. The Through Traffic Administration. The Bureau of Railway Statistics. The Railway Health Service. The Commissions and Committees.

The Counsellors' Office is composed of two Sections, the Legislative Section and the Compilation Section. This office attends to the drafting, delibera- tion, examination, compilation, editing, and registry of rules, regulations and Ministerial Orders.

The Secretariat is composed of three offices, the Secretarial Office, the Editori- al and Translation Office and the Library. The Secretarics attend to the drafting and custody of confidential correspond- ence, the deliberation of official docu- ments, the editing and translation of official publications, statements, and docu- ments, and the records of the Ministerial Conferences.

The Department of General Affairs is composed of the Business Division, the Division of Documents and archives, the Division of Education and the Personnel Division. This Department attends to:-

1. The receiving, despatching, distribu- tion, drafting and safekeeping of docu- ments.

2. The issuance of Ministerial Orders. 3. The custody of the Ministerial Seals, 4. The appointment, dismissal, reward, and punishment of the staff of the Minis- try and the staff of the officers under the Ministry.

5. The compilation of administrative reports

6. The training and education of ex- ecutive and technical personnel for the Railway service.

and

7. The education of Railway employees the administration of Railway schools.

8. The Ministerial estimates, budgets, accounting and miscellaneous affairs.

9. The affairs not especially assigned to other offices, departments, bureaus, committees or commissions.

The Department of Traffic and Opera- tion is composed of the Traffic Division, the Operation Division and the Labor Division. This Department attends to:-

1. The supervision, management, im- provement and development of the traffic business of the Railways.

2. The management and control of Railway operation and the rolling stocks. 3. The determination of fares and rates.

4. The domestic and international through traffle arrangements.

5. The approval of traffic equipments. 6. The working condition and protec- tion of Railway employees.

7. The training and control of Railway police.

8. The adoptation of plague-preven- tive and other sanitary methods in the Railways.

9. The supervision of the province- owned and private Railways.

10. International Railway problems. 11. The operation and traffic of nation- al highways.

The Finance Department is composed of the Division of Financial affair, the Division of Audits and accounts, the Division of Railway 'Obligations and the Division of Investigation. This Depart- ment attends to:-

1. The drawing up and checking of railway estimates and budgets.

2. The control and safekeeping of Railway funds.

3. Raising funds for rehabilitation and construction of Railways.

4. The readjustment and repayment of Railway loan; and obligations.

5. The auditing of Railway accounts and bills.

6. Railway accounting system and statistics.

7. The management of Railway pro- perties.

8. The purchase and management of Railway land.

9. The economic planning and in- vestigation of Railways,

10. The supervision of the finance of the province-owned and private Rail- ways.

11. Other financial affairs of the Rail- ways.

12. The financial affairs of national highways.

The Engineering Department is com- posed of the Division of Civil Engineer- ing, the Division of Mechanical Engineer- ing and the Planning Division. This De- partment attends to:-

1. The supervision, management and rehabilitation of engineering affairs in the Railways.

2. The Location of Railway lines and the planning of Railway engineering.

3. The supervision and management of the engineering work in Railway con- struction,

4. The construction of Railway ter. minus and municipal construction in the Railway concs.

5. The examination in materials for civil and mechanical engineering in the construction of Railways.

6. The construction and management of Railway shops and stores.

7. The supervision of the engineering work in the province-owned and private Railways.

8. Other engineering work in the Rail- ways.

9. Engineering work in the nationa highways.

In the Ministry of Railways, there shall be one Minister, one Political Vice- Minister, one Administrative Vice-Minis- ter, two to four Counsellors, four to eight Secretaries, four Department Directors, twelve

Division Chiefs, one hundred twenty to one hundred sixty clerks, one Chief

Technical Expert, sixteen to twenty Technical Experts, twenty to thirty Junior Technical Experts an twenty to twenty-four Technical Assist ants.

For the planning of the National Rail- way Network, the national highway sys- tem, the unification of Railway account- ing system, the compilation of Railway rules and regulations, the purchasing of Railway materials and the standardiza- tion of Railway technique the Ministry of Railways organizes a number of com- mittees and commissions.

In the Ministry of Railways, the Through Traffic Administration take: care of domestic and internationa! through traffic and Railway clearing, the Bureau of Railway Statistics takes care of Railway statistics, the Railway Health Service takes care of the medical and sanitary affairs of the various Railways.

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