Mr. Sidney Powell's Scheme for Solving Our Traffic Problem with Speed and Economy except for short distances and over those distances could no doubt secure the ce-operation of property owners, in view of the facilities derived.
A Moverate Cosr, It was only a few weeks ago that serious-minded and deep-thinking gentleman, who had stayed in Shanghai sufficiently long to be much impressed with the city, on the eve of his departure sent to this paper an open letter to Shanghai, in which he made various suggestions for the improvement of the Settlement itself and its government. His ideas were very favourably commented upon in places where such matters are discussed, though there was one point—higs idea for the improvement of trafic conditions—which many held to be too advanced, if not impracticable for Shanghai. That was an elevated railway.
Such a thing had been hinted before, not unnaturally with the ever increasing number of Amerieans coming here, but his was the first proposal put seriously into print. Curiously, a local expert and the Inner Circle, if work _proceeds on several sections simultaneously, could be completed and in operation in a year. For power he suggests relying on the Municipal supply, adding something over Ts, 500,000 per year to the Settlement's revenue, or this expenditure could be capitalized for a separate installation.
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