Around Famous Lake A very elaborate scheme thas been drawn up by the Chekiang Provincial Government for the construction of a highway all the way round the West Lake "to facilitate communications and to enhance the beauty of the surrounding:
Details of the scheme have not yet been made public, but it is) understood that already there considerable opposition, on the part! of both the landowners whose property is situated by the side of the Tnke'and those who desire that the present natural scenery should be retained. The latter consider that, tead of enhancing the beauty of surroundings, the proposed have the opposite red official notification but several to have learned anoffcially that their land is to be out to make room for the highway and that there is a possibility that they will receive no compensation.
'One mon owning some 15 mow of land by the lakeside is reported to have decided to sell his property at whatever price he can obtain end {ose a little rather than lose ever thing. "Another is said to have' estimated thet, by the time the road is completed, all that will remain of his six mow of land and his house. will be his kitchen wall.
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