Walls Torn Down, Avenues Opened, Traffic Controlled "Pwo A ComnesroxoENt Hankow, Sept. 29.
To not a few of us who have lived in this centre for nearly three "tens of years, the rapidity with. hich improvements are being are being ado in tis centro maba ing of the quality of some of the work being done, the powers that be will have to learn in time that shoddy work is the most costly in the long run, and we cannot ale together point the finger at them, considering the class of work put into houses during the period of the war and after, even in England, The Spirit of Go-ahead A visit to Wuchang a few days ego, was a revelation of what can done when a moving spirit gets a thing going, The train service to Changsha been improved and the ex-la running three times per very fine first and second compartment, with kitchen ear, and the attendants were quite pick in white uniforms. It was quite inspiring to sce the guard standing with flags and whistle in hand with his eye on the station clock and as the minute hand touched. the point of 245 the whistle was blown, there was a wave of the flag and with an easy movement the train pulled out.
"eiegaving Wuchang City sation, ison the east side of the ity, the frst signs of improvement and reconstruction are to be seen.
The fine old wall, (a thing of beauty. to some of us,) has been shorn of its fine old bricks which are in piles all along the length of the now very unlovely mound of earth, the Wuchang City gate as it. is called is still standing as, a sentinel beside its former ward.
Walking through the city from east to west, we passed a number of gangs of men employed in levelling up ravines and also several more working at street widening. Property has been ruth-essly cut through, Jeaving sometimes only a few feet in depth to the former owner, which has made Jand in some cases, where the Boundary line was irregular almost
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