New Road Financed by French: Some Motor. Accidents: Aeroplanes Coming Lungchow, Si, Apr. 26.
Work is continued on the Lungchow-Langson motor road. A loan (2) from the French Colonial Government of Tonking has made possible the completion of this work and. the metaling of the road is rapidly. nearing completion. Regrading of dangerous sections. and' widening in Warrow places as wel as better embankment as precaution against slides is also being done., Mr. Cadet, the French Consul of Lungchow and Nanning, has been, instrumental in the carrying out of this" work and througis his untiring efforts the work is being vapidly pushed toward compl tion.
During the past three years the commerce between' Lungchow and Tonking has increased: materially: due greatly to the efforts of the rench Consul and the Commission bruises and scratches." The other, previous accident, occurred when a new car in making a sharp turn did not keep to the road but plunge ed down a steep embankment into a ravine. It dropped a distance of about 20 wrecking completely. the' hood" and shroud of the car as well as the wheels and axles.
Tu a miraculous way the six oceupants of the ear were unharmed, the heavy roof beams of the bus taking Jolt and thus saving the passengers. Another remarkable feature was the fact that the engine too escaped with little damage. After raising it to the road and making. temporary repairs the car was) taken to Langson where it is now going through a complete overhauling. Six or seven hundred dollars worth of repairs are necessary before it will be again in condition to make its regular run, er of Chinese Customs, Mr, 3 Cupelli.
Great advancement has deen,
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