Tientsin, June 15.
'The Haiho Conservancy Board' has, upon the recommendation of fent. Pineione, accepted the tender of the Etablissements Dade & Schneider, who are represented by Olivier & Ca., in China, for the new international bridge. The new bridge will be of the type known as the Scherzer Rolling Lift.
What the cost will be has not been stated, but the sum is reported to be more than five lakhs of Taels. Some 31 tenders were received from firms of many nationalities, rang ing. between five lakhs and over ten The bridge in question is to be built to the west of the present bridge and will form a continuation of the Rue de France. The present bridge is considered inadequate for Tientsin's needs, and when the new bridge is completed, which is expeeted to be somewhere about 1925, expected to do much for the facilitation of communications and com-
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