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Highway and the abandoned embank seat originally made for the railroad, but which will be used as a highway.

Bear the centre of the bund an opening is

provided through the quay wali as an exit for a large drainage water way. A lift bridge spans this centrai liulet (to curry the railrowd over it). The desin of

the brid is made to look like a monumental pailou, on the eatablure of which may by a Chinese inscription

which is to be translated, "Commerce increases a city'#

prosperity". There is to be a Motur uout juuding at

¿ve# acceap to a

al imposin fli ht or steps which

lar e open plaza beyond which la to be a fine building that cua coutain al audience che ber for the reception of humoured þuests, mich like the one in the

emorial Building. Two fine buildings are passed on

the bund, Que on each side of the

un Yat-sen

itrauce. The one on

the easterly side is the custom House, while the other is the duet frice. Behin the Audience Ball are to be

buildin's for

;.

overumental use. They are to be low, with green tile roofs and sell surrounded with trees so AB

to be Cu:oufla, ed to a cousiderable extent.

arega are to be occupied by parks and luzes. Zhus Lukes are in reality equtrolling reservoirs

vatore the heavy relufalls which may occur during

hih tides. Juch of the land back of the water Front

is lower thao the bi hest tides and floods in the giver,

and is to be protected by dykes so an to reduce the cost of raising the land by filling. The result is a modified Abateriam

Rotterdamie

The hilly lands in the back-centre and in

the easter section of the city will be dotted with fine

residences, and each block in the densely built up

sections