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MAIL NEWS FROM CHINA

Railways, Mining, And Road Building

RAILWAYS.

CHANGCHOW-LUNGYEN

TO BE LINKED

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Foochow The Fukten Provincial Depart- Reconstruction making ment of plans to build a rallway to link two important cities of up the Changchow and Lungyen, in southern Fukien. At the request of the Department, "the Provin- cial Government has asked Ministry of Railways to despatch. a deputy here to co-operate in the project.-

Any Min.

JOINT CONFERENCE

TO BE HELD

the

Nanking, Complying with the request of the Klangnan Railway Company. the Ministry of Ratways is con vening here on March 1 a joint

conference of the Napking-shaps hai and Shanghai-Hangchow- Ninggo,

Tientsin-Pukow ways and

Rail-

HIGHWAYS

WUSIH-SHANGHAI ROAD NEARLY COMPLETED ---

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1935..

ENGINEERING AND BUILDING

REBUILDING THE BANK OF ENGLAND

Chibians Doing Things On The Quiet

Construction work on the pro- jected Wushi-Shanghai High- way wil be completed by the

middle of

and next month amnibus service will be operated on April 1st. It is learnt at the Kiangsu Provincial Department of Recchstruction.

starts

The highway, which from Wush and passes the im- portant cities of Changshu. Tal- Nanhsiang. chang. Klating. Chenja to Shanghal is minte Shan 130 kilometers long and 5.5 There are al- kilometers wide. together 149 bridges and 60 tun- nels.

Four main stations will

be established at Wusih, Changshu, Talchang and Shanghai, in addi-

tion to

smaller stations at the various stops. An order for 40 omnibuses has been placed in Shanghai by the Wush-Shang- hai Motor Service Company.—

the Nanking-Wuhu rection of the "Nanking-shadan Kuo Min.. Railway (of the Kiangran Rall- way Company) to arrange for the operation of through transporta- tion

four Ines. on the Railway Administrations concern- ed "have been instructed to send Celegates.-

Kuo Min.

Qi

The

LIENYUNKANG BUSINESS

Hsuchow.

IMPROVING

Business at the new port of Lienyunkang, é'astern terminus the Lung-Hai Railway in north-eastern Kiangsu, 1g stea- dily improving. Customs statis- ties show that the amount of cargo entering the port during the month of January totalled 42,137 tons, of which 28,700 tons were for through transportation and 14,260 tons for the port area. Exports amounted to 48,067 tons. including 33,090 tons through freight and 12,300 tons from the

port area.

Of the imported good, sugar, cotton-yarn. paper and metals formed the largest proportion. Peanuts, cotton, sesamum seeds and yellow bean were the chief exports. Altogether 45 steamers entered the port during the, month, thcluding 21 incoming and 24 ou going ships.— Kuo Min.

Through traffic on the Canton- Hankow Railway will be inaugu- rated on April 1. It is reported that freight and passengers will be carried by motor car over the uncomplete section.'

ASSISTANCE FOR COAL

MINING INDUSTRY

CONSTRUCTION IN HUNAN TO BE SPEEDED UP

Changsha.

The Hunan Provincial Govern- men has approved "the joint pro- posal of the Provincial Depart- ments of Finance and Recon `struction for a loan of $120,000 to push forward highway construc- tion. In the western part of the province.

The Provincial authorities are expecting the arrival here this

Mr. week, of

Tseng Yang-fu. Provincial Commissioner of Re construction for cheklang and concurrently Director 0: the Highway

Construction

"Bureau

for the Ave Southeastëru provin Ces of Kengsl, Cheklang, Anhwal and Fuklen, who has been "en- -trusted by General Chiang Kai-

shek

with the planning of a highway to connect Shenchow, western Hunan, with Kwelyang, provincial capital of Kwelchow Kuo Min.

PROGRESS IN KIANGSI

Nanchang.

A total of over 4,500 kilometers of highways has been construct- ed in Kiangsi province during the past yean, (1934), Mr. Kung Hsueh-sui, Provincial Commis- sioner of Reconstruction, an- nouriced in the course of a re- port on reconstruction, at the weekly memorial service at Pro- House yes- wincial Government terday.

Passengers have been carried over a distance mileage of more than 2,600,000 1 (about 850,000. miles) while the revenue totalled, over $300.000, he said.

The provide more "facilities for communications, Mr. Kung ad- vocated, the dredging of over 5,000 11 (1700 miles) of waterways In the province.

While the

Yushan Nanchang section of the Cheklang-Kiangsi Rallway will be completed by the end of this yeak, work should also be started on the Nanchang-Pingslang sec- tion in Western Klangsi, be add-

Kuo Min.

Following protracted discussion, is now reported that the Ministry of Finance has approved the scheme sponsored by the Minis- try of Industry for the issue of bonds to the value of $20,000,000 to be set aside for the develop- ment and assistance of the coun- try's coal-mining industry. It is understood that the difficulties .ed.- in raising this sum are causing some hesitation in financial cir- cles and the bank are not eager to underwrite the whole amount so that it is considered possible the total issue of the bonds will be reduced.

Seven thousand refugees from fooded areas in Bhantung are to be drafted into the Litsun and Chanhua districts in the lower region of the Yellow River for pioneering work. Each person s to be allotted fifty mow of land while the provincial authorities will provide the refugees with food until they can themselves.

DIRECT LONG-DISTANCE TELEPHONE SERVICE

SHANGHAI AND CANTON

CONNECTION

By The Latest Methods

The battle against no'se goes problem confronting on apace. In the first signal victory was won by the Minister

the archi- tects. If the effect of riveting steel was bad, in a residential dis-

of Transport in his edict against

traffic noices at night, a second Victory is being won by Dr. Oscar Faber, consulting engineer tö the Bank of England, Only it is being won so quietly, that "very few people know anything about it at all For the first time in history, a steelframed building is arising completely silently in the City of London.

The steel-riveter is generally, admitted to be the worst enemy with which we have to contend in this battle against noise. This is the opinion of an age which is well able to boast of its connoisseurship in every sort of pandemonium, Ferched aloft en the half-assembled skeleton of some gigantic block of flats in Mayfair or omices in the City, there seemed to be no escape from him. His attitude gave him undisputed sway over far larger area than that held by his rival of the pneumatic drill in the ravaged streets far below.

triet, then what would it be like

in, an

area devoted almost en- tirely to the intricacies of high finance It was obviously im- possible to expect the thousands of brain, workers in the densely crowded banking area to sustain years of riveting in their midst. So some new methods of build- ing the great steel frume for the Bank's new home had to be de- vised.

:

Electric Welding

For some time the Army en- gineers had used the process of electric welding in small steel

structures,

such as temporary bridges, but in civilian engineer- ing it was almost unknown. It possibilities had

fully not been investigated, there was naturally a lack of labour skilled in its bandling and in England, at any rate." there was prejudice against its use on the part of authority.

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But the vantages to be gained by a system which could elit Complicated Business. nate riveting in favour of fusion by heat were too great to be dis- But there seemed nothing to be done about it Steel-framed regarded for long. The reduced construction for building. of any weight of a structure in which no rivets were needed, thereby mak- size has come to stay, and the promised transformation of Lon- ing for a cheaper and Ughter- gon is only just beginning. For-framed building without impair- unately for us, as we shall see, ment to strength, is an obvious one of the Arst big bulldings. In point in its favour. Above all it the City to be reconstructed was gives a practically noiseless work the Bank of England The work ing. of rebuilding is a very complicat- "ed business; the difficulties pre- sented by the site and necessity of maintaining the usual routine of the Bank during the rebuild- "Ing "make it a very lengthy one as well, Already it has been going on for seven years. The Ingenuity exercised by Sir Her- bert Baker in adjusting 2. vast new interior covering four acres to Soane's original facade' is a very noteworthy achievement. writes a correspondent. ·

But planning was not the only reaching effects.

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And now the LC.C... perhaps the most important building authority in existence, has cently sanctioned the electrically welded construction in the area under its control This is an extremely important decision, since the number of proposed steel-framed building to be put up in London during the next few years is Ukely to be greater than ever before, and a revolutionary change such as this decision is bound to have far-

IRAQ-MEDITERRANEAN

OIL PIPE LINE

Five Countries Traversed

During the last month, the uni- que pipe line which has been con- structed by Messrs. Iraq Petro- leum Company, Limited, to bring crude petroleum from its oll fields

lines which bring the oil from Kirkuk to the Mediterranean first rum together in a south-westerly direction for about 150 miles to Haditha, on the Euphrates, hav-

At Haditha, the line bifurcates, one pipe traversing the Syrian de- sert to Tripoli, a distance of about 375 miles, and the other traver- sing Iraq and passing through Transjordan and Palestine to Halfa. The length of the line from Haditha to Halia is about 470 miles. The work involved in the construction of the line, has

been carried out by Messrs, Iraq Petroleum

at Kirkuk, in Iraq, to the Meditering crossed the Tigris at Fathah. ranean ports of Tripoli, in Syria, and Balfa, in Palestine, was in augurated on a scale commen- eurate with the circumstances of the undertaking. Since the line passes through five countries, viz., Iraq, Syria, the Lebanon, Palest ine and Transjordan, there have been, five opening ceremonies, the first having been performed on Nanking

the 14th instant by King Ghazi Direet long-distance telephone of Iraq at Kirkuk, at the first of the pumping stations which have service between Shanghai and Canton will be made possible by been constructed at Intervals along the line, there was a cere. April 1, it is learnt at the Minis-

monial luncheon at Damascus, try of Communications. T

For the development of better attended by the President of the communications between the twe Syrian Republic, and the opening cities, installation work was start ceremony of the northern terminal supported fast October under the free of the line at Tripoll was per-

tion of the Ministry and is mak- formed by the French High Com Ing swift progress at both ends, missioner. Comte de Martel. A After inspecting the International similar, ceremony was performed Radio Station at Chenin and the at Halfa on January 22 by Ge- Shanghai Telephone Bureau, Mr.neral Sir Arthur Wauchope, the Teng Tsung. Director of the Can- British High Commissioner for ton Telephones Bureau and Kalesting, and finally, on January member of the Kwangtung Pro 24. H.H. The Amir Abdullah" of vincial Automatic Telephone Transjordan attended a ceremon- Committee, le expected here at luncheon at Amman. Thus shortly to make arrangements one of the oldest known sources for the conducting of test service of the of which plays so import

ant a part in modern civilisation in March

will now become readily acces sible, and the world's supplies augmented to the extent of some 4,000,000 tons annually.

IRRIGATION ON YELLOW

RIVER

i

Tairan.

The Shantung Provincial De- partment of Reconstruction is planning to build a tunnel and a water sluice at Tang-ah along the Yellow River in western Shanghat for the promotion of irrigation. The cost of the pro- Ject is estimated at $1,188,000. It is estimated that a total of 7.300 ching (730,000 mow) of farm land will be benefitted yielding an annual revenue $3,410,000 Rua Min

The total outlay for the instal lation. It is reported amounts to $700,000. The sum will be equally bome by the Ministry of Com- munications and the Kwangtung

Provincial Government —

The Kirkuk oll fields, known in Biblical times, le some 150 miles north of Bighdad, and the two

PUBLIC WORKS IN N. S. WALES

Diverse Character

Of Operations

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ENGLISH ENGINEERING

FIRMS BUSY

Some Recent Orders

Messrs. Marconi's Wireless Telė- graph Company, Limited; Electra House,

Vletoria - embankment, London, W.C.2, have received an order from the High Commissioner for India in London for the sup- ply and erection of a 20-kW Broadcasting station at Delhi Work on the manufacture of the equipment is to commence imme- The operations of the Depart-

the Marcon Works, ment of Public Works, New Southdiately at

Chelmsford, Wales, are of the most diverse

Messrs. The Buell, Combustion character; in addition to the de- sign and construction of water Company, Limited, 48, Moorgate, contract from Messrs. Imperial Supply, sewerage, harbour, road London, EC.2 have secured & Chemical Industries (General Chemicals), Limited, Widnes, for the supply of an Allan-Buell tur- bo-dryer (Buttner system). dryer is specially designed to deal 'with products in the form of cry- stals, powders or pastes, and al- lows a very delicate handling of the materials,

and bridge works, the Department has charge of Burrinjuck hydro- electric and Port Kembla steam power station, has for some time past supervised operations at Walsh Island Government Dock- yard which was turned into a trading concern some years ago, prepares designs for schools, hos- pitals and other buildings, and undertakes surveys and the pre- paration of plans and the testing and inspection of cement, steel, cast-iron and other materials and products.

supplied five years ago by the firm. The new unit will be of the Löpul- co single-pass type, 38 tubes in width and seven" tubes back to front, capable of "& normal per evaporation of 120,000 lb.

hour, maximum continuous eva- poration of 180,000 lb. per hour, and peak load for two hours at 200,000 lb. per hour, the steam pressure being 360 lb. per square inch at the superheater outlet, with a total steam temperature of 800 deg. F.

Messrs. The English Electric Company, Limited, Stafford, have secured a contract from the Brad- ford Corporation for 15 A.B.C. English Mectric double-deck, 60- seater, The

tow axle, "all-metal body trolley omnibuses for service on the Duckworth-lane -- route. The electrical equipments will be. Imanufactured at the Company's

Bradford Works, and the bodies at the Company's Dick, Kerr Works, Prestop. The chassis will be made. by Mesars. The 'Associated Equip-` ment Company: Limited, Southall Middlesex.

Messrs. Richard Dunston, Limit- "ed..Thorne, near Doncaster, hava received orders from Leeds owners

for a motor parge, to be employed In carrying coal on Yorkshire waterways, and for three barges, measuring 77 ft. 6 in. by 18ft..by 6ft. for London owners. Messrs. Dunston have now 12 vessels un- der construction at their. Thorne yard.

The last-published annual re- port of Mr. G. W. Mitchell, Dr. ector of Public Works, which has recently come to hand, shows that at the end of the year under re-

⚫ Messrs. Morris Motor, Limited, view, namely, June 30, 1933, pub- lic water supplies were in opera: Cowley. Oxford, have received or- tion in 87 towns, that 15 towns.. "were sewered, and that storm❤ - water channels had been con-. structed in 16 towns. The cities in the Metropolitan and Hunter River District are not included in these figures. Complete schemes of water supply were in progress in six towns, and augmentation and reticulation extensions were carried out during the year in

many others; furthermore, two sewerage schemes were brought to a. conclusion, while similar schemes were in progress in se- ven towns.:

Harbour Works

Among other harbour works, the eastern breakwater at Port Kembla was extended 49 ft., mak- ing a total length of 3,255 ft, while submarine rock breaking was continued on the bar and at several wharves at Newcastle for the purpose of increasing the depth of water. Dredgers visited" various river entrances and bar- bour mouthes, and. in the process

maintaining the channels,' brought up 9,242,331 tons of in Be......... terial.

The Burrinjuck and Port Kem- bla power stations continued to operate satisfactorily, and the sales of energy generated at the former plant amounted to 18,- 391,689 kWh, an increase of 8 per cent. over the total for the pre- vious year. The energy sold at Port Kembla totalled 8,149,434 FWh, an increase of 2.3 per cent." Early in 1933. the Government decided that the Walsh Island Dockyard and engineering works should cease operations as a trad- ing concern, and, when the re- port was written the disposal of the plant was in progress The repairs to dredger plant have been transferred to the works of the Department at the Dyke End. The Dockyard floating dock, however, is to continue to be available, but for docking purposes only, the work of cleaning, painting and repairing of ships being out by private firma."

The estimated value of the ma- terials sampled, tested and in- Pected by the Testing and In- spection Section amounted to £395,797, and the fees received in respect of these services totalled

£5,834

Company, Limited, whose chairman is Sir John Cad- man, G.G.MG. DES., in about three years, and at a cost within, and closely approximating to, the anticipated figure of £10,000,000, The Iraq Petroleum Company, it the Kirkuk structure, which had should be mentioned, is a com- been explored by the sinklug nf some 30 wells, would suffice all bination of the Anglo-Saxon Fet- zoleum Company (Shell Group), needs for many years. Subse- the Compagnie Francaise des Pet-quently, drilling was continued, roles (French Group), the d'Arcy and still continues, on a smaller Exploration Company (Anglo-Per- scale. During the period of in- slan Group), the Near East De- tensive drilling from 1927 to 1931, progress was made in the for- velopment Corporation (American Group), and Messrs. Participa- mulation of the pipe-line project. tions and Investments, Limited. Burveying commenced in January, 1928, and the general decision on the route was reached in the au-

so that the successful completion of the work is a notable example of the value of international co- operation

Drilling at Kirkuk commenced in April, 1927, and in October of that year oil gushed from the No. 1 well at Baba Gurgur, the flow being out of control for several days, and drifing continued un-

the spring of 1931 By that line It has been established that:

tumn of 1930. Bumcient data were. subsequently made available for the hydraulic and jechanical design of the pipe line to be pro- ceeded with and the first. Dhy- sal demarcation of the line, by cairns placed on the gro WEN carried out by three survey part les in the summer and autumn öt 1941

Messrs. Holden

and Brooke,

+ Limited, Sirius Works, Manchester, 12. have recently received from India three contracts calling for a total of 55 motor-driven ceatri- fugal pumps.—-

Dignified Retort

ders for Morris industrial engines- from Messrs. John Birch and

Paris is a good spot for a sche- Company. Limited, London; from mozzle, especially for the Ameri- Messrs. Mawdsley's Limited, Dur- can woman who knows ittle sley; from Messrs. J. H. Holmes French and is not tactful in tip- and Company, Limited, Hebburn- ping her taxidriver. on-Tyne; and from Messrs. John The driver got Forsythe (Terrazzo), Limited, Bel-machine and said fast.

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Messrs. International Combus- tion, Limited, Aldwych House, Aldwych, London, WC.2, are in- stalling a new boiler in the Free- man's Meadow generating station, Leicester. This completes the equipment to be installed in the boiler house already containing three pulverised-fuel fired boilers

out of his

one or two

things about the 25 centines ho.. had received,

The American understood little, but gathered from the driver's tone of voice that it was hardly a declaration of love he was making. He paused to find the right ad- jective when the "American drew herself up with dignity

and snorted: "Oh, Je suis, suis-je?"

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