Restoration of T.P.R: Line: Two Million Needed for Railway, In order that traffic may be sumed a8 soon as possible on Tientsin-Pukow Railway, the tionalist Government ha' sioned a party of foreign and Chinese engineers to investigate the damage done to the Yellow River Bridge, which is the longest in China, and to repair generally the ravages that war has wrought upon the line in general, by the Northern troops, us they retreated when pursued by the Nationalists, Mr, A. R. J. Hearn heads a group of Chinese exports, who are also accompanied by Mr. C, BeGilvray and a Chinese tantsante from the Kiangnan Dock and Engireoring, Works, Shanghai, Oficials from the Nationalist Ministry of Communications and engineers from the Peking-Hankow Railway, comprise the rest of the party, Mr. Yang Chen-shun, managing: director of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, on 'a recent visit to Tai nan, arranged with the Chinese authorities of that district and the Japanese authorities, that every facility be afforded the, inspection party, Last week, the engineers eft Puko, ard upon arrival at Kushan, a station north of Taian-received from the [Japanese authorities to proceed.
It is expected that, in the. course of a few weeks, a detailed report will be made by these engineers, and plans will then immediately he drawn up for the speedy. reconstruction of the damaged portions of the famous bridge.
The Yellow Riser Bridge was built by Gernian engineers who laboured four years to complete it, it is nearly w'mile in length, and cost, at the time of construction, over Tls. 4,500,000. The most seri-
placement of. several large span damage eistainel Is the dis-Which the Northern troops di located during May this year. Tt is generally understood: that over $2,000,000 will be required to fin ance the reconstruction work neod-before through trafic ray Fesumed between Tiantsin and: Pur Mone than 90 men and wanton are <isappearing from their homes day in Tokyo, the Metros Police Board our ed recently
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