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MAIL NEWS FROM CHINA Railways, Mining, And Road

Building

BRITISH ROLLING

STOCK

and freight

Tientsin- The petition of the Pukow Railway Administration to purchase 18 locomotives and 15 passenger coaches wagons, in order to expand busi- ness and speed up traffic has been granted by the Ministry of Rail- ways. The cars will be ordered from Britain with funds provided from the British Boxer Indemnity Refund.

NEW RAILWAY

The long railway in Shansi, from Tatung in the north to Puchow in the south, a distance of over 840 kilometres, has been opened to traffic, the total expenditure be- ing estimated at about $15,120,000. A number of other railways are planned, the most important be- ing the Taiyuan-Hsinghsten line. about 260 kilometres in length. Two routes have been surveyed, one from Hokouchin to Hsinghsien and the other from Shinshien on the Tatung-Puchow railway to Hsinghslen, the latter being about 40 kilometres shorter than the former, but the former having the advantage of Lower gradients. Other lines to be built are mostly branches of the Tatung-Fuchow railway on various sections.

RAILWAY IMPROVEMENTS IN NANKING

The sum of $190,000 has been allotted by the Ministry of Rail- ways towards the construction of the Central Railway Station in Nanking. Two warehouses will be built at the station for goods stor- age, one for the Nanking-Shang- hal Railway and the other for through traffic service. Three pairs of tracks will be laid in or- der to facilitate transportation at". the station..

NANCHANG WATER WORKS

Nanchang, Dec 6, The site for the projected Nan-. chang Water Works and Electri- city Plant has been fixed after careful surveys by representatives of the Klangs! Provincial Govern- ment and the China Development Finance Corporation. The will be in the vicinity of the Min. Sheng Factory. where adequate water supply is available. Kuo Afin.

site..

THE LUNG-HAI RAILWAY

Extension Nearing Completion

Chengchow, Dec, 8.. With the western extension of the Lung-Hal Railway between, urgkwan and Sian, in eastern Shensi, nearing completion, the Railway Administration has ap pointed

Chen Jul-lin 23

Kr. station-master for Sian, provin cial capital of Shens, He is to prepare for the opening of the station and the inauguration of service,

Train service on the extension has been operated for some time, from Tungkwan as far as Lintung. about 17 miles (501) from Sian: and rails have been laid to Chan- chiao, 7 miles from the Shensi provincial capital. According to the plans of the Railway admin- istration, the entire line will be completed by the end of this year and train service will be, inaugur- aled on New Year's Day- Kuo Min

TRANSPORTATION IN · NORTH WEST PROVINCES

The Provincial Governments of Shensi, Kansu, Chinghai (Kokon- or) and Ninghsia, together with the North-western branch of the National Economic Council and the Lung-Hal Railway Adminis-.. tration

are jointly organising a North-west Communications Com- mittee to unify through freight transportation" and to maintain and protect trame services in the North-West

NEW BUS SERVICE IN

KIANGSI

Omnibus service on the newly constructed highway between Tal- ho and Hingkuo, in southern Klangsi, was started on Novem- ber 11, This route is part of the projected Kiangsi-Hunan Inter- Provincial Highway, and links up with the highway network con- necting the cities of Lucheng, Shihcheng, Kwangchang and Ningtu, in the south-eastern part of the province.

DIRECT HSUCHOW. LINTUNG TRAIN SERVICE

on

Direct

service train

the Lung-Hai Railway between Heu- chow

Kiangsu, North western and Lintung 50 l (17 miles) east of Sian provincial capital of Bhen s1, was started on November L At present, one express will be oper- ated daily.

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ENGINEERING AND

ROAD BUILDING ENGINEERING

SHANGHAI-WÙSIH

HIGHWAY

the

work on Engineering bridges and culverts of the new highway between Shanghai and......

(the industrial centre Wusih, along

the Nanking-Shanghal Railway) has been completed. The road covers a distance of over 130, kilometers, and will be opened to traffic early in December.

MIAOCHI TIENMUSHAN

HIGHWAY

The branch road of the Chekiang- Anhui Inter-Provincial Highway connecting Mianchi with Tienmu Shan, a mountain famous for its beautiful scenery. on the Che- "kiang-Anhul border,

has been completed. As soon as traffic is opened. an excursion trip by motor-car from Hangchow to the mountain "and return can be done in one day.

NEW HIGHWAYS TO. CONNECT KIANGSU HONAN & SHANGTUNG

Latest efforts in fostering com- munications between the neigh- bouring provinces of Klangsu, Ho- nan and Shantung are seen in the building of the Kiangsu section of the projected Kiangsu-Honan In-"

NOTES

NEW COTTON GINNING FACTORY

BUILDING

“A new cotton-ginning factory was

the city of opened in Chitung, northern Shantung, on October 31, m the presence of Mr. Chang Hung-lich, Shantung Pro- vincial Commissioner of Recon- struction, and the, branch man- agers of the Central Bank of China in Tsinan and Tsingtao. This season' the Chitung district yielded a bumper cotton crop to- talling 800,000 catties. Special ar, rangements are being made by the Provincial Commissioner of Re- construction with the local "co- operative societies and banking circles for further development of the cotton industry in the district.

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BANKERS TO AID SHAN. TUNG PUBLIC UTILITY

For the development of industries in Shantung province, General of the Han Fu-chu, Chairman Provincial Government, is seeking the aid of banking circles in Pei- ping and Shanghai for investment in the province. It is learnt that a three-year plan for improvement. of public utility enterprises in the province will be laid out. A big electric power plant will be erect- ed at Poshan, mining centre in north-eastern Shantung. cost of $800,000.

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EXPERIMENT

at

a

ter Provincial Highway between HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING the port of Halchow, north-east- ern Klangsu, and Chengchow, northern Honen, work on which was started on November 3. Con- struction of the highway linking up Hsuchow and the districts of Chinhsiang and Yutai, in southern Shantung, is proceeding and is expected to be completed early next year.

ROADS CONSTRUCTION IN KLANGSI

..

Construction work on the Hydra ile Engineering Experimental In- stitute in Tientsin, the first of its kind in the country, will be completed this thonth. The Board of Directors is now arranging for the purchase of machinery and èquipment.

ELECTRIC POWER PROJECT

La

For amnibus service on the Tayso-

to According

Mr T Bhangli section of the Klangal- Hunan Inter-Provincial Highway, Soong, General Manager of the China Development Finance Cor- along the Klangsi-Hunan border,

poration, after completing his was opened on November 11. "Da

mission in Nanchang in con accordance with orders from the

nection with the electric power National Economic Council, the

project, that instead of $3,000,000 Highway Bureau has despatched

as originally estimated, a sum of additional engineers to expedite

$3,300,000 will be needed in view work on the Talho-Hingkup, Lu-

of and Kuang- the large-scale engineering chang-Shincheng

Sum of chang-Ningtu Highways, in south-operations. Bealder the eastern Klangal. Survey work on

$1,500,000 to be subscribed by the Provincial Authorities and mer- the route between Hsiungkow and Kulungkang, north of Kinguo, must be completed, within ten days."

HIGHWAY DEVELOP.

MENT IN FUKIEN

new

Ominibus service on the highway linking up Foochow the provincial capital of Fukien, with Mamol, the coastal port, will be operated on November 11, Sur- vey work on all the roads in the suburbs of this city is nearing completion. Soldiers of the 87th Division will be put on the job of road-building. The highway between Kienyang and Shaowu in northern Enklen, has also been completed and is expected to be opened to trafic shortly.

Improved roads and the exten slon of highways into the mur rounding countryside, has resulted in more motor vehicles being im ported into Canton. According to the latest information avaliable, it is reported that apart from the number of bicycles which has in creased to 7,000, commercial long distance buses now number 121, passenger hire cars 501 trucks 164, kcal buses, 661, private cara

RUG FACTORIES

IN TIENTSIN

Rugs form an important item of China's export trade, and the centre of this industry is Tientsin, where there are a number of fac- tories. Particulars of some of these concerns are summarised as fol- lows:-

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RADIO

NINE PROVINCE TELE-

PHONE NETWORK

loan

of

CONSTRACTION

CONSTRUCTION WORK ON CHIENTANG BRIDGE

Construction work on the fron bridge across the Chientang River was formally started on Novem ber 11 at a ceremony held at the Zakow Station, Hangchow, in the presence of over 5,000 Govern-" ment amcials, delegates of the railway and, highway administra- tions concerned, industrial and banking leaders as well as repre- sentatives of the interested pub- lic organizations. The bridge will be 3,520 feet long and cost be."

Negotiations for a $300,000 from the Postal Remit- tances and Savings Bank for the projected long-distance telephone network, linking up the nine pro- vinces of Klangsu, Chekiang, An- hui, Klangsi, Hupeh, Hunan, Ho- nari, Shantung and Hopei, have been concluded by the Ministry of

The * Communications.

revenue derived from the Eastern Exten- sion. Great Northern and Com-" mercial Pacific Cable Companļes- will be deposited in the Postal Re-tween $3,400.900 to $300,000. The mittances and Savings Bank as security.

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RADIO STATION TO BE ERECTED

Chun Sheng-This factory, was established in 1920 outside the West Gate with a capital of $3,- 000, and employs 80, workmen, their aggregate wages amounting to $7,300 annually. The 27 wood- en looms turn out about 40,000. square feet per annum, all sold to locaf exporters. The business done in 1930 was $57,000 income and $55,000 expenditure, leaving B. proat, of $2,000, while in 1932 income was $34,000 and expendi- loss of ture 338,000, showing`a $4,000. The woollen thread used amounts to approximately 30,000ing stacion in Tientsin. A sum of $30,000 will be appropriated for cattles a year, valued at $24,000

Initial expenses. The Provincial and is obtained from Tientsin and

Department of Reconstruction is attending to the task of selecting Wucheng.

a. suitable location for the station and making other arrangementa The projected station is expected to be in operation in six months.

With the approval of the Provincial Government, Hopei preparations are being made for the erection of a radio broadcast-

HSUCHOW

The newly constructed radio station for the Hsuchow and Hai- chow Areas here was formally put into operation on November '12.

Hua Chang- This concern, located in the northern part of Tientsin, has a capital of $500. was founded in 1924, and employs 28 workmen, who make rugs en- tirely by hand... Their wages ag- gregate 375 monthly, and the an- NEW RADIO STATION FOR

output amounts to 3,000 nua)

made of machine- square feet made thread, valued at $8,000, and 8,000 square feet made of hand- made thread, valued at $5,600, these rugs being sold to exporters in Tientsin. Every year about 1,500 cattles of machine-made woollen thread. worth $4.125 at $1.85 a catty, 5,000 catties of hand-made thread, worth $3,250 at 65 cents per catty; 300 cattles of fine warp thread. $2,100 at 70 cents a catty; 300 catties of coarse, warp, $1,050 at 55 cents; 100 cattles of fine woof thread worth $330, and 1,200 catties of coarse woof, worth 5240, are used by this factory these materials being all obtained locally.

Hein Hsin-This concern is of "very recent origin, being establish- ed in May, 1933 with a capital of $1,000. It employs 160 workers, whose wages amount to $1,500 monthly. The yearly output, 60,- 000 square feet, is entirely made. by hand, and is exported to the United States. The woollen thread consumed annually amounts to more than 60,000 lbs. valued at over $30,000, and is supplied - by dealers in Haining and Chahar.

It should be noted that in addi-, tion to their wages, workers in these factories receive, free board and lodging from their employers.

LAND AND

WATER

chants, the remaining $1,800,000 CM.S.N. Co. and Rail

will be provided by the China. De- velopment Finance Corporation. All engineering work as well as the purchase of materials will be in charge of the Finance Corpora tion. *

ELECTRIC STATISTICS.

A total of

Agreement

Nanking. Dec. 6.

By arrangement between--the Lung-Hat Railways Administration Company, through transportation on land and water between, the railway and ships for Tsingtao and Shanghai was started yester- day.

194 electric power companies are registered

It is hoped to increase the re with the Government, according

venue of the railway by $200.000 to statistics compiled by the Na- tional Reconstruction Commission-under the new arrangements, of these, $5 plants are in the pro- In a petition to the Ministry of vince of Kiangsu, 66 in Cheklang. Railways, the Klagchow Talsan 11 in Anhui, 5 in Kiangai, 6 in Hu- Railway Administratim reports "peh, 5 in Hunan, 3 in Szechuan, that through transportation on 3 in Fukien, 4 in Kuangtung, in land and water between the rali- Hunan, 10 in Hopel, 7 in Bhangway and the C. M. S. N. Co. wil tung, 2 in Honan, 3 In Bhansi, 1 in Charhar, and 2 in Bulyuan.

Plans for the institution of Mongolian Industrial Company is reported to be under consideration in Peking as a joint enterprise sponsored by the Mongolian Affairs Commission officials, Final approval sought from the Central authori- ties and the Company La brought into existence with a cap- ital of $1,000,000 raised

308, prlygte, trucks 48, motorcycles; from, British and Ame 77. Bedan chairs, one of the old- A contract to this

Best and most popular forms of

transportation to the day

row streets and by-ways, are now dying out and there are about

signed, sa the

of ance

in part

been

be inaugurated on January 1 Fourteen stations along the rail- way will be included under the arrangement, including Tsinan. Huangtai, Changtien, Foshan Sintien, Tsingchow, Weihnen. Kaomi, Klanchow and Tsingtao. The ports of call, for the steamers will include Bhanghai, Hongkong and Canton Kuo Min.

Bwatow:

MMERCIAL EMPORIUM

FOR NANKING

Nanking, Dec. 8.

me to build a large Con porium in the Ci

irman

National reconstruction Commis- slon, and Mr. Tseng Yang-fu, Provincial Commissioner of Re- construction for Cheklang.

The new pulling is to be model- led after the well known Tung An Shih Chang (Bazaar) in Fel- ping or the Continental Emporium in Shanghai, and will occupy an area of 20 to 30 mown→→ Kua Min

completion of the iron bridge will not only facilitate better cam- munications in Chekiang province and link up the Southeastern pro- vinces, but also beautify the scen- ery of the famous Lake City.

NEW BRIDGE FOR TIENTSIN

Tientsin, Dec. 6. To provide additional trame facilities, the Tientsin Municipar Government has decided to con- struct an iron bridge across the Hai Ho (River) linking up the First and Third Special Areas of“. the city. which are respectively the former German and Russian · Concessions,

Plans for the project have been mapped out. The tolls collected at the Wankuo Chiso (Interna- tional Bridge) here will be utilised. for the construction" expenses.---- Kuo Min.

One of the biggest bridges on the Peking-Mukden railway line, the Luan River bridge, is being constructed now and the work is reported to be progressing favour-... ably, Building material is reach- ing the scene of the work on time and more than 300 men are being engaged on the job steadily so that, if there is no food to do any real damage before the work is completed, it is expected to be finished in two years from now.

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