Administration Bureau Working Well: The Motor Road Fuost A Connzsroxurst In the four years that have elapsed since miy last visit to Mokanshan much water has run under the bridges. The Nationalist Government has teen established at Nanking and the Administrative Bureau for: Mokanshan made effee-It was pleasure last: week travel on the well kept roads and sce the many new buildings that have gone, up at this popular resort, On every hund there was evidence of ce-operation between the Adistrative Bureau and the Mokanshun Summer Resort Association, It is evident that the officials in charge of the administration. are bent on putting into effect constructive measures. for the improvement pf the place. We heard of plans for the installation of electric lights. this summer providing both for. street lights and electricity, in the homes. Tt is also expected that.a built near the water fal) afd that large pul hall will be built in the near future although it will be impossible to have it ready for use this season, Transportation to the mountain continues to be a problem, The motor road from Hangchow to the foot of the mountain evidently suffered severely from the heavy frosts of last Tu some it was almost impassable ws the rains of last week, The fact that a new lot of student is being broken in added to cur bus left Hangchow we collided with a truck bound for the city. With the canal on one side and the scrim looking truck bearing down on the other the moment was one to luc. remembered. " Fortunately our hus was brought to a stop Just the truck hit us. We escaped without injury although the long scratch along the body of the bus showed hhow dosa we hud boon to disaster, i On the return broken. glass on the oad this side of Shangpah und a hus with its nose well down In the canal near Kenaenchino showed that the driving is fax from expert, The Director "of the Administrative assured us that experienced would be in charge of the buses when the season really open that through bookings passengers and baggage would ho Possible along the lines s0 efficiently followed by the Shanighai-tanchow-Ningpo Railway in formey year Visitors arriving. by bent may have one difially in" getting to. the mountain as no chairs or coolies are availabh at the old Sanchiaopu rest house. About the only parability present is to have the boat rowed tip to. the Junction point. of the Mokanshan "and. -Huchow "motor toads where a bus can be secured for the foot of the mountain, Baggage carriers would live to be arranged for at the Mokanshan bus Present indications are that the season will bea good one, Ap: parently all the houses. that are worth renting are already rented, A friend tells me that he has had at Toast ten persons. asking after houses who. could not be accom The general store wilk be rua by Yuen Tah & Ca. An office for the telegraph administration is, being built on the end of Yuen Tah Go.' building thus give the office a central location, The old church building has been bought jointly by the Commercial Press ad the Shanghai Commeretal Savings Bank, With the thermometer at 50 some wore dressed in heavy sui and sweaters while one more venturesome young man oppe ed in shorts and a sports shirt, fair har-Finger "of warmer days to, come when this cold and sunless April shall have given way to the brighter days of Bay.
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