Hangchow, June 28.
Following a conference between Mr. Wang Peh-chun, Minister of Communications, and' Mfr, Li Hou-sen, Managing-Director of the Shanghai-Nanking- and Shanghai-it is_underistry of Communications will immediately undertake the construction of an iron bridge across the Chientang River, at a suitable point below Hangchow, to facilitate railway communication between Ningpo and Hangchow.
Local authorities have been notified by the Ministry that surveying engineers are proceeding from Shanghai to Hangchow to determine the place where the bridge is to be built—Kuo Min, 'Tite Chinese"press estimates that the cost of repairs for the Yellow' River Bridge (Tientsin-Pukow Rail day) will amount to approximately $100,000.
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