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MAIL NEWS FROM CHINA

Railways, Mining, And Road

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Work on the construction the projected steel bridge across the Kan Klang (River) on the Yushan-Pingsiang section of the

Cheklang-Klangs! Railway, in " central Kiangs, has been started.. under the Joint auspices of the Klangsi Provincial Government and the Kiangnan Railway Com- pany.

The bridge spans a distance of 500 meters. It is being built at a cost of $1 million and 1s to be completed before the end of the year.

To institute direct train service between Haugehow and "Nan- chang, provincial capital of Klangs, as soon as possible, the Cheklang-Klangsi Railway Ad- ministraction has ordered the completion of the Yushan-Nan- chang section of the line by the end of September so that service may be inaugurated on National Independence Day (Oct.10). The order requires that the road-bed be completed in the spring and that the laying of rails be started in early April and nuished be- fore Oct. 10- Kuo Min.

SOOCHOW-SHANGHAI HIGHWAY

Chinklang.

Plans for the construction of the projected Souchow-Shanghai Highway have been worked out by the Klangsu Provincial Government.

The road will start from Soo- chow and pass the towns of Kuanghull, Welkuatang, Weiting. Chenylchen, Kunshan (Quinsan),.. Hisachiachino; Anting and Huang- tun to link up with the" Nan- hslang-Shanghai Highway. It will be 70 Kilometers long, bullt parallel to and on the southern side of the Nanking-Shanghai Railway and from one to five kilometers distant from the line, " The entire road is to be completed by the end of May.

The Municipal Government of Greater Shanghai will be respon- sible for the surveys on the Shanghal-Quinsan section and the Kiangsu Provincial Govern)- ment for the Quinsan-Boochow section.

The cost of construction is es- timated at $700,000. The ex- penses for surveys and construc-" tion of the Shanghai-Quinsan. section will be borne by the Shanghai Municipa] Government; the Quinsan-Soochow section by the Klangsu Provincial Govern- ment... 'Kuo Min.

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NINGHSIA-PAOTOW HIGHWAY

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Under the direction of the Ninghsia Provincial Provincial Government, construction work

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the Ninghsia-Paotow (Sud- yuan) Highway project has now proceeded as far as the territory of the Ordos (Yeghe Jo) League in Mongolia from Ninghsia city. A distance of over 200 1 (about 70 miles). With the cooperation of the authorities of the Ordos League, work will be pushed for- ward to the Sulyuan border. This section is expected to be completed rapidly as most of the way is level land;"

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The highway. according to original plans, shou'd have been started simultaneously from both ends by the Ninghsia and Sul- yuan Provincial authorities. The Ninghda Provincial Government, however, decided to begin opera- tlons earlier, without waiting on Sairuan.-

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Foochow

A ceremony initiating the dredging of the waterways ser. ving the provincial capital was held at the Shulpumen Area Pro-

in the presence of over 60 vincial oficials and represen- tatives of" various organizations.

General Chen Yi, Chairman of the Provincial Government, dug the first spade of earth. More than 800 labourers have been.re- cruited for the work- Kuo Min

Nanking.

The Alcohol Distillery, estab- lished by the Ministry of Indus try, will be formally inaugurated" in Shanghal on March 15, it is learnt.

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The factory is already operation, turning ούτ more than 2,000 gallons of alcohol daily. Production will be increased to 7,000 gallons shortly- Kuo Min.

Hankow. Installation work having been completed, tests on the new Radio Broadcasting. Station here were successfully conducted yes-.. terday...

In order to extend the service. the Provincial Authorities are also arranging for the erection of s Branch station in Wuchang— ' Kuo Min.

Nanking. The Thing (Klangsu)-Huchow (Cheklang) section of one pro- jected Nanking-Hangchow long distance telephones service wil be completed by the end of this month. The line is part of the nine-province long-distance telé phone network ordered by the Ministry, of Communications.-. Kuo Min.

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SHAKK. ARCHIT,

The Architect's drawing of the proposed Chatham Apartment Hotel to be built by the Chatham Hotel Co., Ltd., on Chat- ham Road, overlooking Lyemoon Pass.

In addition to usual Hotel accommodation, the building will provide for self-contained Flats of different types. Other. novel features designed in the building are enclosed Palm Gardens, Swimming Pool, and Children's Playground.

The proposed General Agents of the Company are a well-known and old established British Firm. The Company's Fin- ance will be in charge of one of the leading Banks in the Colony.

Further particulars of this project will be published later.

CHARCOAL-GAS

ENGINE

Their Use To Be

Encouraged.

Hangchow.

The Highway Communications Commission for the three prov- inces of Kiangsu, Cheklang and Anfwel and the Municipalitles of Nanking and Greater Shanghai held meeting at the premises of the Cheklang Provincial Depart ment of Reconstruction. yesterday. Mr. Chao Tsu-kang Deputy-Dir- ector of the Highway Bureau of the National Economic Council and member, of the standing Comittee of the Commission. presided.

It was decided that "the use of the charcoal gas engine for omnibus service, and the pro- duction and transportation of charcoal, be encouraged. The Provincial and Municipal highway authorities will be instructed to purchase two cars driven by char- coal-gas engines for trial on their highways

The question of providing a re- pair service on the Nanking- Hangchow and Shanghal-Hang- chow and other highways in the vicinity of Shanghal will be left to the Cheklang Provincial Gov- ernment and the National Good Roads Association

With regard to the measures for unification of automobile licence fees, the meeting decided that the delegates compile a table showing the charger in their respective provinces or münteiral- ities for submission to the next regular meeting

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LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONES

Network In China Being Completed

Nanking.

Under the direction of Messrs. Li Kuo-hua and Chen Keng-fa, Directors in charge respectively of the Tsingtao-Shanghai and Shanghai Hankow⠀⠀⠀ Telegraph Lines, preliminary surveys on the

and Nanking-Talupu (Anhwel) Tsłupu-Hankow sections of the projected Nanking-Hankow long distance telephone service (includ ed in the nine-province long distance telephone network) have been completed. Installation work will be started early next month; the line is to be ready in

six months.

According to the plans of the Ministry of Communications, the entire nine-province long distance telephone, network is to be com- pleted in two years. In order that the Ministry may carry out the project in time, the Executive Yuan authorised the appropriation

In view of the importance of radio-telephone and the succes sful results achieved atthe Chenju Interiational Radio Station, the Ministry is also con- templating the erection of radio- telephone stations at various im portant cities Kuo Min

LIFTS SAFE FOR TRANSPORT

lessrs. J.aid J. Charlesworth, Limited, Wakefield.

"Messrs. International Combus- tion, Limited, have recently gup- plied L-type underfeed stokers to H.M. Dockyard, Chatham, the East Power Station, Newport, and Ryde

Interesting Paper At pumping station, Australia, and

Engineers Meeting

A number of members of the Institution of Electrical En- gineers in London were present at a meeting held to hear a paper read on "Ldits" by Mr. C. V. Du Mars.

In the course of his paper, the reader quoted huge figures to show the extent to which lifts were used in New York and the small percentage of accidents that happened compared to other transporting vehicles.

The figures showed that some three million more people are -served daily by elevators in New York City than are carried by all the horizontal transfer systems. combined-including subways street cars, elevated trams, and. buses. Some 12.350,000 persons travel dally in lifts, while 9,000,- 000 are carried otherwise.

Casualties caused by lifts in New York showed one fatality for every 285,000,000 persons

carried, and but one injury per 39,000,500. In other public trame fatality Is one in 14,000,000 and injury one in 88,000, or a ratio in Zavour of lifts of nineteen to one, and 800 to one respectively,

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Messrs. The Parsons Oll Engine Company Limited, have received an order from Messrs. Harland and Wolff. Limited, for a kerosene emergency generating set, with Laurence Scott generator, for the new Elder Dempster vessel under construction, Mesirs. Par- sona are also supplying to Mesira. Rowhedge Ironworks -- Company, Limited, two of their standard këzosene: engines for police laun- ches, building at Rowhedge, and they have also received an order from Messrs. Merryweather and Sons, Limited, for a 110-hp. petrol engine with reducing gear 10% firefloat now under construction.

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NEW ENGLISH CONTRACTS

Messrs. The British Thomson- Houston Company, Limited, Rugby, have received the order for the electrical equipment in con- nection with the conversión of the Fort Jackson and Manly Steam- ship. Company's double-ended for ryboat Bellubera to Diesel-electric drive. The Bellubera is one of six double-ended passenger ferry steamers running in Sydney Harb- our. The propelling machinery will operate on the BTH, patent- ed controlled current system, method employed on the ferryboat Electric Star, now running between Hong Kong and Kowloon The equipment will include four 5- cylinder. 2-stroke, 400-450 bhp. Harland and Wolf-Diesel engines, "each coupled to a B.TH, direct

current generator rated-at, 320 kW, four propeller motors, each rated at 851 h.p., at 790 r.p.m., and gearing with Michell thrust blocks, lubricating-oil pumps and bridge ́control stations.

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Messrs. Mitchell Brothers Sons and Company Limited, are the main contractors for the rebuild- tig of Burleigh Bridge, between Derby "and Duffield stations, London, Midland and Scottish Railway. The length

the of structure is 222 ft., and at present there are seven spans. The new bridge will have six spans.

Messrs. Smokeless Combustion Company, Limited, have, installed their Balanced-Combustion system in a plant of eight Lancashire bollers owned by Messrs. W. Ewart and Sons, Limited, Belfast, and of three Economie bollers owned by Messra Meredith and Drew Limited, Shadwell, London. They have also received" repeat orders from Mesars, British-American Tobacco Company, Limited, Mil- bank, London, S.W.I. in connection: with five heating boilers, from Messrs. Gramophone Company, Limited, Hayes, Middlesex (one water-tube boiler). Messrs. Eall and Woodhouse, Limited, Bland- ford (one-Lancashire boller), and Messrs. Huntley and Palmera, Limited, Reading (eight biscuit. ovens).

Messrs Ruths International Accumulators, Limited, have sec- ured several important orders Germany, Russia, France, Italy, and other countries during

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the present year. One of the most important is for the City of Ams- terdam, where the municipality is now installing a large plant of six Ruths accumulators' at the Nord electric power station. The erec- tion work is being carried out by Messrs. Machinefabriek Gebr. Stork, Hengelo. The plant is to be used for covering the peak load and will act as a stand-by, provid- ing 15,000 kW of power for 45 minutes. The plant will be in operation during this winter.

Messrs. Hick, Hargreaves and Company, Limited, have recently secured contracts for a 50,000-kW

surface condensing plant with auxiliaries and a closed-feed

system for the Ironbridge gener- ating station of the West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority, 30,000-kW surface condensing plant for the Northampton Electric Light and Power Company Limited; and a large central evaporating "plant for the Klip power station of the Victoria Falls and Transvaal Power Company. Other orders include a 1,000-kW pass-out furb- ine for Messrs. Bast Lancashire. Paper Mill Company, Limited, a fourth repeat order for a 1,500-kW turbo-alternator for Messrs. Eng- lish Sewing Cotton Company, Ltd, Belper, and a 10,000-cub. ft. per minute turbo-compressor.""

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