T have recently returned from a trip to Canton over the route of the new railroad. The Canton see: tion is now running trains Wushek and launches run from Soochow daily to the end of the road. It took six days to Canton from Chenchow, but one day was spent at Wushek because the launch failed to make connexions.
In April of this year the manage ment expect to have trains running to Soochow. Only one tunnel re mains to be completed Soochow is the ten will be all that trip.
No one who has made this tri can speak too highly of its sonic beauty. The day down from Ping-
There is only one through passenger train each way and that train takes seven hours to make the trip. The rod is good and there seems to be plenty of business, for the trains were crowded all the time, The railroad follows very closely the north river all the way.
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