ike the figures we quoted the other day for three towns where mechanical tree tion has proved an undoubted success, and then calculate the cost for Shanghai if any one of the se systems was introduced. Of course, the actual system utilised in Ghigow Dublin would not suit Shanshai, owing to the present objectionable lea of having all telephone, telegraph and electric light cables suspended in the air, intend of being ran undegreund in properly constructed conerete ways," or conduits, 'The submerged third rail, and brush system, however works highly satisfactorily im all towns where adopted, and this' is the system most suited 10 Shanghai, Tt is chesprrthan the of! er, snd less dangerous, inasmuch as there is no trolley bar to slip and smash the g the luis wire, detri atter fall, maki or rails and rendering life in the very use fe, The hone papers show what speeds can be obtained on a monorail system at a cost much lower than ordinary. railway traction, and just the sume if not xreatersperdscan be ati have been obtained by means of the tri-rail system. Now if a previous suggestion was acted upon, and the Woosun line was converted into an electrically equipped cne, if the present railway station was made the electric power station, and all the intermediate stations The nuenber of sidings vextly increased, the were done away with, except acsidings, and
journey from Shanghai to Woosung could be made in 1! minutes, allowing' for all stoppages. 'The increased facility of getting ud from the cars would give these carse greater number of passe: gers each journey. Further, running light cars more frequently would' suit many passengers much better, for many miss one train and havea long time to wait for the next, whereas tio cars coupled together, one Ist and tone 2nd, could run far more conveniently for the public. Then if a swivel bridge were made over the Woosuny Creek (only to be opened at atixed time duri: g the ¢ay), the e'ectrica'ly equipped cars could run out to the Woosung point or the old batteries, giving the sailors on the men-of-war and ocean going steamers a chance of more frequent and convenient rons to Shanghai, rom the other end, as previously suggested, the line should take to the Say-King Filature and the Yue-yuen mill, and thence straight to the Hing-chang Filature, while anothers branch crossed from the Yue-yuen Mill to the corner of Sinza Road and thence via the Bubbling Well to the Sicawei Obseratory. Another branch would start from the present Railway Station, along the North Chekisng Road, along
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