The Archive · 1926

A Possible Motor Road

We are being treated to what may be the beginning of a motor rod hereabouts, Across the river where the tracking is impossible, and where, high water it is very' diMeult to cross the river, a big road is being ent out of the solid rock. It will b the nucleus some day of a highway. But the real highway between here and Chengtu will not cross the river, Det will run West of the Min through to Meichow and Pen Shan and then on to. Chengtu, joining the Yachow Highway ata place just above Pen 'The river is high enough now for the bigger steamers to come up and wwe have been treated to six boats, biggest being the B. and S, boat Shuting. She. brought cargo. for Bruner, Mond & Ca, 'The Chuen Och got' through with a cargo of Kerosene and it was all unloaded when the students appeared on the street to "demonstrate." American li in British bottoms did not look good to them. "However we are glad say that the boycott business waning, and Kiating true to type is. thaving a twelfth hours gush at it.

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