Scheme to Handle Cargo. Quickly Between River and Line Nanking, Jan. 21, To facilitate the transportation of freight into and out of Chinkiang, the Ministry of Railways has deci to construct a branch line connecting the river-front station at Chinkiang with the Chinkiang Customs Housoy The fund for this construction Jamounting to about $30,000, will be appropriated from the 1999 surplus Jof the Shanghai-Nanking Railway.
The merchants at Chinkiang hav been greatly inconvenienced by th fact that goods have had to be transported by boat between the Chinkiang: Customs House and the present river-front station, and duty jing dry seasons when: the water ig flow, boats find it very difficult to dock at the river front. estimated that more than 100,000 tons of goods have to be re-shipped in this manner every year. If a branch line is constructed along the viver-front, there will be an annual Increase of 20,000 tons of goods going into Chinkiang and about £0,000 tons of goods exported from that port, The General Chamber of Conte meres' of Chinkiang recently subs mitted a proposal to the Ministry, of Railways, suggesting that branch line be constructed and that to meet the construction expenses, an extra freight charge of 20 cents per ton should be collected on the Shanghai-Nanking Railway. As the proposal of the Chinkiang merchants confirms the investigations of the Ministery, and realizing that the new, line will greatly benefit. the mers chants at the city, the Ministry has Gecided to consteuet the proposed, branch line, Although the merchants expressed their willingness to pay the 20-cent extra freight charge, the Ministry decided that any extra change collected would be a border, fon the merchants, and, therefore, decided to appropriate the amount from 1930 surplus of tha Shanghai-Nanking line,—Reuter,
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