Gen. Lu's Fine Trunk Works From Our Own Correspondent, Shaohsing, Che., Feb. 22.~ General Lu Yung-hsiang, the Military Governor of this province, is sustaining his reputation as a road-builder. A fine broad carriage road now in course of construction in the southern part of this prefecture is entirely due to the initiative of General Lu. The road, which is now rapidly approaching completion, will link up the cities of Chenghsien and Sinchanghsien. In the districts through which the new road runs, there are no naviga able rivers or canals, and up to the present no wheeled vehicle of any kind has been able to ply there, not even a wheelbarrow, but all burdens whether heavy or light have been borne on men's shoulders. The road in question is only a section of the great trunk road which is to run from Hangchow through Shaohsing, Taichow, Wenchow and from there on to the border of the province of Fukien.
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