It has been costing $800,000 a month for the upkeep of the Canton Municipal Government. Principally by reducing the number of depart: ments, so that the large regiments of civil employees could be reduced in size, Mayor Chang Young-po has} already made it possible to save much of the city's money. When all. the retrenchment plans have been carrie on, $200,000 will be saved per month.
Canton is badly run down at the heels, and this $200,000 will make it a better looking city. The streets have been sadly neglected, but the uneven places will be smoothed out. The Bund extension is only a sand Mat, but It will be given a topping! of cement.
Ex-Mayor Lau Ki-oman's Government had given a long-term franchise to @ German corporation under which It would have operated a traction service with 50 electric trackless cars, Mayor Chang wants to get out of this contract, and let the Chines company that had put down rails the Yat Tak Maloo get back its for-felted franchise.
This company, it the plan goes) through, will have a fifteen-year lease. Tt will stretch electric wires overhead and buy new cars after it raises fresh capital. Back in Dr, Sun's time it operated double-car buses over the same route, ran into dimeulties when {t had to Joan $1,000, 000 to the Government, was obliged to put down these tracks and went! bankrupt before it could raise what! it needed to electrify the line.
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