At last ground hes been broken for the long promised road from the railway station tothe city. It will be mile in length, with tre This road will be to the n mits) who heretofore had to haul goods by " tortuous and oft times muddy route. A similar avenue has been made at Chingchoufu city, where the distance to the station much greater than at Weihsien. The rails are down to a point five miles west of Chingchoufu, and regular traffic will he opened to that city on April Sth. Frequent, and of late almost continuous, rains have greatly hindered work on the railway, but inspire of obstacles good progress has been made. A difficult piece of bridge-work west of Ch'anglo city made it impossible for the construction train to pass that, point until last Thursday, but meanwhile 30 kilometres (20 miles) of new track were laid without the aid of a locomotive, all materials having to be transported by Chinese vehicles, and trains pushed by coolies. Even with this handicap 1,300 metres were Inid on one particular day, which is nota bad record.
H. E. the' German Governor passed through by rail last' Saturday en route from to Chinanfu, "His handsome special car attracted much atte where opportunity was afforded of see its interior arrangements.
Really this city has' been getting quite cosmopolitan of late. A few days ago a Japanese agent for some commercial enterprise was here, and within the past twenty-four hours we have had two Hindoo merchants offering Indian wares for sale, and a Mormon'missionary from Salt Lake City prospecting in the interests of his sect. Such is the inevitable result of railway connection with the outside world
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