The city of Wuchow, the first city in the province, and the distributing center for all districts in the province, has been transformed, from jumbled city of the _uncient type with narrow streets and squatty dwellings, to a modern city with macadamized streets, and cement sidewalks; with three and four~ storey dwellings and substantial business blocks, all built according to modern plans with architecturer nicety, and increasing in number and size almost daily. "All over the city these splendid buildings are being erected, and the country people who visit the city for the first Ume gaze in wonder and amaze at the sights and sounds that gree: them.
Streets that formerly were under water for weeks at a time during the spring floods, have new been raised so that the ordinary spring freshets do not affect them. Business that formerly was at a standstill for many weary weeks, with the clerks swimming in front of their shops, can now be carried on without fear of sudden foo, and many millions of dollars thus saved to the city. Of cours
when an extra heavy downpour, long. there ww times each spring continued, raises the river so' that parts of the city are inundated, but this is usually of but a few days duration, and then business swings back again into its wonted strid An Occasional Motor Car Occusionally. oF a Nash Sedan or a shining Ford running, through the streets and more reently an enterprising merchant has opened a bicycle and motor shop where for a small sum the youths of the city can learn to balance themselves on two wheels, and spin through the streets in a' way that onuses the ancients who are not Knocked down, to stand in awe at these recent innovations,
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