"On account of interference by authorities," Mr. Sun con inued, "it, has been most difficalt, to reorganize the various railways: of the country, Four months ag%, the railways. in the North were paying more than $2,000,000 month-Ty to various local military groups. The Peking-Hankow line was paying the Second Group Army Corps every month $500,000 and the Third Group Army. Corps °$350,000, although the total monthly income of the line was only about $2,000,000. The average monthly income of the Peking-Solyuan Railway, be said, was about $300,000 and it had to pay $200,000 a month to the Third Group Army Corps. The southern section of the Peking Mukden Rail way formerly had to pay the Fourth Group Army Corps and later General Tang Song-<hi's troops $300,000 monthly. The Langhai Railway pays 400,000 monthly. to the Second Group Army Corps. proposal was introduced at the recent Disbandment Conference tasking that such practice should be immediately abolished, Starting from this month, the southern sec-m of the Peking-Mukden line, and the Lunghai me will stop paying! the local military authorities, The Peking-Hankow line is not paying the Second Group Army Corps, bat is paying the Third Group Army Corps as usual. The third Group] Army Corps is still receiving money from the Peking-Suiyaan line,—An effort will be made to put an early end to such illegal practices.
The Burden on Merchants "The average income of the} Peking-Suiyuan railway used. to run up to $800,000, but in recent} years it has dwindled to $300,000. The chief cause is that owing to! its heavy subsidies Yo military avthorities it had to raise its freight rates. The duties are so high that] merchants have stopped _shipping their goods on the line. Formerly, the for merchants at Kalgan shipped their goods to Tientsin anil Peking to be exported to foreign countries. Now the excessive duties, have killed their trade and the foreign merchants are going to Russia to buy furs."
"According to a decision of the! Second Plenary Session of the Central Execotive' Committee of the Kuomintang, two-thirds of the Boxer Indemnity Funds will be used for railway construction. It} has been decided to use two-thirds of the British Boxer Indemnity] Funds for the completion of the Canton-Hankow line and two-third of the Russian Boxer Indemnity] Fonds for the completion of the Lunghai line. Construction work i expected to start some time next] yar.
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