Observer Describes Conditions of Lines: Tunnel Fails to Meet: Rolling Stock Rapidly Deteriorating Residents in the ports, who rarely it ever find it necessary to. make {rips in the interior especially beyond the usual rail heads, are at times inclined to be sceptical concerning reports which are supposed to. des ceribe actual conditions obtaining in, liven areas. They feel that such conditions can never be quite as bad as they are made out to be by the "what a pity" type of individual and} certainly not as hopeful as. indicated at times by others. It follows. that touches of excellence—all too rare—or the most hopeless muddle and show of incompetence in the initia. tion and carrying out of industrial schemes may at times cause nothing Jess than mild surprise and under certain conditions the shock may be, time. An effort to tunnel the Yen 'Men Kuan range has resulted extraordinary state of affairs.. The tinnd was driven from both' sides of the range and made a complete miss in the mountain. The responsible oficial "disappeared, evidently fearing the wrath of his superiors!
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