developed further this; week; the double find to Peking is now in use. Tt will obviate waits at Long-tang when the other has failed to be punctual. Traffic is now regular on the Fengtsi-Paotingfa line, although it will take another year for the engineers to put in the finishing touches to the permanent way, stations, etc. I hear passenger receipts are over $200 a day may appear ridiculously small, bu must not be forgotten it takes some time the 'Chinese to find out, just as it did in the case of the English, that railway travelling is cheaper than' long walking. As usual the country folk are picnicing from far distances to see the stean here. Even now at Machuapu one sees carts. full of guily dressed women and children who come down from the capital see the foreign innovation. It must be confessed the gigantic Baldwin locomotives alone are well worth a few hours' penance in a Peking cart. These hauling monsters are giving far more satisfaction than st first.
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