Shanghai Proposed A largely attended tiffin, meetin of the Shanghai Rotary Club hel ft the Metropole-Hotel on Friday, Titened with great attention to speech in which Mr. Sidney J, Pt Wal AMIER, FROS." dealt exhaustively with, "a constructive Deoposal' to remedy "and overcome (ne of, Shanghai's most "pressing raf congestion in' this city.
'Introduced by Mr, S$. H. Peek, the' Chairman of the Programme, Committee, Mr. Powell "exhibit. fed to the' members "drawings and plans, making use of them to point Ang. emphasize his contentions "The subject. dealer with, was "An Overhead Railway. for Shanghai", trid. the speaker proposed that am Cletated track of reinforced con-Grete should Te constructed, coming' ivwn by cary gradients to the level of the "'Shanghai-Nanking Railwa and von to desifeld. Station, bran. ches "connecting with the" South Station and. reaching ground. level after leaving Native City Boundaries. The motive power advoeat._ eq would be electric, making use of the centre all system and. so. obviatingr overhead wires.
An Economic Proposition Asserting that the cost of the railway would te considerably less than the cost, of widening -existing' roads, which latter method really. increase. the portation to any Commensurate with the east of such! Widening, the speaker estimated that the' amount' required for' an elevated' track "would be in' the! Neighbourhood of "is. 19,000 per WoO Tt. Tength this figure Including foundations," eslamns, platform, rails. and. sleepers, but excluding: rolling stock. Tekinge the average Seat St acuiving a inp. of land 20 ft. wide along the Peking: Road:
Tis, 80,000 per 100 ft, Mr. Po: well gave it as'his opinion that the: Cost for connteueling 11 miles, of Peinforeed conerete track "20 feet in the clear above roadway" and) embracing' route from the. Band Vin save ne Hivard VIL, Thibet Rend Shanghat Nosth Station, Tonekew 'Creek and over, Soochov Greek back' to: bund "with, branch Jesatel 'Station. from. Thivet Rood ang Avenue Howard-VIN and swith extensions to Wapside. from The North' Station and to. south of Chima City feom Thibet Roat, would Snot more than Tis 14,190,000, this"iatter sum including. the cost of stations, rolling stock equipment, anita, et.
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